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Cohort 1
Sessions
| Type | Theme | Topics | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Culture building + Lesson | Kickoff & Raspberry Pi install | Raspberry Pi loadout |
| 2 | Lesson | Linux (Ubuntu) basics | Basic shell usage, ubuntu directory structure, using apt Shell Basics |
| 3 | Lesson | Web basics | How a web page loads, web server installation and config Web Basics |
| 4 | Project | Wikipedia mirror hack | We try and manually setup wikipedia mirrors Mirroring Wikipedia |
| 5 | Lesson | Merri-bek Tech architecture & Tech collaboration | Introduce the conceptual model, explain basic tech project management (kanban, stories) |
| 6-11 | Project | Project time | Working in teams, tutor support |
| 12 | Showcase | Showcase | Public showcase of projects, with guests |
Public Blurb
Merri-bek Tech Winter Volunteer Cohort
Learn the technical skills of web server operation for free, while helping with our mission to support local community groups, decrease climate emissions, and provide local resilience.
This winter, a group of volunteers will have the chance to participate in a free three-month program with local non-profit, Merri-bek Tech. To forward our goal of building local resilience for grass-roots and climate-ready tech infrastructure, we want to build skills across the local community and applicants will be chosen to represent the many faces of Merri-bek, rather than based on technical experience.
The program consists of a weekly session, with some structured learning workshops and some mentored project time. At the end of the program, volunteers will have had a chance to work on group projects that support independent web hosting at a local neighbourhood house. The theme of this cohort will be Wikipedia, and we'll be working on a tools to support hosting our own local mirror of Wikipedia, that is accessible even during a power outage.
As part of this, each volunteer will learn or practice skills including:
- Using the Raspberry Pi
- Command line Linux
- Web server basics
- Networking basis
- Technical collaboration and project management
All equipment is provided, and help will be available from professionals with decades of experience in the industry.