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

Thu Aug 4 21:49:08 UTC 2016

Hi Caryl,

At this point we're only able to commit to 1 room for 1 day. We'd also
still need some of the items we discussed earlier in thread to confirm
OSSIE again.

1) Track Leads (sounds like we have this)
2) A track abstract describing the audience and types of sessions you want
to see.

It'd also be great to understand how we see this complimenting other
similar tracks, like the work being done in OSSIE.

Thanks for your efforts here.

Ilan

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On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 9:09 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
>
> To summarize our discussion so far, Kenneth Wyrick and I will work on
> having an OSSIE track for SCaLE. Others who wish to help us are welcome to
> join in.
>
>
> We need to decide what day would be best for OSSIE, or whether it might be
> extended over more than one day. If extended, what days.
>
>
> We need to explore the possibility of getting one of the local community
> colleges on board to grant college credit (typically one unit with a small
> fee) to attendees who attend a specified number of hours and certain
> specified events/presentations at SCaLE.
>
>
> We need to line up speakers to fill the OSSIE slots. Joe Renzullo has
> already volunteered and his topic sounds very interesting. (Thank you Joe!)
>
>
> We need to study the interests shown in the various recent and coming CUE
> meetings and conferences to see what topics are most timely now and try to
> find ways open source can meet those interests… then look for speakers we
> could use on those topics. One topic we should definitely look into is "Why
> open source in education?"
>
>
> When we have all of our "ducks in a row" we need to begin an earnest
> publicity campaign to reach teachers (through CUE and other organizations)
> and others who might be interested.
>
>
> We need to see whether there is any possibility of a sponsor for OSSIE who
> might be able to fund some really interesting speaker.
>
>
> For example: Matt and Kaitlyn Hova (who live in Nebraska) would possibly
> be a terrific keynote type presentation that would be of interest to any
> and all attendees (not just OSSIE). Kaitlyn is going to be doing a talk for
> TED-Med. She also plays one of their 3-D printed violins (they call it a
> "Hovalin") as part of her presentation. What if we had her (maybe both of
> them) as a speaker(s), say on Friday, and printed one of their hovalins
> during the course of SCaLE. I don't know how long it would take, but the
> cost to make it is about $70, which I think includes strings, bridge, pegs,
> etc. Maybe it could be a raffle prize.  How does this relate to OSSIE?
> STEAM at its best! STEAM is STEM with an A added for Arts!
>
>
> Fill in the blanks…. there are lots!
>
>
> Caryl
>
> ------------------------------
> From: ilan at socallinuxexpo.org
> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 17:21:13 -0700
> To: scale-planning at lists.linuxfests.org
> Subject: Re: [Scale-planning] Open Source in Education Track (was Re:
> About the Open Data Track)
>
>
> Ya, we've also had OSSIE sessions with 5-10 people in the room. So as you
> can imagine the range varies depending on the topic, etc.
>
>
>
> Ilan Rabinovitch
> Conference Chair
> Southern California Linux Expo
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> 818-442-1865 Mobile
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>
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>
> On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Hriday Balachandran <
> bala at socallinuxexpo.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Ken,
>
> OSSIE specific attendance is hard to predict. Some talks are rather
> popular, and some are not. On an average, I think 35-45 people attend the
> talks. The really popular ones approach three figures.
>
> The way I have handled OSSIE talks has been a mix of CFP submissions and
> curated/invited talks. 5-6 talks are generally the target.
>
> Bala.
>
> On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:50 PM, Kenneth Wyrick <kmw at caltek.net> wrote:
>
> I'd like to know what kind of numbers we are talking about for a track and
> how one typically goes about assessing and forecasting the participation
> both on the presentation and attendance side?
>
> <quote who="Caryl Bigenho">
> 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 ProdAbstract: Containers came to
> prominence a couple of years ago with thepromise of portability,
> flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot topic in the industry
> and there are several success stories of companiesderiving business value
> from the use of containers; especially in the area of developer
> experience. At the same time, container technology and thesurrounding
> 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
> developerexperience, 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. andwhat 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 Conference ChairSouthern California Linux
> Expo877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobileilan at linuxfests.org Email
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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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