[TOS] SIGCSE pre-conference symposium on TOS

[Mel Chua]

Whoa - okay, flood of +1 responses on a Friday/Saturday... if y'all are 
up for coming into Raleigh a day earlier to have pre-SIGCSE fun, I think 
that means we're in. :)

We'll have to see if we can arrange something really cool for it... will 
see what we can do.

--Mel

On 10/28/2011 05:49 PM, Ralph Morelli wrote:
> I'm also planning to attend SIGCSE and would be willing to participate
> and help out!
>
> -- ralph
>
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Bonnie MacKellar <mackellb at stjohns.edu
> <mailto:mackellb at stjohns.edu>> wrote:
>
>     I'm going to be at SIGCSE to talk about our HFOSS chapter experience
>     on a panel on Community Based projects. I could help with this.
>
>     Bonnie MacKellar
>
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>     So, the HFOSS folks aren't doing a pre-conference symposium -- do we
>     want to?
>
>     I think this might be an interesting opportunity to do something I've
>     always wanted to try, which is an unconference at an academic gathering.
>     The cost is minimal and the TOS budget can absorb it (including getting
>     some sort of lunch brought in), so it's mostly a matter of "is there
>     interest in this?"
>
>     Basically, this is what folks requested at the last POSSE -- more of a
>     chance to have semi-structured interactions and conversations with
>     people who are also teaching open source. Talk with other people with
>     gigantic software engineering classes! Share ideas for your first-year
>     seminars! Discuss different approaches to grading! There just never
>     seems to be enough time and catalyst-fu to get it all together in
>     person, and this might do the trick.
>
>     We'd have a bit more structure/formality/prep than your average
>     unconference -- I'd plan on printing out "how unconferences work"
>     instruction sheets, for instance, so attendees have something to hold
>     and look at -- and ask a few people to arrive in Raleigh with ideas of
>     what they want to discuss, so we'll be sure to have a few topics pitched
>     (grading, capstones, etc). I can facilitate, but am equally happy to let
>     someone else with more unconference-fu step up. :)
>
>     Strawman: 4 "tracks" (the 4 corners of the room) and perhaps 6
>     timeslots, with lunch break in the middle. That's 24 discussions,
>     presentations, and general Chunks Of Cool Stuff.
>
>     Who'd be in? Folks who've put SIGCSE pre-conference symposia together...
>     any best-practice recommendations? (For instance, charging a minimal fee
>     to cover lunch would go much lighter on our budget and let us help more
>     people actually fly in.)
>
>     --Mel
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Mel Chua
mel at purdue.edu
PhD student, Open Source & Education focus
Purdue University, Dept. of Engineering Education