[GTALUG] TPL teaching Linux

[Karen Lewellen]

Oh  that is amazing!
One of the only reasons why I do not personally own a Linux machine is not 
being  able to learn in person.
Will contact the library and ask about the possibilities now.
does one bring their own machine to the circle, or are they using a basic 
distribution?
Thanks for sharing!
kare



On Fri, 1 Mar 2019, James Medeiros via talk wrote:

> This is awesome, thanks for sharing. If anyone else is in Niagara let me
> know - I’d be glad to get one of these rolling with our local libraries :)
>
> James
>
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 9:58 PM Evan Leibovitch via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> You may be interested to know that there is a new learning concept taking
>> hold, in a very unusual context. Libraries around the world are getting
>> involved in "leaning circles", in which a group of learners work together
>> with each other, online training, library-supplied facilitation staff and
>> sporadic involvement by subject experts.
>>
>> The concept is going global, and different libraries are leading the way
>> in different fields. As it turns out, the global leader in Linux learning
>> circles is right here at the Toronto Public Library. Toronto and Nairobi
>> are the first in the world to be welcoming "new to Linux" attendees who run
>> the range from absolute newcomers to people looking to change careers or
>> others who are in IT in other realms and want to learn Linux.
>>
>> The initial run of four-week "Linux Unhatched" circles is just now
>> concluding. I audited them at three of the six different branches
>> (Keele&Wilson, University at College, Yonge at Eglinton)  at which they were
>> held. Response has been great. At the sessions I attended I talked up
>> GTALUG as a way for participants to keep their interest after the sessions
>> are over and maybe we'll get some new participants as a result.
>>
>> For its next step, the TPL is offering a 70-hour course on Linux
>> Essentials, based on the LPI certificate program of the same name and done
>> through the Cisco Networking Academy.
>>
>> https://www.netacad.com/web/self-enroll/course-799917
>>
>> If you know anyone interested in Linux, this is a great way to start
>> learning...
>>
>> --
>> Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada
>> @evanleibovitch or @el56
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