[Glastonbury] Ros

[Andrew M.A. Cater]

On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 08:37:53AM +0000, Bob Frog wrote:
> Wells LUG:
> Blue School
> Wednesday 4th Jan 2006
> 1:30-2:00
> DT computer suite.
> And every Wednesday after that.
> Hope many of you can come.
> Merry Xmas!
> Dan
> 
Hi Bob Frog / Dan

A few thoughts.  

1.) You need to talk to your teachers :)  Random adults turning
up on a Weds. lunchtime is probably not appropriate. If you need
any of the LUGoG adults (perhaps to give a talk), tell your teachers
and invite them formally.

2.) Website is fine - but there are a lot of websites that don't get
visited. Think of some small goals and track your progress: "I want
to do five Linux installs this term / I want to live with two different
Linux distributions for a month each" Write it up. Write up useful tips
/ tricks as you find them.

3.) At Strode, Martin had his students building working computers
out of scrap ones, documenting the process and installing Linux on
them. Dealing with hardware will make you a dab hand at upgrades
and will teach you troubleshooting - but you need supervision of some
sort. It's also a useful recycling process - if written up properly, 
it might even form coursework for something like Craft,Design and
Technology :)

4.) I'm sure someone could donate you old computers to build networks
with. Look up "stone soup supercomputer" on Google :)

5.) You can point your school colleagues at the LUGoG list - but warn
them that it may contain swearwords, flame wars and the like - it
may not be "kid safe" at all times :( I'm prepared to give help and
advice to anyone who asks - but only via email since I'm in Cheltenham.
Again, random email contact with an adult you've never met is now a no-no -
if need be, show your teachers this email and get them to look at the
Debian lists.

If it's any help, I became a radio amateur while I was at school. We
borrowed a physics lab and a teacher for half an hour twice a week
and learnt up what we needed for the exam, scrounged some equipment and
a large cupboard which was more like an attic and the radio club was
born. He taught about 15 boys in three years - but as much as anything
else, we taught each other. Nearly 30 years on, that's still my main
hobby interest. [Linux is more like work].

Andy

amacater at galactic.demon.co.uk / amacater at debian.org
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