[Campus-bucknell-staff] curriculum for Saturday

Fri Oct 17 21:52:55 UTC 2014

Yeah, let's go with google hangouts.  We've been exploring open source
options but none we've gotten to work reliably.

Glad you got the stickers!  :)

On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Li Li <ll024 at bucknell.edu> wrote:

> Hi Shauna,
>
> That is great! Thank you a lot! So do you think Google Hangout is the best
> option to go? Or do you have any other recommendations? Please let me know!
>
> Also I have received your stickers today! They look great and I'm sure
> people will like them a lot!
>
> Best,
> Li
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> So the career panel for tomorrow will be:
>>
>> - Emily Dirsh, who is a UX designer at Red Hat.  She can talk about Red
>> Hat's model for making money off of open source, her own nontraditional
>> path into computer science and open source, and non-code contributions.
>> - James Vasile of OpenITP who can talk about the role of open source in
>> anti-surveillance and anti-censorship efforts.
>> - Karen Tang, a PhD student in computer science who did the GNOME OPW
>> with Mailman.  She'll be focusing on paid internships like OPW and what
>> they're like, how to prepare and apply for them, etc.
>>
>> If someone with a government background gets back to me anytime before
>> tomorrow, we can add them in.
>>
>> Anything I should let them know with regard to set-up?  I'm assuming
>> we're using google hangouts -- can you create a hangout and send a link?
>> Their gmail addresses are jvasile at gmail.com and kpytang at gmail.com (still
>> getting Emily's) as a backup.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <
>> shaunagm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Li,
>>>
>>> Your plan looks great!  Responses inline.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I still have some questions regarding the career panel and the projects
>>>> time. Do you know who will be coming to the remote career panel? I
>>>> remembered that we were inviting some developers from Mozilla and Erie
>>>> Meyer, but I'm not sure if they have confirmed already.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sadly we've had some last-minute issues with the panel.  Erie will not
>>> be able to make it.  I've emailed some friends at the Sunlight
>>> Foundation <http://sunlightfoundation.com/> to see if anyone there is
>>> able to replace her and talk about FLOSS in government.  Will get you a
>>> complete list of career panelists by the end of the day (and hopefully
>>> sooner).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Also I read through the project lists that open-hatch provides. I
>>>> really like most of the projects and found them very interesting, but I
>>>> don't think they are easy enough to understand by people who do not have a
>>>> lot of background in CS. My plan is to make an easy project (like some HTML
>>>> pages with some JavaScript) on Launch's Github page and have people clone
>>>> it and make contributions. I remembered seeing a simple HTML sample project
>>>> on Open Hatch but I couldn't find them anymore. If you know which project
>>>> it was, could you please send me the link to that project again?
>>>>
>>>
>>> The git activity that I linked has a sample project, as does this
>>> version of the activity:
>>>
>>> https://openhatch.org/wiki/Open_Source_Comes_to_Campus/Curriculum/Directory
>>>
>>> We will also have some curated tasks for people to work on.  I will also
>>> pass those along by the end of the day, and you can take a quick look and
>>> decide whether you want to include them during projects time.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I will let you know if we have more questions.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you!
>>>> Li
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <
>>>> shaunagm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> I wanted to chat with you about the curriculum for Saturday, and make
>>>>> sure you feel ready with regard to that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Because we've got a relatively low number of outside mentors, I think
>>>>> the best way to approach the workshop is to have folks work together
>>>>> through our self-guided materials. The focus can be on learning together
>>>>> and on using the skills gained in the first lesson (communications tools)
>>>>> to reach out for remote help where you need it.  Multiple people from
>>>>> OpenHatch including myself will be available in IRC (and I'll be available
>>>>> by phone if there are any issues on the logistical/organizational end).
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd recommend the following setup:
>>>>>
>>>>> 10am-10:30
>>>>> One of you presents What Is Open Source?
>>>>>
>>>>> http://openhatch.github.io/open-source-comes-to-campus/lessons/what-is-open-source/#/
>>>>> And also explains the setup for the day.
>>>>>
>>>>> 10:30-12:00
>>>>>
>>>>> Small groups go through the following together
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) Communications Tools:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://openhatch.github.io/open-source-comes-to-campus/lessons/comm-tools/self-guided.html#/
>>>>>
>>>>> 2) Git:
>>>>> http://openhatch.org/missions/git
>>>>> and/or
>>>>>
>>>>> https://openhatch.org/wiki/Open_Source_Comes_to_Campus/Practicing_Git/Students
>>>>>
>>>>> 12:00-12:30 remote career panel
>>>>>
>>>>> 12:30-1:30 lunch
>>>>>
>>>>> 1:30 - 2:00  Finding a Project:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://openhatch.org/wiki/Open_Source_Comes_to_Campus/Curriculum/Finding_a_Project
>>>>> (Again in small groups)
>>>>>
>>>>> 2:00-5:00
>>>>> Students can work on any one of these three tasks on the projects they
>>>>> found in Finding a Project:
>>>>>
>>>>> *
>>>>> http://openhatch.github.io/open-source-comes-to-campus/lessons/newcomer-tasks/setup/#/
>>>>> *
>>>>> http://openhatch.github.io/open-source-comes-to-campus/lessons/newcomer-tasks/accessibility/#/
>>>>> *
>>>>> https://openhatch.org/w/index.php?title=Open_Source_Comes_to_Campus/Newcomer_Tasks/Issue_Tracker_Cleaning
>>>>>
>>>>> Or they can work on the other curated tasks we'll have for them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Let me know what you think.  Happy to go over any/all of this.  I'm
>>>>> traveling today but can answer email and can do hangouts or IRC meetings
>>>>> tomorrow or Fri if you want them.
>>>>>
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