Day 3. The Install-fest mayhem. Hmmm I think I'll blog later about that. It's almost time for class.
Day 2. I got to class like 5 minutes before the hour. It turns out I have to ask for the key to the classroom, which isn't exactly a classroom, but a big lab/classroom. It has 12 computers in one side and 20 or so chairs and a whiteboard on the other. I wasted 10 minutes of class looking for the teacher that gives the class that's before mine so he could give us the key because he took it and never gave it back. We couldn't find the f**ker, so I had to teach on a secluded 3rd floor classroom with a chalk blackboard. Ugh. I actually love chalk, but when you don't have a chalk eraser, it blows. this was my first class with a little of preparation. I asked my pal to give me whatever he could on the class. He gave me his old schedule and class plan. And based on that, I kind of made my own. I triend first to summarize what I'd talked about last class. Then I started talking about the GNU project, Free Software and its benefits. Then I talked about Open Source, its Licences, its advantages and differences against GPLd software and such. I gave them also a couple of links to interesting sites and a small pre-installation tips because we were going to install Linux the next class. I finished the class 15 minutes earlier.
Day 1. I got a call at my office like 2 hours before the start of my first class telling me that I got the job and that I needed to be at the school at least 1/2 before class in order to put some stuff together before I started teaching. I had NO IDEA what I was going to teach. I thought about preparing class beforehand, but I didn't really know at that time if I had the job or not, so I wasn't going to waste time on something I probably wouldn't use. So what did I do? I winged it. I mean, I had given lectures about Linux before, so there was no problem in getting material to last me the duration of the class. The only inconvenient is that I didn't have any... structure. Luckly, one of the students in the class was my friend and roomate, and he helped me get thru the entire class asking questions. If it wasn't for him I would've been lost.
I decided to start this new blog hoping that I'll update it more often than my other, more private one.
First, a little background. I'm a computer systems engineeer. Recently, I got the chance to start teaching at a local private college. A friend of mine was teaching there and I think he just "got tired of it" and ask me if I could cover him. I said "Sure, why not?". Classes were at night and it didn't really interfere with my dayjob.
I started 2 weeks ago. My classes are tuesday and thursday, at night. 1 1/2 Hours. I got 17 students. So far, it has been a fairly satisfying experience. This blog will try to serve as a chronicle of my experience teaching this class. The name of the class? Operating Systems II. The real subject of the class? Linux.
Here we go...
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