From Teaching Open Source
This page is rough and incomplete - it is turning into a page for planning our presence at OSCON 2011. If you hit this page and have questions (since the page is still rough), please drop the mailing list a line and we'll come in and fix it (you'll be doing us a favor by asking questions!)
For reference, see last year's discussions on OSCON 2010 planning at this mailing list thread, and the OSCON 2010 results.
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[edit] Who is attending?
| Who | Notes |
|---|---|
| Sebastian Dziallas | |
| Mel Chua | Arriving Sunday night, leaving Saturday morning; around for the whole conference but not formally speaking (trying to find other ways to get involved though). |
| add yourself here | and your notes |
[edit] BoF proposal
Mel Chua submitted a BoF proposal that was accepted at last year's OSCON; there was enough follow-up interest that a second BoF was run spontaneously the next day (by Luis Ibanez, iirc). This year's BoF proposal has not yet been submitted; if you would like to do this, please pick it up! Last year's abstract is given below.
This BoF, run by members of the http://teachingopensource.org community and open to all, hosts discussion on two separate but interrelated topics:
1. Education about FOSS - turning students into FOSS contributors 2. Using FOSS in Education - tools, techniques, and stories.
Anyone interested in open source and education, at any level, discipline, and role, is welcome to participate.
[edit] Education track
We proposed an Education Track for OSCON 2010. We didn't get it then, but had many presentations and this combined with advocacy for the current OSCON led to an Education Track running in the 2011 OSCON. Hooray!
If you have information about the education track, or ideas for it, please post thoughts here. We're not "in charge" of the education track, but there may be enough interested people from TOS who, if they get in touch with whoever is running the track, may be able to significantly shape it.
[edit] Submissions status
If you submit a TOS-related talk, please track the status here so we can help each other through! For last year's submissions, see OSCON 2010#Submissions status. You can put your abstracts in the #Abstracts section below. Useful guides we've found are listed at #How to submit proposals.
Last year, we asked people to use the "Education" tag on their proposals, and to link back to the OSCON 2010 page in the "Additional notes" section. Please do the same for this year!
| Topic/Title | Type | Owner | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sample talk title | presentation, panel, discussion, BoF, etc? | Your name | Submitted, Accepted, Rejected? |
[edit] Abstracts
See the OSCON 2010 page for examples - posting our abstracts here help us keep track of who's talking about what, so people can better plan their OSCON presence and so that we have an idea of what folks in the TOS community are doing. Start a
[edit] Sample abstract template
Insert the abstract for your talk submission here. You may want to link to this page from the #Submissions status table. View the table source to see how.
[edit] How to submit proposals
Go to this page to submit your proposal:
http://www.oscon.com/oscon2011/public/cfp/144
You need:
- Title
- Description (brief overview for marketing purposes, max. length 400 characters—about 65 words)
- Pick one of these topics:
- There's a long list on the OSCON website here, but you probably want to select "Education."
- Pick a Session Type
- 40-minute Presentation
- 40-minute Group Discussion
- 40-minute Panel
- 3-hours Tutorial
- Abstract (there are not specific guidelines here, but they suggest to look at these third party sites for advice).
- http://datacharmer.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-to-get-your-proposal-accepted-to.html
- http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2007/10/05/how-to-get-your-session-accepted-to-mysql-conference-2008/
- http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2007/10/25/mysql-conference-2008-cfp-review-my-list-of-10
- http://alex.dojotoolkit.org/2009/02/some-oscon-proposal-tips/
- http://blog.web2expo.com/2008/04/how-to-write-a-successful-speaking-proposal/
- http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/05/last-chance-submit-a-talk-for-1.html
- More Advice: in the section : "Some tips for writing a good proposal for a good talk:" of http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2010/public/cfp/92
- Pick an Audience Level
- Novice
- Intermediate
- Expert
- Additional Notes :
- Any other information you wish the organizer to know? If you are proposing a workshop, please tell us what type of learning experience you have in mind (hands-on, demo, etc.). If you selected “Other” in the Session type field, please provide more details here.
- In "Additional notes" write that you're part of the TeachingOpenSource.org community submitting for the Education track.
- Provide any related tags to your presentation ( comma separated list )
- IMPORTANT: To be part of our common track add the tag: "Education"
- Finally: Add One or More Speakers
[edit] Example TOS Abstracts from OSCON 2010
Also see http://www.oscon.com/oscon2010/public/schedule/tag/education.
- "5 FOSS in Edu Projects that Changed the World"
- "Educating the Next Generation of FOSS Developers"
- "Junior Jobs and Bite-sized Bugs: Entry Points for New Contributors to Open Source"
- "Opportunities for Students to Contribute to FOSS Projects"
- "Plumbing: Parallel Programming for Artists and Makers"