Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of projects/techies-of-color/workplan

Timestamp:

Mar 4, 2012, 11:20:15 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

Jamie McClelland

Comment:

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projects/techies-of-color/workplan

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 = Workplan =
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+''' NOTE: This is a work in progress '''
 
 The interactions between the mentors and the mentees forms the core of the project.
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 Perfect the Installation, troubleshoot problems and familiarize yourself with Open Source communications tools:
 
-   1. Install specific software to enhance Linux OS
-   1. IRC
-   1. SSH
-   1. GPG
+ 1. Install specific software to enhance Linux OS
+ 1. irc 
+ 1. ssh 
+ 1. openPGP/gnugpg 
+ 1. screen
 
 == Second Quarter ==
 
-Sept. 15 & 16, 2012 (New York City)
+=== Face-to-Face meeting ===
 
-Agenda:
+''Sept. 15 & 16, 2012 (New York City)''
 
- * Participants' Initial Reactions to Course -- Go Round
- * Individual meeting sessions with Mentor and Trainer on Course issues
- * Presentation: Role of Racism in Technology
- * Full group summary and discussion of Course issues
- * Explanation and Discussion of Next Stage
+Topic: networking and virtualization
 
-''Second Quarter's Work:''
+==== Agenda ====
 
- * Installing Virtual Servers
- * This stage involves virtualization and the development of a real server environment.  On their laptops, the participants will install, configure and learn to fully use:
-   * Web Environment
-   * Email system
-   * File Server/Samba server
+Pre-meeting reading materials
+
+ * ? link to article on racism and technology
+ * ? link to article on ipv4 vs ipv6 - high level overview
+ * ? link to article on broad overview of virtualization
+
+Sept. 15
+
+ * 9:00 - 10:00 am Participants' Initial Reactions to Course - Go Round
+ * 10:00 - 12:00 Presentation and Discussion: Role of Racism in Technology
+ * 12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch
+ * 1:00 - 3:00 pm Interactive lecture on core competancies Part I
+        * understanding netmask, ip address and gateway settings and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIDR CIDR notation] (e.g. "/27 network")
+        * configuring your network card manually using the ip suite of commands
+        * understanding [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_bridge network bridges] and the use of the brctl command
+        * understanding [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TUN/TAP virtual network devices (aka tap devices)] and how to create them with the ip command 
+  * understanding dhcp (watching dhcp sessions by using ifup/ifdown)
+  * dns: using dig to query name servers
+  * Using dnsmasq to setup your own dhcp/dns server on your local computer
+ * 3:00 - 3:15 pm Break
+ * 3:15 pm - 5:15 pm Interactive lecture on core competancies Part II
+  * Introduction to Bash programming (executing commands, defining functions, if/then statements)
+  * Assignment: write bash script to create a bridge, add two virtual network devices to the bridge, and assign them ip addresses. 
+ * 5:15 - 5:30 pm Wrap up
+ * 6:30 pm: Group Dinner
+
+September 16
+
+ * 9:00 - 9:30 Reflections on previous day
+ * 9:30 - 11:30 [http://workingdirectory.net/posts/2012/managing-kvm/ Putting it all together to launch a virtual machine]
+  * Understanding the bash script
+  * Downloading a Debian installer iso file and launching a virtual instance to install it
+ * 11:30 - 12:00 wrap up
+
+==== Second Quarter's Work ====
+
+Over the course of the second quarter, mentees will be assigned the tasks of setting up virtual servers to perform the following tasks: 
+
+   * Web Environment [link to how to], Deadline: October 15
+   * Email system [link to how to], Deadline: November 15
+   * File Server/Samba server [link to how to]: December 8
 
 == Third Quarter ==