First year BCMS student at the University of Waikato

Arduino Academy (July 2013)

Catalyst Open Source Academy (January 2014)

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Two week course ran by Catalyst IT annually

For high school students with interest in technology

Raise awareness for FOSS

Gain experience by contributing to open source projects

Attract more people into IT profession

Mahara Hui 2014

Setting up Ubuntu workspace

Importance of freedom, gratis vs libre

Setting up Linux server

Image manipulation through GIMP

User experience

Development processes

Accessibility

Basic programming with PHP and PostgreSQL

IRCs and forums

Mahara Hui 2014

Projects Drupal – Content Management System

Koha – Integrated Library System

Mahara – ePortfolio

Piwik – Web analytics

Mahara Hui 2014

Submit bug fixes Small changes but crucial for certain users

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Importance of web accessibility

Viability of open sourced alternatives

Anyone can contribute

High school computer science is really boring

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Questions?..

Mahara Hui 2014

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