Digital Tipping Point: Jim Hogg teaches GNU Linux to high school kids 02
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Digital Tipping Point: Jim Hogg teaches GNU Linux to high school kids 02
- Publication date
- 2008
- Topics
- Jim Hogg, Hogg, Jim, Austin, Texas, Texas, Children and Open Source, Schools and Open Source, Schools as Overshot Customer, Thin Clients, Free Computers, Culture of Dependency With Proprietary Software, Planned obsolescence and Proprietary Software
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- DTP Crew
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Thanks to Thomas King, a writer for Linux.com and LXer, for shooting this footage, and adding some transitions to it. .
This is one of many short video segments which will be added to the Digital Tipping Point (DTP) archive.This series of video segments features Jim Hogg, a high school teacher in Austin, Texas, giving a presentation to a Linux Users' Group meeting in Austin. Jim's interview is interesting because it tells us how Jim brings GNU-Linux to his students, and how that instruction changes their lives. This footage was shot by a DTP member with his own personal camera, as opposed to the DTP's Sony PD-170.
In segment 01 (Tape 998-001), Jim talks about the network he created at the school. The machines are thin clients, meaning they have no hard drives. Jim likes to teach his students with Live CDs, meaning that the GNU-Linux operating system runs from the CD-ROM. He first exposes the kids to versions of Linux that have games, to whet their appetites for Linux. Then he takes away the games, and makes the kids earn further gaming sessions with good performance.
In segment 02 (Tape 998-0020, Jim says that he teaches the kids to access the server remotely, via SSH sessions. He also teaches them the VIM text editor for changing the server. He thinks that Free Open Source Software (FOSS) is good for kids, because it lets kids explore their interests without the need for the parents to sink hundreds of thousands of dollars into software that will only be abandoned when kids shift their interests, as kids are wont to do. He says kids in the developing world are learning how to meet their needs with the cheap options of FOSS, and so US students will need to do the same if they are going to be able to be competitive. Companies, likewise, will lose to their competitors if they do not learn to cut their budgets by using FOSS. He says that 52 million kids are slated to begin using FOSS in Brazil in the near future.
In segment 03 (Tape 998-003), Jim says that the US needs to teach kids to avoid using software which features designed dependence and designed obsolescence. His kids develop a preference for Linux over Microsoft products over time. He teaches kids to be alert for thrown out computers which sit in dumpsters or on sidewalks, as those computers might be good for Linux, which works fine on older hardware. He has personally obtained computers for himself using this method. Christmas is a good time to look for old computers. He talks with friends about this method for getting computers. His evangelism is working, because friends and kids get computers this way. The kids tend to develop a preference for a particular version (distro) of Linux. The kids have GNU-Linux installfests in class
This footage is our raw rough-cut footage. It lacks transitions, music, special effectsor finish rendering. It is our "source code". Please feel free to rip, mix and burn this footage consistent with our Creative Commons license as disclosed on this page.
All of the segments of Jim Hogg's presentation can be found here:
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_001.ogg (segment 01)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_002.ogg (segment 02)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_003.ogg (segment 03)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_004.ogg (segment 04)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_005.ogg (segment 05)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_006.ogg (segment 06)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_007.ogg (segment 07)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_008.ogg (segment 08)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_009.ogg (segment 09)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_010.ogg (segment 10)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_011.ogg (segment 11)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_012.ogg (segment 12)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_013.ogg (segment 13)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_014.ogg (segment 14)
If you like this segment, please consider typing up a summary for it and emailing that summary to Christian Einfeldt at einfeldt@gmail.com. Your work will be credited and posted on this page. The DTP will be many, many films created by the global open source video community about how open source is changing their lives. We, the DTP crew, are submitting this footage for anyone to rip, mix, and burn under the Creative Commons Attribute - ShareAlike license. We welcome edits, transcriptions, graphics, music, and animation contributions to the film. Please send a link for any contributions to Christian Einfeldt at einfeldt@gmail.com. Or, if you would like to contribute by directly transcribing this particular video segment, you can do so by going here: http://digitaltippingpoint.com/wiki/index.php/Tape_998 and typing the audio as you hear it into the wiki. Please be sure to add the transcription for this segment under: Segment 002, Jim Hogg You can find other ways to contribute by going to our wiki front page here: http://digitaltippingpoint.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Thanks for viewing our video!
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_002.ogg (segment 02)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_003.ogg (segment 03)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_004.ogg (segment 04)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_005.ogg (segment 05)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_006.ogg (segment 06)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_007.ogg (segment 07)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_008.ogg (segment 08)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_009.ogg (segment 09)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_010.ogg (segment 10)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_011.ogg (segment 11)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_012.ogg (segment 12)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_013.ogg (segment 13)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_014.ogg (segment 14)
If you like this segment, please consider typing up a summary for it and emailing that summary to Christian Einfeldt at einfeldt@gmail.com. Your work will be credited and posted on this page. The DTP will be many, many films created by the global open source video community about how open source is changing their lives. We, the DTP crew, are submitting this footage for anyone to rip, mix, and burn under the Creative Commons Attribute - ShareAlike license. We welcome edits, transcriptions, graphics, music, and animation contributions to the film. Please send a link for any contributions to Christian Einfeldt at einfeldt@gmail.com. Or, if you would like to contribute by directly transcribing this particular video segment, you can do so by going here: http://digitaltippingpoint.com/wiki/index.php/Tape_998 and typing the audio as you hear it into the wiki. Please be sure to add the transcription for this segment under: Segment 002, Jim Hogg You can find other ways to contribute by going to our wiki front page here: http://digitaltippingpoint.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Thanks for viewing our video!
Credits
Please give attribution for this snip to DigitalTippingPoint.com
For credits for this segment and all segments for the DTP main film, please go to this website:
http://digitaltippingpoint.com/?q=node/12
- Contact Information
- Christian Einfeldt, einfeldt at g mail dot com
- Addeddate
- 2009-01-24 04:50:27
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