User talk:Osso.f-mathsstudentprojectgrp1

Welcome !
Hello students,

Welcome to the project!

Please see the following links:
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * Tutorial
 * How to edit a page and How to develop articles
 * How to create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
 * Simplified Manual of Style
 * Editing for the First Time

Also, you can create a new account for yourselves. You will be given a step by step guide to editing for first time users, just after your account is created.

When you're finished, please head over to the Yoruba Wikipedia (http://yo.wikipedia.org), and start work.

Mura sișe o!!!

Osso.f-mathsstudentprojectgrp1 (talk) 14:09, 29 June 2015‎ (UTC)

Task
Your task is to translate at least one (but preferably two or three) articles about scientists or mathematicians into the Nigerian language of your choice (probably Yoruba).

Here is a suggested list of people to choose from. Of course, feel free to pick others. Anyone with M, beside their name, is a mathematician. All these people have articles on the English Wikipedia, which can be found using the search bar (I want you to use it!). For those who prefer a more local or African perspective, see: Or: George Washington Carver, a Black American scientist.
 * Isaac Newton (M)
 * Albert Einstein
 * Marie Curie
 * Leonhard Euler (M)
 * Karl Friedrich Gauss (M)
 * Michael Faraday
 * Archimedes (M)
 * Blaise Pascal (M)
 * Robert Hooke (M)
 * Philip Emeagwali (M)
 * Ayodele Awojobi, who has an excellent article.
 * Mpemba effect
 * Chike Obi (M)
 * Alexander Animalu

So, to work, everybody! Osso.f-mathsstudentprojectgrp1 (talk) 12:52, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Introduction
This project is for the group led by David. For the other groups, please see Osso.f-mathsstudentprojectgrp3 and Osso.f-mathsstudentprojectgrp2. Osso.f-mathsstudentprojectgrp1 (talk) 10:54, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

New instructions
Above it was suggested that each student create an account for convenience. This has now been made a requirement. That is, it is now an instruction.

Each student should create a new account, with their initials after the letters after the name of their group, separated by a hyphen or underscore. E.g. For someone called Adekunle Chidinma Mohammed, in group 1, their user-name could be Osso.f-mathsstudentprojectgrp1-ACM, or Osso.f-mathsstudentprojectgrp1_ACM, for example. Do not, REPEAT: DO NOT, use your full names to register. The instructor does not take any responsibility for any consequences of such action.

Thank you. Osso.f-mathsstudentprojectgrp1 (talk) 23:03, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

Announcement
As there are aspiring programmers and computer scientists/engineers in this project, the instructor has seen fit to advertise the following opening.

This is to announce that there will be an event holding on the 24-25th of July, at the EXPO hall, EKO Hotel and Suites, PMB 12724, Adetokunbo Ademola St., Victoria Island.

Specifically, there are going to be workshops on programming, targeted towards SS1-SS3 students, and more.

Admission is free. REPEAT, admission is FREE. Don't miss this opportunity to change. Tell a friend! Come at 12.00 noon. Get yourself down to V.I. This is a life-changing opportunity - don't miss the chance to change your lives! Be there.... Osso.f-mathsstudentprojectgrp1 (talk) 23:54, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

Website
Here is their Nigerian website: http://www.techplus.com.ng/. Sorry for the late inclusion, but better late than never! Osso.f-mathsstudentprojectgrp1 (talk) 11:00, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Other camps
I was at Tech+ and it was fantastic! Sadly, I don't know if anyone was able to make it. In that spirit, here are other events you might use to improve your computer skills. The websites are given below:
 * http://www.techquestcamp.com/
 * Centre4Tech.com
 * http://www.techcityng.com/hack-academy-summer-boot-camp-2015/

For more, I suggest to search for something like "Summer computer camps 2015" or "Summer technology camps 2015". Also, there will probably be Tech+ in 2016! Please don't miss the opportunity to invest in your future.

I wish you all the best in your forthcoming exams, as well as in life. Osso.f-mathsstudentprojectgrp1 (talk) 23:08, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Final submission
Please email me, the instructor, at ojotafurthermaths@yandex.com not later than 31 July, informing me of the completion of the project, and what work you have done. Please give all the Wikipedia usernames of all the people in your group, so I can see what work has been done.

FAILURE TO SUBMIT THE EMAIL WILL RESULT IN A ZERO MARK FOR THE PROJECT, AND WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT YOUR CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT.

Thank you. Osso.f-mathsstudentprojectgrp1 (talk) 23:33, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

Deadline
"The phone lines are now closing"...

The deadline for the submission of the project work is still tomorrow at 11.30 am. Please, it is important to submit whatever you have, in order so your mark may improve.

It is quite likely your final marks will be entered or submitted before the expiration of the actual deadline. While these may be changed, the submission cannot be delayed indefinitely - the final marks of all the subjects are due to be sent to the Lagos St. Min of Edu. on the 10th of August. I would encourage people to do whatever work they can, or to send to me any evidence that they actually engaged with this project.

IT MAY BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GETTING A CREDIT AND NOT GETTING A CREDIT BADLY NEEDED FOR PROMOTION TO SS3. Osso.f-mathsstudentprojectgrp1 (talk) 19:06, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Due to computer problems, the final marks were not submitted yesterday. This means there has been an (unplanned) extension to the project. However, it is not possible to extend it anywhere past Monday or Tuesday. Hurry, then! Osso.f-mathsstudentprojectgrp1 (talk) 18:10, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

Final shutdown
"Ladies and gentlemen, voting is over... and the phone lines are now closed."

This is it. The extended deadline has now passed, and the final marks for the school year in Further Maths were submitted yesterday (Wednesday). At the end of this message, this Wikipedia account will be closed.

The race has been run, and the season for work is finished. I hope you enjoy your holiday rest before resumption in September - all focus will be on the WAEC exams then!

So, this is the end; not only of the project, but of the school year and our time together. It was all too brief, but I hope you have learnt something from the project, although it appears many people did not bother to come onto this page.

"I want to ask you how you're feeling, and if you've learnt anything." - Earl Woods, Tiger Woods's father.
As I said earlier, I hope you have learned something; but not only from the project. I also hope you all have learned something from our brief and fleeting time together, and that the lessons will not leave you throughout the rest of your lives. On that note, please try and continue the work that this project has tried to do. Also, on a similar note, please do not be scared by Further Mathematics - that is not the message I want to leave behind. Please keep trying. If at first you don't succeed (even at second), try, and and try again. Don't be afraid to try, and don't give up. That's a lesson for life too, as many of you will be moving into the wider world soon.

"And this too shall pass". - An old saying, meaning that worldly things are fleeting in nature.
I've already said my goodbyes to many of you in person. Now it's time to say goodbye on here, too. Even though it didn't always seem that way, it's been a pleasure knowing you.

I will try to preserve the course material. If you want the computer files of the course, please email me at "ojotafurthermaths@yandex.com". I will try to answer, although I cannot promise that I will still be using that email one year from now. The website for the subject is "www.ojotafurthermathematics.simplesite.com". Any new websites will be posted on that page as well.

That is it! (Or is it "that was it"?).

I wish all of you the very, very best - and every success, in your school leaving exams, and in your future lives.

Bye-bye!! Odaabo-oh! Au revoir! Osso.f-mathsstudentprojectgrp1 (talk) 23:10, 6 August 2015 (UTC)