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<DIV>Stuart Thiessen wrote:</DIV>
<DIV><BR>| Just a thought ... has the CIALUG considered offering classes to
the<BR>| community? That can be one way to encourage community interest in<BR>|
open source ideas by offering programming classes or awareness<BR>| classes or
even 'I installed Linux but now what?' classes. Those<BR>| can help move
"curious" people into potential programmers or Linux<BR>| advocates because they
are helped over the "bumps" that might block<BR>| them from continuing their
interest.<BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Good thoughts, although I'm not sure what an "awareness class"
might be.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The 'I installed Linux but now what?' class has interesting
possibilities. I think there are a lot of people who pass on Linux (even as they
concede that it might be a right answer for them) just because they can't
imagine how they'd proceed after installation.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>When I was invited to consider teaching C++ courses a few
years back, I declined - but have thought a lot about teaching C since. If the
course is to be really worthwhile, it'll be a demanding exercise for the
teacher. The 'what' part is easy, the 'how' part may be somewhat more
difficult, and the 'why' part is definitely non-trivial.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Teaching about how to use Linux for common tasks (the things
most Windows users do) strikes me as a _great_ idea!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR>Morris Dovey<BR><FONT size=2>C links at </FONT><A
href="http://www.iedu.com/c/">http://www.iedu.com/c/</A></DIV></BODY></HTML>