[wp-edu] Educational Focused WordCamp?

[Jess Planck]

Glad to see there is plenty of interest in Edu focused WordCamps. In person or virtual is all good. It really doesn't matter if you remember to video / stream / archive presentations to http://wordcamp.tv or similar. Definitely does a great favor to those of us in education who have only faint memories of those things once called "travel and conference budgets"

Jess
(aka james.planck at nicholls.edu)
 
On Sep 9, 2010, at 12:55 PM, Helen Hou wrote:

> Definitely interested in a focused WordCamp. In-person would be nice, but
> virtual works, too.
> 
> -- 
> Helen Hou-Sandi (MM’08)
> Web Developer, Eastman School of Music
> ESM 35A
> 
> 
>> From: "Whisler, Dave" <dkwhisle at uncc.edu>
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>> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 15:04:09 -0400
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>> Subject: Re: [wp-edu] Educational Focused WordCamp?
>> 
>> Count me in as well.
>> 
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:wp-edu-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Ugoretz
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 2:59 PM
>> To: wp-edu at lists.automattic.com
>> Subject: Re: [wp-edu] Educational Focused WordCamp?
>> 
>> Count me in, too!
>> 
>> -- 
>> Joseph Ugoretz, PhD
>> Director of Technology and Learning
>> William E. Macaulay Honors College - CUNY
>> 35 West 67th St.
>> New York, NY 10023
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>> 
>> On Sep 8, 2010, at 2:55 PM, Jane Wells wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Jeff. There have been several in the last two years, with the
>> first 
>>> one being at George Mason (wordcamped.com). There have also been
>>> academic tracks at larger WordCamps (New York City), and SIGs put on
>>> through traditional academic conferences. WordCamps are meant to be in
>> 
>>> person face-to-face conferences, for building local communtiy, and we
>>> have not approved any virtual events using the WordCamp name before
>> for 
>>> this reason. That said, it's been awhile since there was an
>>> academic-only WC, and there are enough colleges and universities using
>> 
>>> WordPress that there would be more than enough interest for another
>> one.
>>> Jane
>>> 
>>> On 9/8/10 2:48 PM, Jeff VanDrimmelen wrote:
>>>> Hey All,
>>>> 
>>>> I am new to the game, so perhaps this is already out there somewhere,
>> 
>>>> but have we ever done an Educational Focused Wordcamp?  If not, I
>>>> propose we do one.  We could learn so much from each other about our
>>>> special needs.
>>>> 
>>>> I am thinking that with budgets and distances between Wordpress users
>> 
>>>> a virtual Wordcamp would be the best option.  We have Elluminate
>> rooms 
>>>> we can donate to the cause.   Maybe meet for a day and have a couple
>>>> of different tracks.
>>>> 
>>>> What do y'all think?
>>>> 
>>>> ~Jeff
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>>> Instructional Technologist, Educational Technology
>>>> 
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