So turns out now I'm teaching IT this year to a bunch of high school kids. Gotta have a budget ready in about a week or so. What is some cool shit I can show them / do with them?
There is a curriculum I have to stick with but I do have some latitude to throw in other stuff.
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My old roommate was high school teacher, I remember him using LEGO Mindstorms to teach basic programming to the kids before they switched to the more advanced stuff.
How to install a linux distro (not *buntu) and use a terminal and package manager.
This, most of these kids will only have a vague idea of what linux is and showing them that there are OS's besides Windows and OSX is important, especially if they have any desire to go into IT.
You could also try to discuss the benifits of FOSS and why they should be using it and supportive of it. Most people dont know what Open Source even means, let alone free software, so introducing the concept to them at a young age would be beneficial.
Do NOT do this first because kids are not interested in shit that only Jow Forums autists do. Instead try and introduce them to a computer's "guts" and show them what basic components let the computer do its job.
Always start as though you're teaching retards. Don't jump into your passion autism shit because nobody else really cares. Go step by step and gradually ramp up the complexity.
Don't listen to this idiot. Tell them to install arch or fix their x11 config as an exam
see if a local PC store will give you some old PCs to teach them how to build/repair desktops. then install windows and linux a few times.
Teach them a programming language, I'd recommend python as it's really friendly.
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teach them x86 assembly
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First off this and some programming with Blocky in case some are too slow to understand/catch on to it.
Let's be honest here, most high school kids are too retarded for most ideas Jow Forums could come up with.
Just buy some logo/turtle or scratch/block logic books as an introduction to proggraming, get a cheapo ~150eur chink 3d printer for trinket making with tinkercad and loads of pla with the left over budget.
Once you see that only two or three kids are actually paying attention in class, and not jacking off their ego on social media, lean into what they want to get out of it. Don't be afraid to do some project with them, since that's where most of the fun i had in high school was.
Best memory of I.T class was when the teacher taught me lua so i could properly use some bot for a game i was playing at the time. Too bad she got a kid and got two years parental leave. Her replacement was an old hag from the high schools library who only asked us to write down some text and apply basic formatting to it day in and day out for two years.
He's teaching IT not CS
Teach them how to wipe a drive, back up data, build a computer, scan for viruses, reinstall OS, other OS, get adblock, stay safe online (how we did back in the day by never using our real names)
Just teaching some of those will save the normies a shitload of money when a drive fails or they get a virus
The same thing the previous teacher did.
Teach them how to install Gentoo pussy you won’t
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Teach them about the various internet protocols. http vs https. Etc. Have them install gentoo.
Have them install pi-hole, it'll teach em a bit about DNS servers/networking in general and it'd legit probably be a useful/neat thing.
I think a little bit of programming has its place in an IT curriculum - task automation can be pretty important.
I'd recommend a little Python and batch scripting. Give them an assignment to make one of those cheesy fake viruses people used to make.
Depends.
> two groups, basic and advanced
> set up a target which will grant an instant A: CTF, crackme.exe, installed Gentoo
> If they need to learn logical operators, prepare some examples for them, grepping/sorting with Bash may be a right fit, but I dunno.
What else do they need to learn?
teach em' networking and let them set up an intranet with a few ubuntu towers and an old network switch.
You're lucky if all of them manage to save, find and open a Word file again.
Seriously prepare to have some real retards when it comes to computers and prepare for having a few enthusiasts. Try to both groups something interesting.
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- Refer to the students as iToddlers if they use any applel product
- Force them to recite the GNU+Linux meme
- Teach them the importance of FOSS
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I spoon fed you this time but try and not be lazy again m'kay?
Build a PC in front of them. If You have a budget for a couple of old machines, force them to build it themselves in a group of 3-4. Install windows. Force them to use linux for a couple of hours (some bs tasks like using graphical package manager etc.). Basics of gimp or some other photo editing app. Using functions/graphs/many spreadsheets in MS excel. Synchronising stuff between phone and pc using dropbox/google drive. Explain them that connecting their laptop and projector may require adapter. Show how to use wolfram alpha, reverse image search or smth.
Just think: what are some small tasks You had to do during university that may surprise non technical person?
my mom teaches at the local high school and does these except it's just a basic easy distro, no terminal or command line stuff apart from basic updating and some packages.
basics of the office suite aswell.
She got no hips
everything you've suggested is helpful, so no boomer beaucrat is going to sign off on any of it
>t. frm primary schoo teacher: this is ABSOLUTELY TOP-NOTCH FUCKING STERLING advice.
I hope user takes it.
Congrats on becoming a "Those who can't" btw OP.
teach assembly, digital logic, or cover the course material for compTIA A+. maybe security+. teaching security+ would make 50k+ jobs available immediately out of high school, which is kinda cool.
maybe arudino stuff could be fun too?
You can because someone taught you, retard.
Op here. The beauty is that nobody has to sign off on it. As long as I teach them what's in the curriculum (basic crap from the 90s ie. build a webpage using dreamweaver), I can do any extra shit that I want to.
I am actually planning to do this. Buy a half broken old POS box from ebay then upgrade it bit by bit, showing them how each upgrade effects the whole deal one by one.