[Ubuntu-be] IRC meeting 08/09/2010 – Report

[jean7491]

About Ubuntu - Education - Courses and the need to collect information 
mainly for new Ubuntu users:
> Additionally, but not main task for the Education team, we should gather
> information about the existing Linux/Ubuntu courses. Organizations with
> such courses could be added to the link page
I just updated the related wiki page

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/Education/NL/Courses

with information I found.

Please feel free to complete and update the page.

jean7491
Ubuntu Belgium Events Team


On 12-09-10 08:46, Mattias Campe wrote:
> Op 09-09-10 22:51, jean7491 schreef:
>> d. Ubuntu and Education
>> A lot of things are related to Education: contacts with PCVO's a.o.,
>> promotion in schools,  "buurthuizen", what can we propose to schools ?,
>> “ICTpraktijkdag” - Hasselt in November, ...  And not everybody has
>> teacher skill.
>>    
> I'm supposed to have a teacher skill, as I'm a teacher :-) (of 
> informatics and maths). Awareness of Linux is important, especially in 
> education. I don't teach thát long (sth. like 7 years), but I already 
> see a shift that nicely follows the market share: a lot more use Mac 
> then it used to be, some already know about Linux and even one's 
> father uses Linux at home (so that's the 1 out of 100).
>> We need an “Education-team”  with teachers (and others) to help
>> promotion (content and how to?): there are a lot of readers of the
>> mailing list who are education related. Someone should take initiative
>> to start a discussion group - Just do it! mazzimo21 will contact a
>> teacher at TIKB Houthalen.
>>    
> Although I'm very much interested in Linux and education, I really 
> don't have the time to take initiative (building a house, second baby 
> on it's way,...). But if somebody will start it, I'm going to be a 
> spectator for sure (just like I am with this mailinglist).
>
> What I already do is:
>
>     * Awareness: if we our talking about software, then I split up
>       between regular applications and operating software.
>     * We have the study area 'Informaticabeheer' with 11 lessons a
>       week about things related to IT. I teach 5 of those lessons. I
>       have setup an LTSP setup with Ubuntu. If we only need internet
>       and a text writer eg., then it's just fine. But the course uses
>       Windows 7 and then the pupils can use VirtualBox to install and
>       configure Windows 7 by themselves. The LTSP-setup works fine,
>       but when they start to use Windows 7 inside VirtualBox, then a
>       network bottleneck appears. We are using a 10/100 switch and the
>       system monitor shows an downlink of 11,8 MiB/s. So I will need a
>       switch with at least one gigabit link, but for the moment there
>       is no budget (if somebody would have one in spare... :-) ).
>     * Maintaining a list of schools already using Linux, just to see
>       "who dunnit":
>       http://nl.wikibooks.org/wiki/Linux_Systeembeheer/Linux-scholen
>
> What I don't believe in at all, is making a total switch to Linux in 
> the study areay 'Informaticabeheer'. It's true that our education 
> system is (much) too focused on Microsoft, but by making a total 
> switch to Linux, it's too focused again. If my LTSP+VirtualBox setup 
> is going to work: then it's going to be just fine for me.
>> Additionally, but not main task for the Education team, we should gather
>> information about the existing Linux/Ubuntu courses. Organizations with
>> such courses could be added to the link page (see above).
>>    
> I've once started such a list for OOo, but it wasn't much of a 
> success: 
> http://nl.wikibooks.org/wiki/Portaal:OpenOffice.org/OOo-opleidingen
>
> Greetings
> Mattias
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