Re: Teaching Linux this summer

[Daniel Glenn <danielrg@ms3.hinet.net>]

This is great. Many Thanks. 

rnd@sampo.karelia.ru wrote:
> 
> Hello!
> 
> Let me put some hints here.
> 
> - it is better approach to learn HTML first and
>   then work with Netscape composer (IMHO)
> 
> - every student must have its own web-space
>   under /home/$USER/public_html
> 
> - the way to exchange files must also be specified and explained
>   (by email? by common access transfer directory? by HTTP?)
> 
> - at the team stage, it is very important to involve everyone
>   into creative work (it is far-far simpler to say that to do...)
> 
> >5. Create a mess and straighten it out.
> 
> - it doesn't need special efforts :-) Usually
>   kids like to do it themselves.

The look and feel of the site will not match without some guidance. 


> >the problem is, what else should the students learn and know about in a
> >LINUX environment? It has been 5 or 6 years since I was a CSci student
> 
> - for beginners mc is very valuable (even under X window)
> 
> It is  also  important  to  prepare  a  large  enough  clip-art
> collection + backgrounds. It seems,  that  the  most  difficult
> decision in web-design is to select proper background!

Yes, this is a problem I encountered last summer. Thanks for reminding
me. I'll have to spend some time downloading, as the network downstairs
will not be connected to the Web this summer. Even if we could do it
quickly enough, I have many concerns of keeping them out of the wrong
places.

> And do not forget to tell children that their own passwords are
> their own keys nobody should know. This adds dignity to them!
> 
> +
> 
> Do not forget to allow 5-10 min _network_ games!
> (Not Quake of course, something lighter).

I remember NetTrek or something from ages ago. Is that still around. I
couldn't find that on either my RedHat or SuSE distribution. As I recal
that was a team game, which is a major point we try to teach here at
WhiteHorse.
 
> Good luck!


Thanks!
 
> On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, Daniel Glenn wrote:
> 
> Sincerely yours, Roman Suzi
> --
> Russia * Karelia * Petrozavodsk * rnd@rsuzi.pgu.karelia.ru
> 
> P.S. These recomendation are based on the observations I made
> while teaching C on Linux this year.
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