[TriLUG] 1-day highschool workshop ideas

[Thomas V Thomas via TriLUG]

Hi Michael,

You may be able to setup a free compute engine on Google Cloud Platform
(credit card may be required for initial setup)

https://cloud.google.com/free/docs/frequently-asked-questions
https://cloud.google.com/free/docs/always-free-usage-limits

Google Compute Engine - Always Free Tier:
1 f1-micro instance per month (US regions only - Excluding Northern
Virginia)
30 GB-months HDD, 5 GB-months snapshot
1 GB network egress from North America to all region destinations per month
(excluding China and Australia)

There may also be other services providing free limited VPS or Cloud
hosting services.

Below are few links which may be of interest to students,

Setup LAMP stack (maybe short introduction to OS, Webserver, PHP &
Databases):
https://cloud.google.com/community/tutorials/setting-up-lamp

Install Joomla
https://cloud.google.com/community/tutorials/joomla-on-compute-engine

Joomla Tutorials
https://docs.joomla.org/Tutorials:Beginners

Install Wordpress eg:
http://jonnyreeves.co.uk/2016/wordpress-on-a-google-compute-engine-f1-micro/

Or Setup a VPN server:
https://www.linode.com/docs/networking/vpn/set-up-a-hardened-openvpn-server/

Or Install Docker for an introduction to containers

There are few other software solutions available via
https://cloud.google.com/launcher/

Google free compute tier may be too small to run multiple software
packages. So some installed services may need to be shutdown if trying out
multiple packages.

Regards,
Thomas

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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