DimDim ChipIn
We're trying to raise $495 so we can get a DimDim pro account whichwill support 100 simultaneous users in a single room. Click here to ChipIn.
The $99 version lets you have 100 total users, but only 20 to any given room. Click "details" on the DimDim product page next to "Annual Price" to see what we're talking about.
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Dojo redesign site planning
We're having a informal planning session regarding the short term and long terms goals for what could be a new site/profile for the Drupal Dojo and how project ties into the larger goals of growing the Drupal project, community, and economy.
Discussion points may include -
- Desired outcomes for the new website, associated deliverables, and the Dojo itself (what are the Dojos requirements)
- Potential use cases for the website and major components (Repository for learning materials, Virtual classroom and collaboration space, Patterns)
- Requirement Gathering
Do It With Drupal Discount for Dojo Members
Hello Drupal Dojo people!
I'd like to extend a 10% registration discount for The Do It With Drupal Seminar to everyone in the Drupal Dojo group. To receive the discount enter the code DRUPALDOJO at the checkout. This discount code expires on November 21st.
Do It With Drupal is a large-scale conference-style learning event happening in New Orleans, December 10, 11, and 12th. We've got a lot of superstar speakers from both Drupal and the greater web community. The event is being organized by Lullabot and features speakers such as Earl Miles (Views), Karen Stevenson (CCK), Moshe Weitzman (Organic Groups), John Resig (author of jQuery), Chris Pirillo (Lockergnome), Heather Champ (Flickr Community Manager), Chris Messina (Flock, DiSo, etc), Angie Byron (Drupal 7 maintainer), Addi Berry (Drupal Dojo), and many more.
For more information about the event please visit http://doitwithdrupal.com . Be sure not to miss the latest schedule and the blog for the latest news.
Read moreDrupal Dojo lineup
The following are ongoing and planned Drupal Dojo programs. Our efforts to produce webinars weekly depend on you, your interest in sharing ideas and experiences, and the availability of our volunteers. We are working on a new line up for 2012-2013 and hope to be updating the line-up soon. In the meantime, if you have something of interest to the Drupal community that you would like to share please sign up for a time slot under one of the following programs.
Ongoing
Title: Building With Drupal
Read moreDimdim demo and evaluation
Chris Hughes from Dimdim will be giving our a community a personalized demo of their powerful online meeting and collaboration platform. It provides a self contained solution with many key features:
- No Install to Start/Join meetings
- Easily Share your Desktop
- Audio & Video Conferencing
- Present PowerPoint and PDFs
- Private & Public Chat
- Whiteboard & Annotations
- Record and Playback Meetings
- Multiple Presenters
These are just some of the potential uses:
- An improved training platform for the Drupal Dojo, companies, and individuals
Open Drupal Curriculum: A Drupal Learning Track
Last updated by silverwing on Fri, 2011-07-15 17:24
[This is a wiki - please don't hesitate to update, revise, and contribute your ideas!]
Goals and Objectives
The underlying goal of this working group is to develop a Curriculum Framework for Drupal Learning. To reach this goal we will:
Develop a common language for providing learning experiences and materials for those in the Drupal community.
This has been the current focus of the Learning Drupal working group.
- Create/circulate a survey to gain an understanding of what people really do in Drupal
- Identify key roles in Drupal Development
- Define Drupal Competencies that can serve as a framework and taxonomy for Drupal learning programs.
- Draft Technical Specification for Content Types necessary to frame Drupal Learning Taxonomy
Develop a framework for courses or learning tracks covering all aspects of Drupal
Read moreMentors/coaches for proposals
One observation I've had from lurking in the Knight Drupal Initiative meetings is something that's haunted me before. If only I was good at writing a solid grant proposal and subsequent review and revisions, some of my pie-in the sky ideas might actually turn into something valuable for the community (and provide a self-sustainable way for me to contribute).
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