Comments on: Webucation: What I learned at Barcamp DC http://badassideas.com/webucation-what-i-learned-at-barcamp-dc/ Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:11:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Justin Thorp http://badassideas.com/webucation-what-i-learned-at-barcamp-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Justin Thorp Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:30:44 +0000 http://www.badassideas.com/blog/2008/10/19/webucation-what-i-learned-at-barcamp-dc/#comment-235 Samantha, thanks again for coming to BarCampDC. Hope you had a good time! I'm bummed that I didn't see more of Jeff's talk. I heard a lot of folks talk about it as a favorite of the day. Looks like I'll be at FOWD. Can't wait to meet his class. Samantha, thanks again for coming to BarCampDC. Hope you had a good time!

I’m bummed that I didn’t see more of Jeff’s talk. I heard a lot of folks talk about it as a favorite of the day.

Looks like I’ll be at FOWD. Can’t wait to meet his class.

]]> By: John F Croston III http://badassideas.com/webucation-what-i-learned-at-barcamp-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-237 John F Croston III Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:32:39 +0000 http://www.badassideas.com/blog/2008/10/19/webucation-what-i-learned-at-barcamp-dc/#comment-237 Way to go on your talk, sorry I missed it. I was told it was one of the two best talks that people went to and the other was Jeff Brown's talk that you have reviewed here. Great overview of one of the best talks at BarCampDC from what everyone was saying. We all need to educate co-workers, students, and others that might not know better. I'm glad this was one of the only talks I was able to get to and it was well worth my time. What he and Zac Gordon of Spring Brook high school in Silver Spring are trying to do for their kids is great. His I had passionate teachers like that when I was in high school or for most of my college days. Way to go on your talk, sorry I missed it. I was told it was one of the two best talks that people went to and the other was Jeff Brown’s talk that you have reviewed here.

Great overview of one of the best talks at BarCampDC from what everyone was saying. We all need to educate co-workers, students, and others that might not know better. I’m glad this was one of the only talks I was able to get to and it was well worth my time.

What he and Zac Gordon of Spring Brook high school in Silver Spring are trying to do for their kids is great. His I had passionate teachers like that when I was in high school or for most of my college days.

]]> By: Zac http://badassideas.com/webucation-what-i-learned-at-barcamp-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Zac Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:26:44 +0000 http://www.badassideas.com/blog/2008/10/19/webucation-what-i-learned-at-barcamp-dc/#comment-238 Great post! I am a huge Jeff Brown fan, and enjoy touting along on this webucator path with him. Sad to have missed the event :( but glad to hear the positive responses :) Great post! I am a huge Jeff Brown fan, and enjoy touting along on this webucator path with him.

Sad to have missed the event :( but glad to hear the positive responses :)

]]> By: Jeff http://badassideas.com/webucation-what-i-learned-at-barcamp-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Jeff Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:24:16 +0000 http://www.badassideas.com/blog/2008/10/19/webucation-what-i-learned-at-barcamp-dc/#comment-236 Nice article Samantha. I agree, it is time to do something about it. And to reiterate your point Samantha, you don't have to be a teacher to be a "webucator", you can become an advocate simply by speaking where you know others will listen. Change will not happen on its own. Nice article Samantha. I agree, it is time to do something about it. And to reiterate your point Samantha, you don’t have to be a teacher to be a “webucator”, you can become an advocate simply by speaking where you know others will listen. Change will not happen on its own.

]]> By: Ryan Berg http://badassideas.com/webucation-what-i-learned-at-barcamp-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Ryan Berg Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:52:54 +0000 http://www.badassideas.com/blog/2008/10/19/webucation-what-i-learned-at-barcamp-dc/#comment-239 Having recently graduated from a well-respected (I think) university, I've witnessed this first hand. At most, students learned to slice a Photoshop file into a table for Dreamweaver, with no regard for standards, usability, or best practices. Flash was gratuitously spread. Conversations were, "Wouldn't it be cool if **insert worthless effect** happened while the site loaded?" instead of, "Wouldn't it be cool if your site didn't need a loading screen?" The fundamentals my program taught were strong, but poorly-applied to designing for the web. Having recently graduated from a well-respected (I think) university, I’ve witnessed this first hand. At most, students learned to slice a Photoshop file into a table for Dreamweaver, with no regard for standards, usability, or best practices. Flash was gratuitously spread. Conversations were, “Wouldn’t it be cool if **insert worthless effect** happened while the site loaded?” instead of, “Wouldn’t it be cool if your site didn’t need a loading screen?”

The fundamentals my program taught were strong, but poorly-applied to designing for the web.

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