[Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About the Open Data Track)

Tue Aug 2 18:01:12 UTC 2016

Hi Caryl,

Happy to hand this off to you. If you need any help, do let me know.

Bala.

On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:40 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ilan,
>
> Why don't you let Kenneth Wyrick and I see if we can get this going? You
> have given us a list of things to work on below and we can get started
> right away with such things as whether Friday or Saturday would work best
> and how to get more educators to attend.* As I see it, an OSSIE track
> shouldn't be just for educators. With so many parents getting involved in
> the technology side of their children's education, things like the Khan
> Academy videos, Hour of Code and Scratch/ScratchJr are things that will
> have a wider audience than just professional educators.
>
> Caryl
>
> * Maybe we could get  a unit of college credit for folks who attend the
> entire OSSIE day and pay a small fee. Teachers can use this type of credit
> for professional development and, often, it can count toward increases in
> salary.
>
> ------------------------------
> From: ilan at socallinuxexpo.org
> Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:45:05 -0700
> To: scale-planning at lists.linuxfests.org; bala at socallinuxexpo.org
> Subject: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re: About
> the Open Data Track)
>
> We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track
> it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If
> we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look
> like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy
> to arrange space again.
>
> Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers
> on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we
> hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have
> trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the
> conference.  On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to
> keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
>
>
>
> -Ilan
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I've been watching silently from afar (summer in Montana). It looks like
> everything is coming along well, except for one thing that seems to be
> entirely missing: OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education.)
>
> A few years back there was still a dedicated OSSIE track. Have you given
> up entirely on having one? If not, I'll be happy to volunteer to help
> organize, publicize, coordinate, and do what ever else needs to be done to
> make it happen.
>
> Just let me know!
> Caryl
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 1, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch <ilan at socallinuxexpo.org>
> wrote:
>
> Hello Juan,
>
> The local big data community has been running a data tools/big data track
> the last few years of SCALE. It's possible that what you're looking for
> might be covered there?   OpenData in general has been a topic we've had
> requests for over the years, so we decided to add a one day track around it.
>
> That being said I think your email highlights an important point.  We find
> a lot of confusion from both attendees and speakers about what is relevant
> for a given track each year.  E.g. Is intro to kernel development a talk
> that belongs in the introductory/beginner track, a kernel track, or a
> developer track?
>
> With that in mind we have been looking to recruit experts around each
> track to help serve as "track leads".  The role involves writing a one
> paragraph abstract describing what type of content we are seeking for that
> track, helping to do targeted recruitment for invited speakers on those
> tracks, and finally participating in the voting/review process of sessions
> submitted via the CFP.
>
> Here is an example of what QCon has done for these track descriptions
>
> ===
>
> Track:  Containers -  From Dev to Prod
> Abstract: Containers came to prominence a couple of years ago with the
> promise of portability, flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot
> topic in the industry and there are several success stories of companies
> deriving business value from the use of containers; especially in the area
> of developer experience. At the same time, container technology and the
> surrounding ecosystem are evolving very rapidly, which makes it difficult to
> assess its readiness for production use.
>
> In this track, we will hear from practitioners who are leveraging
> containers as part of their software delivery processes for a better
> developer
> experience, simplified operations, efficient resource utilization, or all
> of the above. Speakers will share their experiences in tackling the
> complex challenges around CI/CD, scheduling and orchestration, service
> discovery, monitoring etc. and
> what it takes to truly reap the benefits of container technology.
> Track Lead(s): Sangeeta Narayanan, Netflix
>
> ===
>
> This makes it very clear what the goal of the track is and what type of
> content they're seeking.
>
> If you see a track on the CFP that you think you'd be a good fit to lead,
> reach out to myself and Shyam (kapadia at socallinuxexpo.org). We'd love to
> have your help.  We're seeing at least 1 person per track, with 2 leads per
> track max.
>
> Thanks,
> Ilan
>
>
>
> Ilan Rabinovitch
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> On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Juan J. Natera <naterajj at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I was taking a look at the CFP page
> (http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp), when I read the
> description of the Open Data track, which I quote here:
>
> "Open Data - This newly introduced track will focus on topics related
> to Open Data in Science, Government, and other sources. This will
> strive to answer questions such as: Why does Open Data Matter? What
> are benefits of Open Data? What are the goals of the Open Data
> movement? What is its current status?"
>
> As an Open Source enthusiast, I wholeheartedly agree with the
> importance of Open Data, and realize there is a long road ahead of
> those working to address this issue. However I believe that this
> track, as described, would be more at home as a keynote in Data
> focused conference. I am not saying it goes against SCALE's mission to
> have this kind of content, far from it. but speaking also as an
> attendee, I think SCALE users would be more interested in Open Source
> tools for working with data (big or small), since it's already obvious
> for most scale attendees that Open Data is just as good as Open Source
> software.
>
> I also realize that Big Data is mentioned in the Cloud Track, but
> isn't there enough interest in this topic to deserve its own track?
>
> Some food for thought,
>
> Thanks,
>
> Juan
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