UES-Sevilla

Differences between revisions 8 and 9
⇤ ← Revision 8 as of 2007-02-20 07:40:04 →
Size: 6666
Editor: dsl-240-112-156
Comment: Added link to attendee registration page
← Revision 9 as of 2007-04-10 12:55:16 → ⇥
Size: 11017
Editor: dsl-240-27-83
Comment: Added discussion topic for UES
Deletions are marked like this. Additions are marked like this.
Line 8: Line 8:
  * [http://www.hoteles-silken.com/sevilla_alandalus_presentation_2/presentation.php/5/0/0/0/1/2/ Silken Al-Andalus Palace]   * [http://www.hoteles-silken.com/sevilla_alandalus_presentation_2/presentation.php/5/0/0/0/1/2/ ilken Al-Andalus Palace]
Line 13: Line 13:
 * '''Meeting Overview'''
  * An initial list of discussion topics can be found here:
  * https://launchpad.net/sprints/ues-sevilla-2007
Line 15: Line 18:
  * An initial list of attendees topics can be found here:
  * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UES-Sevilla/Attendees
Line 79: Line 83:
Details of the final programme will be published on this page as we receive submissions and confirmations. We have received submissions for presentations, lightning talks, and discussion topics, and are currently compiling a shortlist. We will make a final decision from the list by end of business on Wednesday April 11, and send confirmations to those people who made submissions.

From there, we will arrange the sessions into time and day slots, and provide a final schedule on this page.
Line 87: Line 93:
== Calls for Papers or Presentations or Discussion Topics == == Calls for submissions now closed ==
Line 89: Line 95:
As with our development philisophy whereby Ubuntu is driven to a large extent by our user community, we want to strongly encourage attendees to the Education Summit to contribute to the programme and discussion agenda. We encouraged attendees to contribute to the programme and discussion agenda, and have received a number of presentations and discussion topics. These are currently being processed.
Line 91: Line 97:
=== Presentations ===
 * If you would like to deliver a 30 minute presentation on your experiences or challenges with Ubuntu or other related open source software in education scenarios, please email a short abstract to:
  * [mailto:richard@ubuntu.com Richard] with the subject: '''UES 2007 Presentation'''		 === UES 2007 Presentations ===
Line 95: Line 99:
=== Lightning Talk ===
 * If you would like to deliver a 5 minute lightning talk related to open source in education, please email a short abstract to:
  * [mailto:richard@ubuntu.com Richard] with the subject: '''UES 2007 Lightning Talk'''		  * 30 minute presentations on experiences or challenges with Ubuntu or other related open source software in education scenarios.
 * ''The shortlist is currently being updated; check back here for details.''
Line 99: Line 102:
=== Discussion Topics ===
 * If you would like to suggest a discussion topic for a Birds of a Feather session, please email a short topic outline to:
  * [mailto:richard@ubuntu.com Richard] with the subject: '''UES 2007 Discussion Topic'''		 === UES 2007 Lightning Talks ===
Line 103: Line 104:
=== Product / Application / Tool ===
 * If you would like to present your open source product, application, or tool to the audience, please email a short outline to:
  * [mailto:richard@ubuntu.com Richard] with the subject: '''UES 2007 Product / Application / Tool'''		  * 5 minute lightning talk related to open source in education
 * ''The shortlist is currently being updated; check back here for details.''

=== UES 2007 Discussion Topics ===

 * Discussion topic for Birds of a Feather sessions
 * An initial list of discussion topics can be found here:
  * https://launchpad.net/sprints/ues-sevilla-2007
 * ''This will be updated as topics are refined, so check back for details.''

|| Title || Description || Assigned to ||
|| edubuntu-software-survey || The Edubuntu Software Survey aims to provide an online survey for teachers, parents and students to help determine the educational software needs for Edubuntu. In addition, the Edubuntu Software Survey seeks to grow Edubuntu usage by periodically reporting results to participants and content developers. || Richard Weideman ||
|| edubuntu-artwork-procedures || The process and responsibilities for Edubuntu Artwork need to be more clearly defined. The Edubuntu artwork should reflect the product as a variant of Ubuntu, but ideally should have its own specific character. UES will discuss the Edubuntu requirements and internal processes, and will carry forward the results into UDS where an overall spec will be defined across all of the Ubuntu variants. || Richard Weideman ||
|| edubuntu-documentation-procedures || The process and responsibilities for Edubuntu Documentation need to be more clearly defined. The Edubuntu documentation should fit under the Ubuntu documentation processes and resources / facilities, but has its own specific variations. UES will discuss the Edubuntu requirements and internal processes, and will carry forward the results into UDS where a BOF will be held if needed. || Will van der Leij ||
|| edubuntu-mass-deployment-management || There is increasing interest in deploying Edubuntu on a large scale, and we are getting questions on how to best set up the deployment and configuration to reduce installation effort, as well as ongoing administration overhead. We will discuss existing configuration options, documentation of these options (existing and required) as well as what other steps we can take to satisfy the requirement. This is a significant requirement as we wish to target school districts as well as individual schools. Centralised management is a key issue in this space. || Richard Weideman ||
|| edubuntu-teaching-computer-programming || Ubuntu includes free application developement tools and utilities and could be easily positioned as a Developer Environment for Teaching Computer Programming. This blueprint will discuss the requirements of the education sector, the curent fit with requrements, what's missing, and how to present this to the target audience. || Richard Weideman ||
|| fault-tolerant-edubuntu || If an experienced sysadmin is asked to set up Edubuntu, one of the things they should think about is what happens in the event of failures. If a more novice admin (eg a teacher) does it, it probably never occurs to them. Then one day a disk fails in their thin client server, 30 desktops go down and all their data is lost. The down side of centralisation (ie single point of failure) suddenly hits them. There is little treatment of this currently in edubuntu. Only an experienced admin will realise that they need to put in lots of extra measures to prepare for inevitable failures. || Richard Weideman ||
|| intel-classmate-pc-ubuntu || The Intel classmate PC is a small, mobile learning-assistant educational solution that Intel specially developed for students in emerging markets. Intel are interested in running a version of Ubuntu on the device, and would like to include selected education applications from Edubuntu. An outline spec will be defined with Intel before the Education Summit, and this spec will be fleshed out during UES. The spec will carry forward into UDS for finalisation with the broader Ubuntu developer community. || Richard Weideman ||
|| ubuntu-education-community || Jono Bacon and Richard Weideman feel that there is a good opportunity to create a Schools Ubuntu User Community, to unify learners and teachers around the Ubuntu brand, and allow for international projects and synergies. We will discuss ways of setting up this initiative, whereby we can plant the seeds, but allow for independent growth. The Loco structure will be used as a starting point. || Jono Bacon ||

=== UES 2007 Product / Application / Tool ===

 * Presentations on open source products, applications, or tools
 * '''The shortlist is currently being updated; check back here for details.'''
Line 109: Line 131:
 * ''now closed''
Line 112: Line 135:
 * ''notifications to follow by end of Wednesday April 11''

Ubuntu Education Summit : UES 2007 Sevilla

Ubuntu Education Summit : Overview

We will bring together significant education users and stakeholders who:

  • currently make use of Ubuntu software under various academic and education support scenarios and who wish to use the conference to:

    • present success stories and share learning experiences with others
    • share deployment and usage issues around open source software in education
    • meet with other users or stakeholders and strengthen our communities
    • influence our future product features and directions
    • discuss training and support options

or

  • are planning to adopt Ubuntu software as their platform of choice in education projects or institutions and who wish to:

    • discuss issues affecting their decision to move onto open source software
    • network with existing open source users or stakeholders to guide deployment plans
    • investigate training and support options

or

  • are involved with open source software and education, regardless of their linux distribution, who wish to:

    • network with our organisation and users
    • broaden and strengthen the various communities sharing a common vision for open source software in education

Streams / Tracks

We are fleshing out a programme around two tracks:

TRACK 1 : Above the Desktop

  • Target: educators and decision makers

    • Education Tools
    • Education Applications
    • Education Content
    • School Administration Tools
    • Open Source in Education issues
    • Migrating from Proprietary Software to an Open Source Environment
    • Support and Training
    • Ubuntu and Open Source Communities

TRACK 2 : Below the Desktop

  • Target: developers and technical audience

    • Technical tracks relating to Edubuntu or the core Ubuntu operating system
    • Future feature discussions
    • Collaboration between Ubuntu and other developers
      • Applications
      • Tools
      • Ubuntu variants

Conference Format

We will include:

  • Presentations on Success Stories, Challenges, and Experiences with Open Source in Education
  • Birds of a Feather round table discussions (BOFs)
    • Technical Topics
    • Community Topics
    • Deployment, Administration and Management Topics
    • Feature Discussions
  • Hands-on sessions, in the form of participatory demo's and tutorials

Final Programme

We have received submissions for presentations, lightning talks, and discussion topics, and are currently compiling a shortlist. We will make a final decision from the list by end of business on Wednesday April 11, and send confirmations to those people who made submissions.

From there, we will arrange the sessions into time and day slots, and provide a final schedule on this page.

Attendance

If you would like to attend, add yourself to the [:UES-Sevilla/Attendees:Attendees] page!

There will be some sponsorships for community members to attend the Ubuntu Education Summit who would otherwise not be able to. These will be nominated internally so that people do not need to add their name to an application list (as is the case for Ubuntu Developer Summits).

Calls for submissions now closed

We encouraged attendees to contribute to the programme and discussion agenda, and have received a number of presentations and discussion topics. These are currently being processed.

UES 2007 Presentations

  • 30 minute presentations on experiences or challenges with Ubuntu or other related open source software in education scenarios.

  • The shortlist is currently being updated; check back here for details.

UES 2007 Lightning Talks

  • 5 minute lightning talk related to open source in education

  • The shortlist is currently being updated; check back here for details.

UES 2007 Discussion Topics

Title

Description

Assigned to

edubuntu-software-survey

The Edubuntu Software Survey aims to provide an online survey for teachers, parents and students to help determine the educational software needs for Edubuntu. In addition, the Edubuntu Software Survey seeks to grow Edubuntu usage by periodically reporting results to participants and content developers.

Richard Weideman

edubuntu-artwork-procedures

The process and responsibilities for Edubuntu Artwork need to be more clearly defined. The Edubuntu artwork should reflect the product as a variant of Ubuntu, but ideally should have its own specific character. UES will discuss the Edubuntu requirements and internal processes, and will carry forward the results into UDS where an overall spec will be defined across all of the Ubuntu variants.

Richard Weideman

edubuntu-documentation-procedures

The process and responsibilities for Edubuntu Documentation need to be more clearly defined. The Edubuntu documentation should fit under the Ubuntu documentation processes and resources / facilities, but has its own specific variations. UES will discuss the Edubuntu requirements and internal processes, and will carry forward the results into UDS where a BOF will be held if needed.

Will van der Leij

edubuntu-mass-deployment-management

There is increasing interest in deploying Edubuntu on a large scale, and we are getting questions on how to best set up the deployment and configuration to reduce installation effort, as well as ongoing administration overhead. We will discuss existing configuration options, documentation of these options (existing and required) as well as what other steps we can take to satisfy the requirement. This is a significant requirement as we wish to target school districts as well as individual schools. Centralised management is a key issue in this space.

Richard Weideman

edubuntu-teaching-computer-programming

Ubuntu includes free application developement tools and utilities and could be easily positioned as a Developer Environment for Teaching Computer Programming. This blueprint will discuss the requirements of the education sector, the curent fit with requrements, what's missing, and how to present this to the target audience.

Richard Weideman

fault-tolerant-edubuntu

If an experienced sysadmin is asked to set up Edubuntu, one of the things they should think about is what happens in the event of failures. If a more novice admin (eg a teacher) does it, it probably never occurs to them. Then one day a disk fails in their thin client server, 30 desktops go down and all their data is lost. The down side of centralisation (ie single point of failure) suddenly hits them. There is little treatment of this currently in edubuntu. Only an experienced admin will realise that they need to put in lots of extra measures to prepare for inevitable failures.

Richard Weideman

intel-classmate-pc-ubuntu

The Intel classmate PC is a small, mobile learning-assistant educational solution that Intel specially developed for students in emerging markets. Intel are interested in running a version of Ubuntu on the device, and would like to include selected education applications from Edubuntu. An outline spec will be defined with Intel before the Education Summit, and this spec will be fleshed out during UES. The spec will carry forward into UDS for finalisation with the broader Ubuntu developer community.

Richard Weideman

ubuntu-education-community

Jono Bacon and Richard Weideman feel that there is a good opportunity to create a Schools Ubuntu User Community, to unify learners and teachers around the Ubuntu brand, and allow for international projects and synergies. We will discuss ways of setting up this initiative, whereby we can plant the seeds, but allow for independent growth. The Loco structure will be used as a starting point.

Jono Bacon

UES 2007 Product / Application / Tool

  • Presentations on open source products, applications, or tools

  • The shortlist is currently being updated; check back here for details.

Deadline for all outlines & requests

  • Monday, April 2

  • now closed

Deadline for all completed submissions

  • Monday, April 15

  • notifications to follow by end of Wednesday April 11

Follow On Events

Ubucon - Sevilla

  • 5 May 2007
  • Sevilla, Spain
  • A one day community-led and community focused event. This is the Ubuntu community at its best. Come listen, learn, contribute, and share your Ubuntu experiences at this uniquely Ubuntu unconference!

  • http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuconSevilla

Ubuntu Developers Summit - UDS 2007

  • 6-11 May 2007
  • Sevilla, Spain
  • A technical, hands on gathering to define the features and technical approach for the next version of Ubuntu (version 7.10, due in Oct 2007). Intended audience is development contributors to Ubuntu

  • http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UDS-Sevilla

Ubuntu Live

  • 22-24 July 2007
  • Portland, Oregon

  • Ubuntu Live will gather IT professionals, government and business leaders, educators, community leaders, and enterprise users. Call for participation closes 14 Feb - submit your proposal now!

  • http://www.ubuntulive.com

Comments and Suggestions

Comments and suggestions are welcomed, both from within the Ubuntu community, as well as from other interested parties.

We will also be willing to answer questions around:

  • the event location
  • accommodation options

Richard Weideman

UES-Sevilla (last edited 2008-08-06 16:36:52 by localhost)