[FM Discuss] [Fwd: Re: [FM PR] Possible collaboration with Floss Manuals]

[Steve Lake]

         Danke!  :D  (that's thank you for all you non-germans.  ;)  hehe)

At 08:35 AM 8/7/2009 -0700, chris hofmann wrote:

>Hi Adam and Steve,
>
>David Humphrey,  who is inolved at http://teachingopensource.org ,
>
>Open Source Instruction at Seneca College ( 
>http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Main_Page )
>
>And Mozilla education efforts   ( http://education.mozilla.org )
>
>would be a good person to hook up with.  David is on vacation and off-line 
>for the next 2 weeks,  but I've cc'ed him.
>
>-chofmann
>
>
>adam hyde wrote:
>>hi,
>>
>>This is an email discussion (see below) between myself and Steve Lake of
>>Raidens Realm (http://raiden.net/) about a course he is starting. Steve
>>has been a great supporter of FM and is looking to work with us to
>>develop a textbook about free software. I suggested perhaps we bring
>>this discussion to the FM list...
>>
>>It would be super if we could design and create a text book with steve
>>for his course....anyone keen?
>>
>>(please cc Steve in replies)
>>
>>adam
>>
>>-------- Forwarded Message --------
>>From: Steve Lake <steve.lake at raiden.net>
>>To: adam at flossmanuals.net, pr at lists.flossmanuals.net
>>Subject: Re: [FM PR] Possible collaboration with Floss Manuals
>>Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:37:42 -0400
>>
>>Nope, didn't have any specific books, as I'm still in the beginning 
>>stages of this.  But I was hoping that when we were done, we could have a 
>>generic intro course that could be taught in 2-5 hours (depending on how 
>>much time someone had to do the course) to help us Linux and FOSS 
>>enthusiasts, especially those without teaching ability, to be able to go 
>>out, inform the public, and make sure they know that there's choices out 
>>there, and what some of those are.  Because the more they know, the better.
>>
>>          From there, if they were curious enough to continue, a 
>> selection of books could be given to them to get them started learning 
>> Linux and FOSS apps, the latter dependent on what they need.  I could 
>> easily add a list at the end of the course that says, "for more info on 
>> subject x or y, go to floss manuals and get this and this book."  So 
>> basically this would benefit you guys by first getting them in the door, 
>> and then handing them off to you for further educating.
>>
>>          I do however like the idea that you guys are developing actual 
>> course books.  That sounds quite exciting and interesting.  How big of a 
>> course do you expect these books to be?  A full 14 week course, or 
>> something that could be done in an afternoon or a week at most?
>>
>>At 08:37 PM 8/6/2009 +0200, adam hyde wrote:
>>
>>>hey Steve,
>>>
>>>I dont want to any individual but i think FM in general is interested in
>>>developing Text Books. We have recently been in touch with Goldsmiths
>>>(Graham Harwood and Matthew Fuller) to see if there is a possibility to
>>>develop course books with them.
>>>
>>>It seems this is a possibility. so, we are already on the path and any
>>>possible collaboration is a good idea.
>>>
>>>For your project did you have any specific books in mind?
>>>
>>>also, do you know this:
>>>http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/Main_Page
>>>
>>>
>>>adam
>>>
>>>On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 10:14 -0400, Steve Lake wrote:
>>>
>>>>http://forums.raiden.net/viewtopic.php?t=21911
>>>>
>>>>          Thought that might interest you guys.  I'm starting a project to
>>>>develop a Linux and FOSS education and training course.  Something that
>>>>could be put into the hands of just any joe and used to introduce people
>>>>Linux and FOSS.  I'd love to see if you guys could help out with
>>>developing
>>>
>>>>a course like this, and in return we could put it into book form for sale
>>>>in the FLOSS manuals bookstore.  The goal of the project is to introduce
>>>>them to Linux and FOSS, get them in the door so to speak, and get them
>>>>interested in learning more.
>>>>
>>>>          It's an education focused approach to promoting FOSS and Linux
>>>>designed to replace the old elitist "RTFM" and Evangelistic approaches
>>>>currently used today.  You guys are great at writing and developing help
>>>>guides, manuals, and the like, so I figured if you wanted to jump in and
>>>>help, we could easily toss a whole bunch of Floss manuals and book
>>>>references into the project too in order to help you guys in return.  :)
>>>>
>>>>          Whatcha say?  Interested?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Steven Lake
>>>>Owner/Chief Editor
>>>>Raiden's Realm
>>>>www.raiden.net
>>>>Bringing Linux to the World
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>http://lists.flossmanuals.net/listinfo.cgi/pr-flossmanuals.net
>>>>
>>>--
>>>
>>
>>
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>Steven Lake
>Owner/Chief Editor
>Raiden's Realm
>www.raiden.net
>Bringing Linux to the World
>