Don Watkins (He/Him/His)

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Franklinville, New York

Educator, entrepreneur, open source advocate, life long learner, Python teacher. M.A. in Educational Psychology, M.S. Ed. in Educational Leadership, Linux system administrator.

Open Source Star Best Interview Award 2016 Best Interview Award 2017 Moderator's Choice Award 2018 Moderator's Choice Award 2019 People's Choice Award Social Sharer Award 2014 Conversation Starter Award 2015 Author Comment Gardener Open education 100+ Contributions Club Contributor Club

Authored Content

How to use KA Lite to serve up educational content

Access a universe of material with this flexible, intuitive open source learning platform.

Teaching kids Linux at summer camp

Middle school students learn how to make "broken" computers useful again with Linux and open source software.

OERu makes a college education affordable

Once you complete a course, take an assessment for college-level course credit.

3 mistakes to avoid when learning to code in Python

Learn Python programming the easy way with EduBlocks

EduBlocks brings a Scratch-like GUI to writing Python 3 code.

Getting started with Mu, a Python editor for beginners

Meet Mu, an open source editor that makes it easy for students to learn to code Python.

Convert video using Handbrake

This open source tool makes it simple to convert old videos to new formats.

Authored Comments

Don Watkins

7 Sep 2021

Access your iPhone on Linux with this open source tool

Great to hear that. I'm in an iPhone using family and this fit the bill for me too.

Don Watkins

7 Sep 2021

Access your iPhone on Linux with this open source tool

Just now seeing your comment. I have an iPhone 8 plus and using the USB-C cable that came with it I am able to mount my iPhone 8 plus on Linux Mint Cinnamon. I don't have the cable you are describing.