[OSCTC-planning] install privileges and our curriculum

[Alex Bayley]

Ubuntu live CD?

> On 16 Oct 2014, at 17:13, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> In November, I'm going to be doing two short workshops at campuses where students tend not to have laptops, so we'll be using computer labs.  I am told that students will not have install privileges on the computers.
> 
> Because these are short events, it's fairly easy to pick a curriculum that does not require installing anything (do IRC via webchat, make github changes via the website) and I think all of that is still valuable.  But installing things is a key part of most open source use and contribution and I do think we do a disservice when we ignore it.
> 
> Do folks have suggestions for ways to convince the IT/administrators at these schools to allow installation? Are there strategies that would allay admins' security concerns?
> 
> best
> Shauna
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