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YigalB
March 1st, 2007, 11:45 AM
I am looking for a "Ubunto for beginners/advanced" material for course.
The target is youth center, ages 10-18.
I am looking for a material, slides, labs, and even exams.

Any guidelines?

az
March 1st, 2007, 12:14 PM
I would suggest the Official Ubuntu Book, of which there is an excerpt in the Dapper help menu. It is right up your alley.

However, I would encourage you to teach skills rather than particular applications or operating systems. You will have the greatest impact if you teach them how to do stuff on any OS rather than being Ubuntu-specific. There really is not tham much difference for most tasks.

YigalB
March 1st, 2007, 12:32 PM
Thanks Az

Basically I gree, but it's not so simple.
The place is a youth club for kids. They all know how to operate windows - from school, home, friends.
Lately I donated several PCs. The first outcome is that they tried to download utilities from the Internet, such as ICQ for windows, which obviouly didn't work. Since they have no patient, the outcome was not good.
This time I got a budget for a guide, so I want to do it orgenized, and give motivation, so the Ubuntu PCs will be used. (The motivation is a DiskOnKey).
I am sure I am not the first one, so I was hoping someone will come back with slides, labs etc.
Even simple things, like "how-to"s:
- how to add software
- how to set favorite web page
- how to use Gaim
- how to install VNC
- how to connect Ubuntu PC into home netwroking

All the stuff that bring you from here to your target in minutes. That's the kids' threshold any way.

tenn
March 1st, 2007, 01:31 PM
The Wiki may have what you are looking for.
Here is a a basic guide for setting up a remote desktop, I made this for another forum to show how easy it is to do.

I have removed the link to this file now.

az
March 1st, 2007, 02:36 PM
Even simple things, like "how-to"s:
- how to add software
- how to set favorite web page
- how to use Gaim
- how to install VNC
- how to connect Ubuntu PC into home netwroking



Its all here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoftwareManagement

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WebBrowsers
(You set your home page the same way, regardless of on what OS it is running.)

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GaimHowto

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNC?highlight=%28vnc%29
The VNC client is already installed.
also:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNCOverSSH?highlight=%28vnc%29


https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetAndNetworking

cantormath
March 1st, 2007, 02:40 PM
I am looking for a "Ubunto for beginners/advanced" material for course.
The target is youth center, ages 10-18.
I am looking for a material, slides, labs, and even exams.

Any guidelines?

The hacking ubuntu is a great book for beginners. Its not about hacking the sense most people think. Its really a howto-use guide of the OS.