John Jennings Tipperary Institute jjennings@tippinst.ie A day in the Life of... an Open Source Instructor

John Jennings

Tipperary Institute

jjennings@tippinst.ie

Topics Open Source Toolkit Typical Day with Open Source Starting Points Open Source community

Open Source Toolkit

Typical Day with Open Source

Starting Points

Open Source community

Aims & Objectives Aims Raise awareness of open source tools for the development and delivery of instruction Encourage the formation/activation of a Irish open source learning community Objectives Describe the contents of a typical open source toolkit that could be used to develop instructional material Identify a starting point for instructors interested in using open source tools in education Be aware of the fundamental philosophy of open source

Aims

Raise awareness of open source tools for the development and delivery of instruction

Encourage the formation/activation of a Irish open source learning community

Objectives

Describe the contents of a typical open source toolkit that could be used to develop instructional material

Identify a starting point for instructors interested in using open source tools in education

Be aware of the fundamental philosophy of open source

System Tools Office Tools Internet Tools Audio/Visual Tools Development Tools Closed Source but Free Toolkit

System Tools

Office Tools

Internet Tools

Audio/Visual Tools

Development Tools

Closed Source but Free

Typical Day Travel to Work Create Lecture Create Workbook Create Content Moodlise Travel Home

Travel to Work

Create Lecture

Create Workbook

Create Content

Moodlise

Travel Home

08:00 – 09:00 : Commute Previous evening iPodder automatically downloads audio from my favourite podcasts Adam Curry: Daily Source Code ITC: Tiki Bar TV: Use K3B to burn audio CD from podcasts Drive to work Listen to podcasts en route

Previous evening

iPodder automatically downloads audio from my favourite podcasts

Adam Curry: Daily Source Code

ITC:

Tiki Bar TV:

Use K3B to burn audio CD from podcasts

Drive to work

Listen to podcasts en route

09:00 – Coffee Break : Planning Boot up Linux 10 sec as using suspend to ram feature read email using Thunderbird excellent spam controls Freemind Create mind map of topic to be taught tomorrow Export to HTML, PDF, Doc, png, jpeg

Boot up Linux

10 sec as using suspend to ram feature

read email using Thunderbird

excellent spam controls

Freemind

Create mind map of topic to be taught tomorrow

Export to HTML, PDF, Doc, png, jpeg

After Coffee – 12:00 : Code Umbrello Create UML models of Java program examples NetBeans Create program examples ( for computer programming subject)

Umbrello

Create UML models of Java program examples

NetBeans

Create program examples ( for computer programming subject)

12:00 – 13:00 : Presentation Impress (Presentation Tool) Create slides Import Freemind html to form skeleton of presentation Choose template Insert clip art from OpenClipart Use Ksnapshot to grab screen assets, i.e. sample programs Output slides to pdf, swf, ppt Output handouts to pdf

Impress (Presentation Tool)

Create slides

Import Freemind html to form skeleton of presentation

Choose template

Insert clip art from OpenClipart

Use Ksnapshot to grab screen assets, i.e. sample programs

Output slides to pdf, swf, ppt

Output handouts to pdf

Lunch : Keep in Touch Browse Internet with Firefox Browse favourite RSS feeds using akregator Check in on class discussions by aggregating the RSS feeds from Moodle discussions

Browse Internet with Firefox

Browse favourite RSS feeds using akregator

Check in on class discussions by aggregating the RSS feeds from Moodle discussions

14:00 – 15:00 : Tutorials Create tutorials workbook Writer Insert graphics from open clip art Use Ksnapshot to grab screen assets Format document as usual Output to pdf

Create tutorials workbook

Writer

Insert graphics from open clip art

Use Ksnapshot to grab screen assets

Format document as usual

Output to pdf

15:00 – 15:30 : Admin Administration OpenOffice Calc Update spreadsheet to track student progress through workbooks Update spreadsheet to track student attendance Update spreadsheet to record student grades

Administration

OpenOffice Calc

Update spreadsheet to track student progress through workbooks

Update spreadsheet to track student attendance

Update spreadsheet to record student grades

16:00 – 16:30 : Moodlise Upload all files to Moodle Zip all topic relates files using File Roller Upload zip file Decompress files on Moodle Add links to uploaded content Embed mind maps into Moodle html resources Embedded Mindmap

Upload all files to Moodle

Zip all topic relates files using File Roller

Upload zip file

Decompress files on Moodle

Add links to uploaded content

Embed mind maps into Moodle html resources

Embedded Mindmap

16:30 - 17:00 : Wind Down Coffee & a game of prBoom Upload mp3's to my iPOD with gtkPod

Coffee & a game of prBoom

Upload mp3's to my iPOD with gtkPod

Starting Points GNU/Linux Knoppix Debian based live CD distribution No need to install anything on to your hard disk Boot from CD Homepage http://www.knoppix.net ISO download http://ftp.knoppix.nl/os/Linux/distr/knoppix/KNOPPIX_V4.0.2CD-2005-09-23-EN.iso Most of applications mentioned in this presentation are already installed Resources www.opensourceinstructor.com http://learning.tippinst.ie/course/view.php?id=272

GNU/Linux

Knoppix

Debian based live CD distribution

No need to install anything on to your hard disk

Boot from CD

Homepage

http://www.knoppix.net

ISO download

http://ftp.knoppix.nl/os/Linux/distr/knoppix/KNOPPIX_V4.0.2CD-2005-09-23-EN.iso

Most of applications mentioned in this presentation are already installed

Resources

www.opensourceinstructor.com

http://learning.tippinst.ie/course/view.php?id=272

Parting Words We are members of an Open Source Moodle Community Lets own this community Develop Share Communicate

We are members of an Open Source Moodle Community

Lets own this community

Develop

Share

Communicate

Thank You