Something New
It’s been a while since I posted anything, I live a dull life! 
I finally graduated last year with honors even. There’s an old joke about if you attend community college long enough, they will let you teach.
Heh, heh, it’s no joke. I’m adjunct faculty for the computer science department and teach a couple of classes every semester. This semester I’m teaching an Intro to Windows and a Windows Server class.
Doesn’t pay much but it’s interesting and you get to meet a lot of people. The perks are pretty cool as you get to play with a lot of neat things and have access to all kinds of academic discounts.
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It’s been a long while since I posted anything. Boring….
Anyway, I’m still teaching. In the fall of 2009 I will be teaching a Windows server 2008 class, a Windows XP Pro class, and an introduction to networking class.
Next spring we are upgrading the XP Pro class to Windows 7.
And I’m a Linux geek so how the heck did I get roped into teaching a bunch of Windows stuff?
(Hey, I need the money! That’s why.)
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:11 am
Well, I must be doing something right in my teaching. I’ve been approached by several students taking other classes wanting to know if they can transfer into mine because they were told that I’m the best instructor for those classes! It’s probably because I teach real world examples in addition to just lecturing from the textbooks.
Even my boss, the computer science department chair has asked if it would be OK to have some students just audit my class because they felt they wern’t getting enough out of their existing session.
I set up a class C network natted to the outside world so my students can do things on their servers without it affecting the rest of the school network. I used a Cisco router and switch for the network.
I also encourage them to take the Cisco classes as one needs a lot of skills to be an effective network administrator. That and also the various Linux/Unix/Microsoft classes that make up the entire networking curriculum.
Once upon a time I took all of those classes and it’s amazing how much of it comes back to you once you actually start using it.
Just wish I had started teaching 10 years ago instead of waiting until I semi-retired.