[Ilugc] [OT] Volunteering - ways and means
- From: technocraze@xxxxxxxxx (senthilraja P)
- Date: Fri Jun 20 10:30:03 2008
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obviously , you are dumping too many things on him .how he can learn HTML
,
php , database in such a short time ? This is the reason why students
treat
FOSS as a Alien :P . Dont force them to learn foss rather attract them to
your side .
He was trying to teach the boy some basics and an initiative, and not
trying to make the-best-in-the-city web developer. You should take each of
them a day to learn and be comfortable with the basics of each, and the rest
of the time you try to apply them and build something, in the process learn
more and correct yourselves of things you got wrong or couldn't understand.
HTML, PHP and Database is not a big deal at all, mean the basics.
***/
I am dumping everything to him.. and its not that he is not interested..
the truth is that he dont know anything about computers, except for
browsing.. he came to me, just to learn something..
You see.. before he gets used to windows, i am training him on Linux/FOSS
..
/**obviously , you are dumping too many things on him .how he can learn
HTML ,
php , database in such a short time ? This is the reason why students treat
FOSS as a Alien :P . Dont force them to learn foss rather attract them to
your side .
**/
Dumping means, making a person sit in front of you, and read everything..
(the one that's happening in schools and colleges)..
What i did was to align myself to his interest (IPL matches), and use that
as a theme for him to learn technologies..
He is not actually learning html, php exclusively.. rather, he is doing a
job of his interest (ie designing a site for IPL score), and in that process
learning html,php etc.. (i havent started database yet :) )
ie, instead of simply knowing things, he is learning how to apply those
things in real time..
Btw, forcing is not all that bad.. My father forced me to a computer course
in my 6th & 7th annual leave... that provided a basis (like variables,
arrays etc) for me learn pick up programming..
Ask him whether he is really interested in learning foss . Install a basic
Linux distro like ubuntu ,let him use that for a month or two . Later you
can teach about Linux command , xxamp server , mailing list ,forms etc
Ok, lemme ask you a question. What do you mean by "FOSS" and "learning
FOSS"? This is one question is always ask people who speak about FOSS,
learning FOSS, FOSS jobs etc. and most of the time they have a pretty absurd
definition for them.
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How do he learn learn those distro, without knowing how to use them..
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