FLOSS Program Layout
Version 2.2 by Lindsay_Clark on 2017/07/03 21:32
FLOSS Desktops Camp at Siena
- Class size: 12 students (Middle School - High School age)
- 1 Teacher, 6 Mentors
- One week, from 9 A.M. - 1 P.M.
Preparation
- Tested all of the computers and monitors
- Took inventory of computers, hard drives, RAM, motherboards, video cards, disk drives, power cables, mice, keyboards, and video cables
- Made a list of sabotages for each computer
Day 1
The students started out with a pre-assessment and once they were finished, moved on to the MAKE worksheets. Students worked MAKE 1 through MAKE 3 and were then given the computers. Working in groups of three, with one mentor per group, each student followed the MAKE 4 page to troubleshoot what was preventing their computers from running. After the computers were completely working, students moved on to MAKE 5 to explore the computer's BIOs and play with boot order. Once the boot order was set, students could then load up Darik's Boot and Nuke CDs into their computers to wipe the hard drives, following the instructions on MAKE 6. The students left the computers to wipe the hard drives overnight, since the process takes a while.