[kanchilug] Re: Fwd: Interactive FOSS session with kids
- From: RANGANATHAN HARITHA <rangaspo@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: kanchilug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 09:01:47 +0530
Kids Rocking. U too.......
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Ramachandran V <
v.ramcool.ramachandran@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>> Chennai, Birla planetarium authority Mr. Lenin Organized One hour FOSS
>> session with Kids(7th to 9th) on Dec 30 2010. Shrinivasan asked me to
>> conduct this session. This program only for Kids. So I called Mr.
>> Selvamani to accompany with me. I went there early morning 9 am. The
>> session was started at exactly 10am. At beginning what I thought is
>> "All kids are looking small, so they does not know anything about
>> Operating system. So It will take so hard to make them clear
>> understand about Linux". But after started to take session I felt that
>> my thought is wrong. Everyone of there had experience with Windows.
>>
>> Me and Selvamani started to talk with student with the as usual story
>> of Ritchard M Stalman and Linus Torvalt. Everyone impressed with
>> Linux. I showed Ubuntu and its compiz features. Then we played
>> BigBugBunny animation clip. All kids enjoyed this.
>>
>> Next question session. Followings are some question, which I never
>> expected from them
>>
>> 1. At the session I explained about kernal orally. A 8th standard
>> student asked me that " How can I see the source code of kernal?".
>> Thats it, a few second I was kept silent.
>> 2. How can I install linux in my system?
>> 3. Where can I get help regarding linux?
>> 4. Some kids said, can you give your mobile number? I will call you
>> with my dad, and elder brother and exp
>> 5. How to play games?
>> 6. One student asked me a critical question that is "Linux is a free
>> OS and have all kinds of softwares, then Why it is not famous. I mean
>> why we dont know about linux?
>> 7. Will Linux affect by virus?
>>
>> Really amazing. right?
>>
>> At the end of the session we met another unexpected incident that is Some
>> kids came forward to asked us "Autograph". What to say? That was my
>> memorable day........
>>
>> Great man.
> Keep rocking.
>
>
> Regards
> Ramachandran
>
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