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Graham Dick
Aug 30, 2014, 5:07:58 PM8/30/14
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In the lightening round at first meetup I mentioned a hoped for goal of Open Bermuda.A place where anyone looking to learn to code would have a community to get some guidance from.
Raspberry Pi is a great option for this. The barrier of entry is negligible and that is fantastic thing!
I know some folks mentioned they had no prior experience in programming and were simply looking to learn.
Another similar suggestion is demonstrating / teaching how to take an existing machine (clapped out), clean it down, install a new operating system (linux? - ubunto?) and create an environment (python?) in which to write your first line of code.
To that end I selfishly have a malware infested DELL windows machine that I would gladly donate to the cause.
Ran this past a few folks at the 2nd meeting and think we are good to go.
A little workshop for anyone interested to see how to do this. As I mention I'm selfishly donating my machine so I'd gladly take pointers on how to do this.
I've attacked a few pictures of the machine in question. Lets not worry about addressing the existing malware if anyone knows how but rather blow this away and start again fresh on linux.
I can bring machine with power cord + keyboard + mouse + (USB & CD) with the ubuntu .iso shown
Hopefully someone can provide the projector/monitor.
Looking forward to it.
Damion Wilson
Aug 30, 2014, 9:31:43 PM8/30/14
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I can bring a 17" monitor and an ArchLinux and Kubuntu install CD's
DKW
Nick Hoskins
Sep 21, 2014, 7:50:23 PM9/21/14
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Got 9 Xubuntu Lenovos and 1 Lenovo Arch laptop from Code Tuna Camp
I'll bring them along to the next one. Cant donate, but can loan for hackathons.
I'll bring them along to the next one. Cant donate, but can loan for hackathons.
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Sep 22, 2014, 10:02:30 AM9/22/14
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By the way, what is Code Tuna Camp?
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Nick Hoskins
Sep 22, 2014, 3:21:00 PM9/22/14
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It was an experiment I organised this summer to teach kids maths and programming.
I had a 12 year old manipulating the Xorg server from tty1 which was quite nice (saved me restarting it)
They were learning Web Development with a focus on HTML, CSS and JS.
The younger ones were learning via scratch, that mit visual jigsaw language.
It was a wild success. Was very happy.
The next one is tentatively scheduled for Half Term. I only have room for ten kids with the current set up but am hoping to expand to 20 by Christmas Camp.
I was actually going to give a brief overview of my findings and illustrate the techniques at one of these Wed meetups. Maybe this week. Would like to give people who are interested the time to make sure they can attend.
It was an experiment I organised this summer to teach kids maths and programming.
I had a 12 year old manipulating the Xorg server from tty1 which was quite nice (saved me restarting it)
They were learning Web Development with a focus on HTML, CSS and JS.
The younger ones were learning via scratch, that mit visual jigsaw language.
It was a wild success. Was very happy.
The next one is tentatively scheduled for Half Term. I only have room for ten kids with the current set up but am hoping to expand to 20 by Christmas Camp.
I was actually going to give a brief overview of my findings and illustrate the techniques at one of these Wed meetups. Maybe this week. Would like to give people who are interested the time to make sure they can attend.
swf...@gmail.com
Sep 22, 2014, 3:41:13 PM9/22/14
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This is exactly the sort of thing I was hoping to run at some point.
Was planning on doing it with python and raspberry pi's, but open to other suggestions.
Impressed by 12 year olds playing with Xorg -- sounds like it was a cool project.
John
Coral Wells
Sep 22, 2014, 4:34:00 PM9/22/14
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Hi Nick abd John
These camps and hopefully afterschool programs is exactly what I have included in the proposal for the TLF Center of excellence.
The fact that you are already doing it is great news. I agree 12 yr olds .... wow.
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Nick Hoskins
Sep 22, 2014, 4:45:08 PM9/22/14
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I've been in contact with family services at starting a Tuesday and Thursday CodeTuna After school Program.
The kids from them really loved it.
There are a lot of factors in dealing with children that make it a unique teaching experience.
Using some very specific game mechanics is really what makes the program work.
I would love to talk about this and other aspects of what we did this summer at the next meet up.
Yeah, the 12 year old was very impressive. Although he was far more interested in learning Kali linux after we did a demo of XP SP2 vulnerabilities on the projector.
The whole thing was very interesting.
What resources do we have at this place. Is there a projector?
The kids from them really loved it.
There are a lot of factors in dealing with children that make it a unique teaching experience.
Using some very specific game mechanics is really what makes the program work.
I would love to talk about this and other aspects of what we did this summer at the next meet up.
Yeah, the 12 year old was very impressive. Although he was far more interested in learning Kali linux after we did a demo of XP SP2 vulnerabilities on the projector.
The whole thing was very interesting.
What resources do we have at this place. Is there a projector?
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