[TriLUG] 1-day highschool workshop ideas

Thu Dec 7 20:11:22 EST 2017

Sandstorm is an interesting idea! I wasn't familiar with it. I like that it
would be something the students could show off at the end and even find
some use for.

Side note: if you're available, this would make a great demo at next week's
Demo+Social! ;)

https://www.meetup.com/trilug/events/245444548/

On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 12:23 PM, John Ostrander via TriLUG <
trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> I'd pitch https://sandstorm.io/ + LetsEncrypt. It's dead simple to get
> started on a DIY server and once deployed gives plenty of apps to play
> with. Some of the grains can be hooked up to mobile device apps as well.
>
>
> On 12/06/2017 08:41 AM, Scott Sexton via TriLUG wrote:
> > You've got to come up with something that they can relate with...  LAMP
> > stacks and Wordpress are simple and would take less than a day, but what
> > high school students blog or run their own website? Kids are too busy
> doing
> > Snapchat, After School or whatever the app du jour is.  Is there a simple
> > collaboration type server that can be set up that already has associated
> > android/iOS apps that might be more relatable? Perhaps fire up a VPS,
> > install Mattermost, have the kids set it up and install their apps on
> their
> > phones and start chatting?
> >
> > Scott S.
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 1:01 PM Thomas V Thomas via TriLUG <
> trilug at trilug.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> 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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