[Year 12 IT Apps] Re: [Moodle] Google Highly Open Participation Contest

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Thanks for sharing this information Donna. Right down the alley for
secondary school IT educators and I hope that my colleagues give it a look
over.

After talking to a past participant with the Google summer of code, I was
impressed with the open and community spirit that threads its way through
the projects that they support and the good that comes from their
contributions. From what I can read, there is a real team spirit that
underpins these projects. Instead of silently struggling on with problems in
isolation, under the guidance of a mentor the participants are encouraged to
ask for help from the wider network, blog, wiki etc.

Also spotting your new signature. Well done for your efforts the 2007 VITTA
conference and good luck with http://linux.conf.au Jan/Feb 2008. This is
going to be a huge conference in Melbourne next year. Good luck :-)

Regards Roland

On 01/12/2007, Donna Benjamin <donna at cc.com.au> wrote:
>
> The Google Highly Open Participation Contest
> http://code.google.com/opensource/ghop/2007-8/
>
> Google says to Secondary School Students
> "We'd love to see you help out these projects."
>
> Apache Software Foundation, Drupal, GNOME, Joomla!,
> MoinMoin, Mono, Moodle, Plone, Python, SilverStripe.
>
> Google has announced a new project to get young people
> involved in open source development. They've teamed up with the open
> source projects listed here to give student contestants the
> opportunity to learn more about and contribute to all aspects of open
> source software development, from writing code and documentation to
> preparing training materials, conducting user experience research and
> even designing logos.
>
> The contest is for students aged 13 or older who have not
> yet begun university studies.
>
> In return, students will learn more about all aspects of developing
> software - not just programming. They'll  be eligible to win cash
> prizes and the all important t-shirt! Parental or guardian
> permission is required to participate where applicable."
>
> This has grown out of the success of the Google Summer of Code program,
> aimed at University Students. "The Google Summer of Code program for
> 2007 ran through August 31, 2007. This year, the program brought
> together 900 students and nearly 1500 mentors across 90 countries to
> contribute to over 130 different open source software projects."
> http://code.google.com/soc/2007/
>
>
> --
> Donna Benjamin
> Conference Director linux.conf.au 2008 http://linux.conf.au
> Board Member Open Source Industry Australia http://www.osia.net.au
> Executive Director Creative Contingencies http://www.cc.com.au
> 2007 Conference Co-ordinator VITTA http://www.vitta.org.au/2007
>
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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