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Subject: Re: [kde-promo] Targeting universities
From: "Wade Olson" <wade () corefunction ! com>
Date: 2008-09-04 2:45:20
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On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 8:49 PM, Seb Ruiz <ruiz@kde.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'd like to start targeting my university to try and recruit some
> students into open source development and kde. Has anybody had any
> luck with such an objective? Any pointers for an effective way of
> doing this?
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> Seb Ruiz
>
> http://www.sebruiz.net/
> http://amarok.kde.org/
Seb,
A year or two ago, I was kicking around how to strategically approach
universities and get a program initiated; here is the template for a letter
I was crafting to send out to university departments - maybe some of the
ideas or themes can be helpful for brainstorming:
******
In general, I've been thinking about such things. The following email
draft speaks for itself. Big implications and planning needed.
Imagine blasting such an email to a mailing list of comp sci
departments. Feedback desired.
***************************************
Hello,
Many colleges and university technical departments face similar challenges:
* How to attract students to challenging majors such as computer science?
* How to improve student preparation for the business world and life
after school?
* How to come up with new and unique course project ideas?
* How to make technical topics and learning more fun?
The KDE community is starting a new initiative to work more directly with
computer science departments to promote Open Source participation in:
* Individuals
* Small groups
* Classes
* Intra-university groups
Real world benefits:
* Learning peripheral development skills such as documentation
* Learn to read others' code
* Bug fixing (bugzilla)
* Familiarization with a premier object oriented toolkit (Qt)
* Applied experience in a visible project
* Usability
* Philanthropy
* Resume building
Participation ideas: (in ascending levels of scope)
* Simple department announcements of this concept
* CompSci Club activity
* Extra credit project
* Option for Self-Guided course definitions and independent study
* Thesis topics and investigation
* Course homework lesson (interface guidelines, documentation, coding,
bug fixing)
* Chapter or expanded activity/group project
* Course focused on applied Compsci concepts
Three areas of KDE are ideal for focus because they are comprised of
focused, manageable applications:
* KDE-Edutainment
* KOffice
* KDE PIM
We welcome feedback on how to maximize benefits to both
Computer Science students and the Open Source community.
Interested? Please join us at xxx-xxx...blah blah blah.
Sincerely,
Wade Olson
KDE Promotional Community
> <http://amarok.kde.org/>
>
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<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 8:49 PM, Seb \
Ruiz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruiz@kde.org">ruiz@kde.org</a>></span> \
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px \
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> Hi all,<br>
I'd like to start targeting my university to try and recruit some<br>
students into open source development and kde. Has anybody had any<br>
luck with such an objective? Any pointers for an effective way of<br>
doing this?<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
<br>
--<br>
Seb Ruiz<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.sebruiz.net/" target="_blank">http://www.sebruiz.net/</a><br>
<a href="http://amarok.kde.org/" \
target="_blank">http://amarok.kde.org/</a></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Seb,</div><div><br></div><div>A \
year or two ago, I was kicking around how to strategically approach universities and \
get a program initiated; here is the template for a letter I was crafting to send out \
to university departments - maybe some of the ideas or themes can be helpful for \
brainstorming:</div> <div><br></div><div>******</div><div><span \
class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; ">In general, I've \
been thinking about such things. The following email<br>draft speaks for \
itself. Big implications and planning needed.<br> Imagine blasting such an \
email to a mailing list of comp sci<br>departments. Feedback \
desired.<br><br>***************************************<br><br>Hello,<br><br>Many \
colleges and university technical departments face similar challenges:<br> <br>* How \
to attract students to challenging majors such as computer science?<br>* How to \
improve student preparation for the business world and life<br>after school?<br>* How \
to come up with new and unique course project ideas?<br>
* How to make technical topics and learning more fun?<br><br>The KDE community is \
starting a new initiative to work more directly with<br>computer science departments \
to promote Open Source participation in:<br>* Individuals<br>
* Small groups<br>* Classes<br>* Intra-university groups<br><br>Real world \
benefits:<br>* Learning peripheral development skills such as documentation<br>* \
Learn to read others' code<br>* Bug fixing (bugzilla)<br>* Familiarization with a \
premier object oriented toolkit (Qt)<br>
* Applied experience in a visible project<br>* Usability<br>* Philanthropy<br>* \
Resume building<br><br>Participation ideas: (in ascending levels of scope)<br>* \
Simple <span class="nfakPe" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: \
initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; \
-webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 136); \
background-position: initial initial; ">department</span> announcements of this \
concept<br>
* CompSci Club activity<br>* Extra credit project<br>* Option for Self-Guided course \
definitions and independent study<br>* <span class="nfakPe" \
style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: \
initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; \
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 136); background-position: initial initial; \
">Thesis</span> topics and investigation<br>
* Course homework lesson (interface guidelines, documentation, coding,<br>bug \
fixing)<br>* Chapter or expanded activity/group project<br>* Course focused on \
applied Compsci concepts<br><br>Three areas of KDE are ideal for focus because they \
are comprised of<br> focused, manageable applications:<br>* KDE-Edutainment<br>* \
KOffice<br>* KDE PIM<br><br>We welcome feedback on how to maximize benefits to \
both<br>Computer Science students and the Open Source community.<br><br>Interested? \
Please join us at xxx-xxx...blah blah blah.<br> <br>Sincerely,<br><font \
color="#888888">Wade Olson<br>KDE Promotional \
Community</font></span><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 \
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><a href="http://amarok.kde.org/" \
target="_blank"></a><br>
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