Harvard Open Source 2010

Brainstorming for the event
editing wikis
 * Maxwell Dworkin, Science Center?
 * Rehearsal, or force teachers to have a lesson plan
 * Teachers?:
 * Module Topics?:
 * MUST KNOW:
 * Bug reporting and tracking
 * Version control for developers AND non-developers – understanding the process, unreleased software
 * Teach them about open source software that they can use, not just about things they can work on *** if people want to install an open OS, give a tutorial (for CLI and GUI)
 * Online resources – teach people how to answer their questions and find help
 * Cool stuff:
 * more about history, political stuff
 * download and install the latest unreleased version of something
 * what the hell is standard-in and standard-out?
 * Constraints from last time:
 * not able to build on what people have done previously – different method of changing groups
 * liked having different teachers all day
 * breaking one hour modules into teaching section and then exercise section
 * get people to know each other – altogether interaction at beginning, middle and end of day
 * Choose your own adventure model:
 * multiple modules going on at once, with tracts that people can follow → starts to get more into a conference model
 * Scheduling: a week or two before Thanksgiving
 * instead of going out to lunch, which was super expensive, get good catering
 * Felice: ask around about good rooms and look into reserving them – 1 big room and a bunch of small rooms, if possible
 * How to deal with the second day:
 * structured time! Get people to get into groups or commit to working together on something specific the next day
 * Size of event:
 * room for 40, realistically 60-80
 * 8-16 teachers