Matt Brown wrote:
Hi,
In conjunction with the CS Department at Waikato University WLUG is organising a series of seminars aimed at introducing first and second year students to Linux and OSS in general. We are currently in the process of planning these seminars and are looking for comments on what to include and what to leave out.
The seminars will run in weeks 2 and 3 of semester A for 3 nights each week. Each seminar will be around 1.5hrs long. Below is a brief outline of what we are currently planning on covering in each seminar. If you have comments or suggestions please let us know.
Seminar 1: (Tue 9th Mar) - Introduction to Linux / OSS - What is OSS - What is Linux - What is GNU - Why use Linux - History of Linux - About the Linux Distributions
Seminar 2: (Wed 10th Mar) - Bash - A general introduction to bash, what it is, how to use it and tips for performing common tasks.
Seminar 3: (Thu 11th Mar) - Emacs - A general introduction to emacs, what it is, how to use it and tips for performing common tasks.
Seminar 4: (Tue 16th Mar) - Processes - An introduction to process control in unix systems. We will cover how to start, stop, suspend and kill processes.
Seminar 5: (Wed 17th Mar) - Applications - An introduction to useful OSS applications that can be used under linux. This will focus on what is installed in the TSG labs and will probably cover (pending confirmation) - ssh / scp - Mozilla - OpenOffice
Seminar 6: (Thu 18th Mar) - Summary / Q&A - A summary of how to put everything that has been taught together, followed by a question and answer session.
The popular cheat sheet will be given out again and we are looking at providing each attendee with a copy of Knoppix.
Comments welcome :)
Regards
Well done Matt. This is an excellent way to get more Linux users. The students would get much more benefit from workshops than seminars. The best way to get to know about Linux is to use it. If there aren't enough workstations in the lab then limit the numbers to suit and run the workshops throughout the year. Once a program is set up it is easily repeated. Workshops would require a couple of experienced users to assist the students in addition to the tutor, but I'm sure some members would be willing to help. I am an ex teacher with a lot of experience in practical teaching and would be happy to assist organising a program. Gun Caundle