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Sakai Oxford Tetra ELF Workshop

Welcome to theSakai Oxford Tetra ELF

WorkshopAaron Zeckoskiaaronz@vt.edu

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A little about myself(Aaron Zeckoski)

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Manager of Application Development

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Fancy name for:Lead Developer

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Learning Technologies

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8URL: http://earth.google.com/

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Working on:Masters degree in CS

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Sakai Fellow

URL: http://bugs.sakaiproject.org/confluence/display/SCP/Sakai+Fellows

11URL: http://bugs.sakaiproject.org/confluence/display/BOOT/

12URL: http://aaronz-sakai.blogspot.com/

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I have been involved in:

• Desktop Support• Network Engineering• User Support and Training• System and Application Support• Database Administration• UI Design• Software Engineering

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But mostly,I am a learner like you

15URL: https://content.cc.vt.edu/confluence/display/~aaronz/

Want to know more about me for some reason?

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What about those other 2 guys?

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Antranig Basman

• Creator of RSF (more on this later)• From Cambridge (in the UK)• Expert in Java and C++

– And modern code in general• Flowtalk creator

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Ian Boston

• Sakai Fellow• CTO of CARET• From Cambridge (in the UK)• Blogger:

http://www.tfd.co.uk/blogs/sakaiblog/

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So, why are we here?

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• Learn about Sakai• Look at some new technolgies• Play with some tools• Hear some presentations• Write some code• Have some fun• Have more fun

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Now for some quotes from Alan Key

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The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

- Alan Key, Smalltalk creator

URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kay

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The future is not laid out on a track. It is something that we can decide, and to the extent

that we do not violate any known laws of the universe, we can probably make it work the

way that we want to.- Alan Key , Smalltalk creator

URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kay

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I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did

not have C++ in mind… - Alan Key , Smalltalk creator

URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kay

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What’s your point?

• Quotes from CS guys are fun• As part of the Sakai development

community, you have the opportunity to “invent” the future of Academic Computing

• This is supposed to get you excited about Sakai and community source

• But… you need tools and (more) skills to contribute to the effort in a meaningful way

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On with the show then!