Digital Tipping Point: Jim Hogg teaches GNU Linux to high school kids 06
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Digital Tipping Point: Jim Hogg teaches GNU Linux to high school kids 06
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- 2008
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- Jim Hogg, Hogg, Jim, Austin, Texas, Texas, Children and Open Source, Schools and Open Source, Schools as Overshot Customers, Lockdown, Practical Advantages in Avoiding, KDE, Business Models for Open Source, Support, Viruses, Users Leaving Microsoft Due To, Digital Tipping Point As Inevitable, Community and Meaning
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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 04 (Tape 998-004), Jim says that community is great for him, because it takes some of the support burden off of his shoulders. Kids help each other to solve computing problems, as do other members of the community. He gives an example of a student who was benefitted by this type of community support. He feels that Linux is the future of computing, and he would be derelict in his duties as a teacher if he did not teach his kids how to administer GNU-Linux boxes. He encourages his students to try new things, which is a message the kids are receptive to hearing. He reminds them that FOSS is different because they truly "own" the code.
In segment 05 (Tape 998-005), Jim says that he emphasizes that the kids need to teach themselves, take the initiative. Technology changes quickly, and so the kids will need to learn to adapt on the fly. He gives examples of how technology has changed in his life -- when he was young, a paragraph of text would consume a handful of punch cards. He no longer helps friends and family with Microsoft Windows problems unless they agree to dual boot GNU-Linux, so that if Windows goes down, at least they will have Linux for a while, until he has a chance to help with with Windows. He says that eventually, many people he helps ask to have their Microsoft Windows partitions wiped off of their computers.
In segment 06 (Tape 998-006), he says that he uses KDE to introduce his students to GNU-Linux, because it more closely resembles Microsoft Windows, so the kids are more willing to adapt. Then he later shows them other desktop environments, such as GNOME and XFCE. Many of his kids who have gone on to computer science classes in college are doing well because many of those colleges use Linux heavily. Many of them are able to get plum jobs ahead of their classmates, so that they don't have to get dumb jobs such as cafeteria jobs. He became a teacher because he wanted to give back. He wants to help US kids catch up with kids in other countries.
In segment 07 (Tape 998-007), Jim says that parents like the fact that their kids are bringing home software that doesn't get viruses (GNU-Linux). The Q & A portion of the talk starts. He explains how his school became internationally accredited.
In segment 08 (Tape 998-008), Jim explains how the use of GNU-Linux is spreading to other schools in the association of schools of which his school is a member.
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 006, 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 006, 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!
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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
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- Christian Einfeldt, einfeldt at g mail dot com
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- 2009-01-24 05:11:04
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