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James started teaching at Walla Walla University at the beginning of 2018 after working in industry for 35 years. In addition to a graduate degree in Computer Science, James has a J.D., an M.B.A., and has worked as a commercial pilot and flight instructor. Most of James' technical experience is with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk Smalltalk] and [https://gemtalksystems.com/products/gs64/ GemStone] and his [https://programminggems.wordpress.com/ blog] reflects that focus. | James started teaching at Walla Walla University at the beginning of 2018 after working in industry for 35 years. In addition to a graduate degree in Computer Science, James has a J.D., an M.B.A., and has worked as a commercial pilot and flight instructor. Most of James' technical experience is with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk Smalltalk] and [https://gemtalksystems.com/products/gs64/ GemStone] and his [https://programminggems.wordpress.com/ blog] reflects that focus. | ||
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| + | == FOSS Field Trip (Activity) == | ||
| + | * GitHub | ||
| + | ** As of 18-May-2018, [https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=education&type= GitHub] reports 20,199 repositories as a response to a query for 'education'. | ||
| + | ** The [https://github.com/nodejs/education/graphs/commit-activity Insights] tab on a project shows the number of commits per week for the past year in a bar chart and the number of commits per day for the past week in a line chart. | ||
| + | ** A query for [https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=humanitarian&type= humanitarian] reports 392 repository. | ||
| + | ** [https://github.com/HTBox/crisischeckin/commits/master HTBox/crisischeckin] had a commit on 22-April-2017. | ||
| + | ** I found 34 projects in [https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=disaster+management+applications&type= 'disaster management applications']. | ||
| + | *OpenHub | ||
| + | ** A search on OpenHub for [https://www.openhub.net/p?ref=homepage&query=education 'education'] returned 226 pages of 10 projects each, so ~2260 projects. | ||
Revision as of 00:08, 19 May 2018
James Foster is Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Walla Walla University, a Seventh-day Adventist Higher Education institution founded in 1892. The University has about 1800 students in undergraduate and masters programs.
James started teaching at Walla Walla University at the beginning of 2018 after working in industry for 35 years. In addition to a graduate degree in Computer Science, James has a J.D., an M.B.A., and has worked as a commercial pilot and flight instructor. Most of James' technical experience is with Smalltalk and GemStone and his blog reflects that focus.
FOSS Field Trip (Activity)
- GitHub
- As of 18-May-2018, GitHub reports 20,199 repositories as a response to a query for 'education'.
- The Insights tab on a project shows the number of commits per week for the past year in a bar chart and the number of commits per day for the past week in a line chart.
- A query for humanitarian reports 392 repository.
- HTBox/crisischeckin had a commit on 22-April-2017.
- I found 34 projects in 'disaster management applications'.
- OpenHub
- A search on OpenHub for 'education' returned 226 pages of 10 projects each, so ~2260 projects.
