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Subject: Invitation to open source education for professors from Red Hat & OSI (POSSE) (attachments ~/Documents/projects/TOS/POSSE/POSSE_Cali-poster.pdf ~/Documents/projects/TOS/POSSE/POSSE_Cali-Information_packet.pdf ) (This invitation is for you and your colleagues. Our program is coming to California for the first time this summer, free to educators teaching computer science. Attached are a poster and infopack.) (Dr. Foo: This invitation is for you, your colleagues, and your graduate students. Our program is coming to California for the first time this summer, free for instructors in computer engineering. Attached are a poster and infopack.) Have you considered the benefits of teaching open source participation in the classroom? More than teaching tools and technology, teaching open source is about giving students a chance to get hands on with real code in real situations. A chance to build skills and experiences that scale to fit the classroom. Professors' Open Source Summer Experience, or POSSE, is a week long class taught by open source community experts from Red Hat and the Open Source Initiative, for those who teach higher education or advanced students in computer science/engineering and electrical engineering (CS, CE, EE.) In this class we teach the skills to be "productively lost" through participation in actual projects. These skills are transferable directly to teaching open source participation in the classroom. http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE We're offering the first California POSSE in Mountain View, 05 to 09 July. If you or someone you know is interested, read more here: http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE_California_CS POSSE itself is free; attendees pay their own travel, lodging, and expenses. To find out more or to apply, check out the program page and send in an application. http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE_California_CS If you have questions, our general Teaching Open Source mailing list is used for support, networking, and discussion amongst teaching colleagues and open source experts: http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos You may also email posse@teachingopensource.org for more information. You are encouraged to pass on this email to anyone or anywhere there might be professors interested in teaching open source. Attached are a poster and infopack about this program, also available here: http://quaid.fedorapeople.org/TOS/POSSE/POSSE_Cali-poster.pdf http://quaid.fedorapeople.org/TOS/POSSE/POSSE_Cali-Information_packet.pdf - POSSE Instructors
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(This invitation is for you and your colleagues. Our program is coming to California for the first time this summer, free to educators teaching computer science. Attached are a poster and infopack.) Have you considered the benefits of teaching open source participation in the classroom? More than teaching tools and technology, teaching open source is about giving students a chance to get hands on with real code in real situations. A chance to build skills and experiences that scale to fit the classroom. Professors' Open Source Summer Experience, or POSSE, is a week long class taught by open source community experts from Red Hat and the Open Source Initiative, for those who teach higher education or advanced students in computer science/engineering and electrical engineering (CS, CE, EE.) In this class we teach the skills to be "productively lost" through participation in actual projects. These skills are transferable directly to teaching open source participation in the classroom. http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE We're offering the first California POSSE in Mountain View, 05 to 09 July. If you or someone you know is interested, read more here: http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE_California_CS POSSE itself is free; attendees pay their own travel, lodging, and expenses. To find out more or to apply, check out the program page and send in an application. http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE_California_CS If you have questions, our general Teaching Open Source mailing list is used for support, networking, and discussion amongst teaching colleagues and open source experts: http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos You may also email posse@teachingopensource.org for more information. You are encouraged to pass on this email to anyone or anywhere there might be professors interested in teaching open source. Attached are a poster and infopack about this program, also available here: http://quaid.fedorapeople.org/TOS/POSSE/POSSE_Cali-poster.pdf http://quaid.fedorapeople.org/TOS/POSSE/POSSE_Cali-Information_packet.pdf - POSSE Instructors