Re: [seul-edu] ISO & documentation...

[tom poe <tompoe@renonevada.net>]

Hi:  Sounds good to me. . . too!
Thanks,
Tom Poe
Reno, NV
http://www.studioforrecording.org/
http://www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/
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On Wednesday 01 May 2002 05:23, Chris Puttick wrote:

> > Sounds good to me...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen C. Daukas
> To: seul-edu@seul.org
> Sent: 5/1/02 12:58 PM
> Subject: [seul-edu] ISO & documentation...
>
> At 11:57 AM 4/26/2002, Doug wrote:
> >"Stephen C. Daukas" wrote:
> > > We should put together a structure for tracking feedback from the
> > > participant teachers, as well as techies, etc., etc.  We could use
>
> CVS for
>
> [snip]
>
> >This sounds like a good direction to pursue.  SEUL has a robust CVS
>
> setup,
>
> >along
>
> [snip]
>
> So, I'm back and have caught-up on a number of things.  I have read a
> lot
> of the postings on the list (had to ferret out the stuff pertinent to
> the
> ISO effort) and am wondering what behind-the-scenes logistics has taken
> place...
>
> Is there a list of who is doing what?  Any ideas on what the CVS
> structure
> should look like?  Anyone make any progress on an installer (I thought I
>
> saw someone asking Blue Tooth about this)?  Do we think there will be
> development, or do we think there is enough already out there that this
> becomes a packaging issue only?
>
> My questions may be premature (and you don't have to answer each one),
> but
> I want to get an idea of where to jump in and when.  Also, my new school
>
> (where I'm teaching an elective) ends in just a couple of weeks (college
>
> schedule), so if I am to try to get local resources for development,
> etc.,
> then I need to move on this quickly.
>
> I had a thought regarding being distro-neutral...
>
> I think we could get along very well with a killer HOW-TO for education
> that addresses system administration issues, etc., with suggested
> configuration options for small, medium, and large scale schools.  We
> should also include instructions for using the bundled educational
> software
> (whatever that ends up being) in each of those three settings.
>
> What made me think of this is the work I've done in teaching a Linux
> Course
> this term.  I based the course on several sources of information from
> those
> who have done this before (thanks again!).  I decided to make things a
> little more "vanilla" and essentially walk the students through an
> install
> and configuration, step by step, so that each would have a working
> network
> when finished with the course.  We now have several machines set-up as
> servers running everything you would expect from an ISP, and the kids
> are
> having a ball!
>
> This has not gone unnoticed and a few folks have made comments along the
>
> lines of "gee, if they can build a functioning network in just 8
> classes,
> we ought to be able to put together a system that suits our needs.
> Maybe
> the kids can help?"
>
> Given the success of the class is completely based on walking through
> existing documentation (books, HOW-TOs, etc.), might it seem plausible
> to
> explore this route?
>
> Steve

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