[wp-edu] Educational Focused WordCamp?

[Velda Christensen]

Agreed.  A camp would be awesome, but the people who really ought to be
there (users and designers/developers alike) could have a difficult time
actually getting there.

WordPress is becoming more well known in Education, and if we got the word
out on a targeted site, it could become all the more popular.  Perhaps even
popular enough that all of the larger cities or college towns would want an
Education track.

- Velda

On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Helen Hou <hhou at esm.rochester.edu> wrote:

> That's where I'm hung up a little bit as well, actually. I knew that the
> idea of a resource beyond conferences would be stepping out of bounds, if
> you will, so thank you for calling that out. I still love the idea of a
> targeted WordCamp, but I know that for myself (and probably for a lot of us
> working for educational institutions), the time/money/ability to travel to
> a
> conference is very limited. Since there seems to be a lot of interest in
> sharing information, why not start with a site and keep the goal of a
> WordCamp in mind? Should we start a new e-mail thread to clarify?
>
> --
> Helen Hou-Sandi (MM¹08)
> Web Developer, Eastman School of Music
> ESM 35A
>
>
> > From: Jay Collier <jay.collier at thecompass.com>
> > Reply-To: <wp-edu at lists.automattic.com>
> > Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 17:01:47 -0400
> > To: <wp-edu at lists.automattic.com>
> > Subject: Re: [wp-edu] Educational Focused WordCamp?
> >
> > Are we envisioning a space that is primarily in support of a WordCamp, or
> one
> > that will support WordPress users in education above and beyond
> conferences?
> > (I'm aware of the desire to make sure the label "WordCamp" is reserved
> for
> > that use.) Being clear up front could avoid issues down the road.
> >
> >
> > On Sep 9, 2010, at 4:53 PM, Helen Hou wrote:
> >
> >> I¹d be willing to contribute some design/dev time to get a site going. I
> >> think a part-discussion part-article WP higher ed/general edu resource
> would
> >> be a great thing! Sort of branching off from the WordCamp idea, but they
> >> could go hand-in-hand, especially for those of us who have only ever
> heard
> >> rumors of travel/conference allowances :)
> >>
> >> --
> >> Helen Hou-Sandi (MM¹08)
> >> Web Developer, Eastman School of Music
> >> ESM 35A
> >>
> >> On Sep 9, 2010, at 4:49 PM, Jeff VanDrimmelen wrote:
> >>
> >> I think this is all a great idea.  Let's start working on something on
> the
> >> wordcamped.org site.  I can certainly do some development and get up a
> forum
> >> or something where we can discuss topics/dates, etc.  I think it would
> have
> >> been tremendously helpful to have something like that when I started out
> and
> >> that seems like a great place for it!  Thanks for offering Dave.
> >>
> >> ~Jeff
> >>
> >> From: Dave Lester <davelester at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> I'm happy to lend the wordcamped.org <http://wordcamped.org>  domain
> for such
> >> purposes -- I've let it become stale over time.
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >> On Sep 9, 2010, at 4:38 PM, Jay Collier <jay.collier at thecompass.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'd be happy to initiate a simple WP site to continue this discussion
> and
> >>> capture our knowledge in anticipation of a face-to-face confab. The
> caveat
> >>> is that I'm not much of a developer or designer, but it could always
> evolve
> >>> to something more sophisticated in future. Any objections?
> >>>
> >>> -Jay
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sep 9, 2010, at 3:57 PM, James Groom wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I too would be excited by this, and virtual or in-person works well. I
> >>>> actually like the idea of a focused space where people write up or
> present
> >>>> what they are doing virtually, and we find a way to focus it as an
> ongoing,
> >>>> updating resource online. Perhaps this will give us the occasion to
> work
> >>>> towards such an event/publication we can all feature and be featured.
> >>>>
> >>>> Jim
> >>>
> >>>
> >
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