Re: [seul-edu] How to "teach Linux"?

["Stephen C. Daukas" <stephen@daukas.com>]

Art,

Very generous of you to offer your course information!  This is what
I was hoping to find!  What a difference from "Corporate
America"!  Fantastic!  

I'll certainly let you know how it goes and share whatever I learn from
the experience.

Regards,
Steve

At 08:47 PM 3/14/2002, Art wrote:
> Steve, 
>   I'm finishing a Fundamentals of Linux course at the community
> college level.  For gifted 11th and 12th graders my lessons might
> give you a guide to get started.  The lessons are at
> www.linuxindayton.com.  
> This offering is the 4th time for this class and it went very well. 
> The students have become hooked on Linux and are ready to use Linux on
> their own. 
>
>  From past experiences, I found that building exercises that engage the
> students has worked best.  Some students wanted to work in teams
> which also worked well.  The exercises in the beginning were more
> detailed because the student's knowledge base was weak.  Each
> exercise was carefully choosen to teach some basic skills that help them
> complete an exciting task.  Over time, the student learns more and
> more details about Linux without getting bored.  The first couple of
> times I taught the course, I taught command line as a block, boot and
> start up processes, etc.   I found that the students became
> bored and started to loose interested.  To avoid this, I developed
> materials that required the students to learn the parts necessary to
> complete interesting tasks.  This worked well.  Of course,
> there are moments that occur when I had to lecture and provide a overview
> and bring things together. 
>
> Good Luck with your class.  Gifted students are always fun to
> teach.  They are usually very motivated but get bored quickly.
>
> Best Regards, 
> Art