Re: Training
On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 18:28 -0500, Sijis Aviles wrote:
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Ian MacGregor
<ardchoille42(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> As I am new to this team, there are some things that I would like to
> learn and I'm sure I wouldn't have any trouble finding some to teach me.
> However, I feel that, rather than just teach me, it would benefit
> everyone for someone to hold a class on this subject in
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Classroom . This would have the benefit
> of the creation of classroom minutes/logs so that anyone joining the
> Websites team later can refer to the class logs as a sort of tutorial.
>
> I would like it if someone could prepare a lesson plan and then teach a
> class on how to use git to do a pull, make a patch and then submit that
> patch to this mailing list.. as well as anything that would be related
> to this work.
>
> I did a git pull once, was greeted with tons of files and didn't know
> which files I needed to edit.
>
> What do you folks think about this?
> --
> Regards,
> Rev. Dr. Ian MacGregor
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ardchoille42
>
I think generally its a good idea. It'll be sort of like a "intro to
git" with some patch stuff included.
How long are the classes suggested to run for? Is there any special
criteria besides time and a lesson plan required?
On the devil's advocate side... how would it be different than
pointing someone to an well written wiki page?
Sijis
From the https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Classroom page:
If you would like to teach a class on any Fedora related topic, please
mail an introduction of yourself and outline of your proposed class to
the classroom mailing list. Some things to keep in mind:
* We recommend sessions be approximately 90 minutes This allows for
an hour long session and enough time for questions and answers.
* Make sure you know your subject and know where to point students
who wish more detailed information.
* Note at the beginning of your class if you would like students to
ask questions as you go, or would prefer them to wait until the end.
* Remember that typing is slower than talking in front of a class or
speaking on a phone call, so keep in mind you will not cover as much on
IRC.
After a class is completed, the bot creates minutes and full logs so
anyone may refer to these logs later.
Example of minutes:
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-classroom/2010-05-10/fedora-class...
Example of full logs:
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-classroom/2010-05-10/fedora-class...
Having a wiki page is a good idea, but I feel that a class would be
better in that folks can ask questions during a class (see above
examples) and those questions are added to the logs along with
everything else which takes place during the class.
I know there are some folks here who could give an excellent class, but
there is also the time required to prepare and give the class. One of
the main reasons I joined the Websites team was to help distribute the
work load so others aren't so swamped. And learning more about git and
patch puts me in a better position to do that. I feel there is no such
thing as "too much training".
--
Regards,
Rev. Dr. Ian MacGregor
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ardchoille42