Install fest interest generation
Tom Emerson
plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Thu, 27 Jun 2002 09:25:22 -0700 (MST)
High Schools and the Junior/Middle Schools too. Be nice to spark an
interest at the Middle School level.
Reaching back in memory, middle school, we had access to the County's
PDP11 via a decwriter & acoustic coupler. We were Gods! (Then high
school, and punch cards, what a let-down.) My son's computer education
isn't too bad, but is limited to very basic office app's (M$). Next
upgrade of hardware, dude's getting a Suse (current box is a souped up
'486 with w'95, I dread attempting a modern X on it and it's 14"
monitor).
Anyway, back from memory lane, geeks & engineers are born, not made,
there _will_ be an interest at the middle school level.
- tom e.
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On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, tickticker wrote:
How about advertising the Installfest in the local school systems? The
local high schools are probably full of the curious. And students like
free:-)
It wouldn't take much get the message out to the schools, perhaps posting it
in the computer labs. then again, IANAE (I am not an educator) but some on
this list are.
anthony
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> Install Fests generally attract the curious and the convinced. They are
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> many suits show up. That is another project in itself.
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> If we could wangle out way into one of the many computer shows at the
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