Meeting with Dale + Drupalversity + SeaDUG mtg
jwalling
Jennifer Hodgdon and I met with Dale McGladdery on Sunday and we
briefed him on our experiences with the Seattle Drupal Clinic for
Beginners in 2009. Dale is part of the planning committee for the
upcoming Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit in Vancouver, BC scheduled
for October 2-3, 2010 at Robson Square. Dale is committed to getting a
one day beginner clinic in place before the two day summit.
Stay in touch with the Vancouver Drupal group here:
http://groups.drupal.org/vancouver
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Drupalversity
http://groups.drupal.org/node/42236
"I think it would be great if we (the broad Drupal community) could
put together a series of online courses which teach people different
aspects of Drupal." -- jim0203
(jim0203 tried to get a new Drupal group designated for Drupalversity,
but was turned down by the gate keepers.)
I have been following the pro/con discussion for a Drupalversity (DV)
proposal for a few months. I keep thinking the discussion will die out
and be lost in the haze of similar debates, but, not so far. People
keep contributing their ideas and I get the feeling that "something
new is in the air". Some of the tension is between how to recycle and
integrate what is available in the wild and what/when to build new. I
think DV proposes to recycle/integrate resources into curricula but I
am not clear on how that could be done.
A proponent for Drupal Dojo and Drupal Kata (gusaus) has been making
constructive comments, even though he supports more established, and
probably rival, initiatives:
http://groups.drupal.org/node/42236#comment-114960
http://groups.drupal.org/node/42236#comment-115208
http://groups.drupal.org/node/42236#comment-116214
http://groups.drupal.org/node/42236#comment-122490
http://groups.drupal.org/node/42236#comment-154458
http://groups.drupal.org/node/42236#comment-155218
http://groups.drupal.org/node/42236#comment-156418
I tossed in the idea of getting a product of the product, ie, LMS+SCORM
+Registry
http://groups.drupal.org/node/42236#comment-156418
but that suggestion didn't get much traction.
A later comment by Becky Kenney made me appreciate the heavy lifting
required to make LMS+SCORM+Registry happen: http://groups.drupal.org/node/42236#comment-156313
(plus preceeding thread.)
I found this side initiative to be interesting and potentially useful
to local Drupalistas:
Summer Class for Beginning Developers by Chach Sikes
http://groups.drupal.org/node/42236#comment-156258
http://www.chachaville.com/content/hot-and-dirty-drupal-developer-summer-garden-project
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Be sure to mark your calendar for the upcoming SeaDUG meeting this
Thursday:
March 18, 6 - 8 pm PST
Cowork: 3-6pm
NEW LOCATION:
Smashing Ideas
1601 Second Avenue, Suite 900
Seattle, WA 98101
Signup:
http://groups.drupal.org/node/51598
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Cheers,
John Walling