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

Tue Aug 9 00:16:10 UTC 2016

fyi - this maybe useful to look at in preparation of this

https://opensource.com/life/16/7/future-education-open?sc_cid=701600000011jJVAAY

On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch <ilan at socallinuxexpo.org>
wrote:

> 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
>> Conference Chair
>> Southern California Linux Expo
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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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