I wonder if it's humanly possible to respond to an entire (HUGE) thread with one email. Probably not, so I'll write a script to do it! :P
I think quite a bit of real support is building for this "linux classroom" initiative.
The idea of one-way audio on top of IRC is a good one IMO. On freenode.net, they do a similar thing in #wopn, broadcasting a live ogg feed via http and taking feedback from listeners via text in the irc channel. I'm not wild about the idea of VNC as a teaching tool. For one, some of the material will be over non-GUI subject matter, and would be very difficult to handle with VNC - for instance, X configuration. For another, "students" will probably want to work along with the lecturer, not just sit and listen like bumps on a linuxized log. That will mean a lot of twiddling with VNC client windows and xterms and irc clients and browsers and you get the idea.
We could get a labful of Linux machines if everyone with a laptop (or a spare desktop and a strong, willing back) brings one in.
I also would be willing to present a class, and I would be interested to see a list of topics people are avid to explore.
Feel free to arrange my thoughts into the order in which the make the most or least sense.
More emails as random thoughts occur.
Levi
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