[TriLUG] 1-day highschool workshop ideas

[Bryan X via TriLUG]

A bit of a tangent, but I have some worksheets I created ages ago with
the intention of teaching highschool students the basics of computer
architecture using x86 assembly(16 bit nasm) & DosBox:
Worksheet #1: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AJPFnr9SlSG8uPn7yNbok6puSPQnXm6UczLtsCXVjqk/edit?usp=sharing
Worksheet #1 key:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16DRDDFre1DBelN-Almhgn6DKvTAwo4nr1h0BnGOn88c/edit?usp=sharing
Worksheet #3: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10NWaB6GmBRaZdiKlzJQoJofoYIJhS4Bftz8REEGzBmA/edit?usp=sharing

I also have a worksheet on encoding schemes; there was more of a
brain-mollifying goal with this one, in the sense that my intention
was to make it easier for students to understand the *why* behind
things like hexidecimal, binary, base64, etc.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XV0nR16yGRjJ3GgT2t9ZWgDXPvqO1HFqU80PaCzN2TA/edit?usp=sharing

Cheers,
Bryan C.

On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Hrivnak, Michael via TriLUG
<trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> I'm working on ideas for a 1-day workshop targeting high school students
> who are generally interested in exposure to the tech industry, but do not
> necessarily have much background. Ideally by the end of the workshop, they
> have accomplished something tangible. The intent is not to provide
> training, but to get them exposed to different types of tech and interested
> in potentially pursuing a career. Exposure to linux seems like a good thing
> to provide, but I'm fuzzy on the details. Have some ideas?
>
> One idea I'm considering is to have them deploy something in a VPS. We
> would introduce them to the idea of linux, introduce them to bash, get each
> student logged into their own VPS, then <insert something interesting
> here>. I'm not sure about the last part. Deploy a web app of some kind?
> What would be interesting, fun, and potentially customizable? Ideally it
> would be something they can show their family and friends afterward (we'd
> leave their VPS running for up to a few weeks perhaps). One aspect of this
> that I like is the opportunity to demystify some of how the internet works.
> It puts them in charge of a server that is their own, where they can see
> the role it plays in providing some service.
>
> Maybe you have another idea? Is there something with desktop linux they
> could do that would feel like an accomplishment?
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
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