Re: LUG: Schedule for the coming semester - ideas - Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:39:52 -0500

Subject : Re: LUG: Schedule for the coming semester - ideas

From : Jack Neely <jjneely@ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:39:52 -0500

Jay,

Does E115 ever cover OSX? My two cents would be to cover all of the
basic, common computing platforms supported on campus.

Jack

On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 11:35:58AM -0500, jpgoel@ncsu.[redacted] wrote:
> Thing is, I think we tend to think of E115 as "intro to linux". But from
> what I hear, it also aims to serve as a "intro to managing your own
> computer." This explains why more E115 sections are laptop-based, and I
> think its also a good goal.
>
> I've worked with CSC116 students who didn't take E115 or place out (they
> were still in first year college or something, and thus were not required
> to take it.)
>
> They were extremely bright, but had no concept of what a "directory" was
> or the difference between Windows' "shell" vs "gui". So I agree that E115
> can't just be about "linux", because the course is preparing people for
> hardcore computing classes. So it also needs to cover the bread and butter
> of filesystems and other underpinnings - on both Windows and Linux. It
> does us no good to have people who are experts in linux commandline but
> can't see the Windows analogies, they are both important technologies.
>
> As of late, the E115 folks seem to have shifted to more of a
> Windows-centric approach to teaching the material. This is fine - students
> will learn whatever linux they need as they take more courses. But I'm in
> favor of bumping up the linux-ness not so it doesn't seem arcane, but
> because it will boost students' grades when they enter CSC 116.
>
> Jay
>
> On Sat, January 9, 2010 11:06 am, iyare omoruyi wrote:
> > I placed out of E115 back in the summer of '96. It was a summer session
> > before being formally accepted as a freshman in the college of
> > engineering.
> > We were provided an instructor who gave us classes for like 2 weeks
> > instruction or so in order to have enough information and place out.
> > E115,
> > for me, was just to get over the initial shock of linux. That is it. I
> > was
> > able to navigate to files, create directories...the basic stuff. What was
> > lacking was the reason why it should have been taken further;The benefits
> > it
> > would provide later in life. I think if the college of engineering where
> > serious, they would provide something beyond E115. But then again, I
> > guess
> > they figure "You know where the library is."
> >
> > Iyare
> >
> > 10 years of newbiness
> >
> > On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Daniel Underwood
> > <daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]>wrote:
> >
> >> I don't get it. What's wrong with the current material? I kinda like
> >> it. Granted, it's simple, and granted, it doesn't represent the state of
> >> Linux art. Is the dissatisfaction just due to the fact that the course
> >> does a poor job of "selling" Linux?
> >> --
> >> Daniel Underwood
> >> North Carolina State University
> >> Graduate Student - Operations Research
> >> email: daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]
> >> phone: XXX.302.3291
> >> web: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~djunderw/ <http://www4.ncsu.edu/%7Edjunderw/>
> >>
> >>
> >
>

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Jack Neely <jjneely@ncsu.[redacted]>
Linux Czar, OIT Campus Linux Services
Office of Information Technology, NC State University
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