2013Mar2
Major topic(s): Global Jam 2013
10:30-11: Kids and Ubuntu
Short discussion on introducing Linux to kids. Will cover a few topics on resources to help keep both the system and the kids safe, and some intro to kid friendly distributions, educational apps and games. We’ll have a few systems loaded up for demos - kids are welcome.
Notes: Ubuntu and Kids: Short discussion/demo on introducing Linux to kids. Some great articles and resources are listed below.
A. Family friendly Ubuntu Environment http://www.howtogeek.com/54036/how-to-create-a-family-friendly-ubuntu-setup/
- Separate kids account, no admin rights.
Open the user administration window from System > Administration > User and Groups to set up an account for the kids. You may need to ‘Unlock’ the User Accounts dialog with a password to add a new account. Click the plus to add a new standard account and name it. You can set a password for the kids account, or select Log in without password to set it to none.
Web content controls (block harmful/banned sites with DansGuardian)
- Software access (i.e. specific apps/games)
- Timekeeping (i.e. limits to total usage and/or specific time frames)
B. Kid friendly distros & apps:
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/linux-for-children.html
http://linuxaria.hubpages.com/hub/Linux-for-your-kids
- Full package = Qimo, Edubuntu, Sugar, LInuxKidX, Foresight for Kids
ChildsPlay (collection of games, emphasis on memory skills, ages 2-10)
- EToys (scripting process skills - not programming, just process)
- SuperTux/Secret Maryo - mario clones
TomBoy - wikinote clone
- Kalzium - chemistry info/Atomix - younger chemistry info
- Tux of Math Command - arcade game w/ math skills
C. Additional Software
http://maketecheasier.com/5-best-linux-software-packages-for-kids/2010/06/15
http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linux/articles/43524.aspx
http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2010/05/26/fun-educational-linux-games-kids/
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8288?page=0,1
- GCompris (ages 2-10)
- Sugar desktop (simplified desktop system)
- KDE Ed Project (kdeedu) (ages 3-18, primary aimed at school age+)
- Tux Paint
- Tux Typing
- KTuberling and The Potato Guy
- Super Tux
- Tux Kart
TuxRacer (age 5+)
- XTux (pacman clone)
- Ri-Li (trains, ages 3+)
- Solitaire
- Bug Squish
- Four in a Row
- Math War
- Tali (yatzee)
H. Additional Resources for Parents Teaching Kids about Linux
http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linux/articles/43613.aspx?cid=parsely_rec
KidZui - kidsafe browser
TuxMobil - royalty free eBooks & texts and audiobooks
SchoolForge - directory of educational FOSS
J. Open source programming for Kids
http://archive09.linux.com/feature/155203
- Scratch
- Alice
- Shoes
K. HACKETT AND BANKWELL - Linux tutorials for kids, comics format
http://hackettandbankwell.com/
11-12: How anyone can contribute to Ubuntu
We'll be discussing the Ubuntu community in general, and sharing a large variety of online resources including IRC, forums, newsletters/mailing lists, interest groups/teams, documentation, artwork, translations, and events/calendars. We will cover LaunchPad accounts as a way to access, and activate single sign on, for Ubuntu community resources. We will wrap up by discussing the bug reporting process.
Notes: Global Jam 2013: How anyone can contribute to the Ubuntu Community
Ubuntu Idaho LoCo Team: Resource Summary
Webpage/Wiki: http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-idaho
Mailing list: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-id
G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/100908336249604020427/posts
contact: contact@ubuntuidaho.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ubuntu_us_id
IRC (Freenode): #ubuntu-us-id
Team Forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=398
Meetings: last Tuesday, of every month, 6:30 - 7:30 at the Open Lab Idaho, 108 West 33rd Street Garden City, ID 83714.
Community:
http://www.ubuntu.com/community
- Use and Advocate Ubuntu
- Read up on Ubuntu: The Fridge (newsletter), Ubuntu Planet (blog aggregate)
Join a LoCo or other Community Team (Artwork, Documentation, Translators, etc)
- Visit the forums: ask/answer questions, join and reply to mailing list questions
- Provide help in IRC
- Report a bug (Filling out the bug reports) and/or Join the Bugsquad (Help triage bug reports)
IRC:
http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/Courses/IRC
Clients: Empathy, X-Chat, Chatzilla, Opera (embedded), Ubuntu Idaho (embedded)
X-Chat: http://xchat.org/
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XChatHowto
Classroom:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom
Report a bug/Bug Triage:
http://www.ubuntu.com/community/report-problem
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs
IdahoTeam/Minutes/2013Mar2 (last edited 2013-03-02 23:29:12 by 96)