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| DATE | 2011-02-24 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Perl Programming Courses 1 and 2
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On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:10:35PM -0500, Ron Guerin wrote:
> Paul Robert Marino wrote:
> > Rubin Please don'tdo that, the last thing I want to see is jay dancing lol.
> >
> > But seriously there is a lot of prep I would like to do rather than the off the cuff stuff we've done in the past.
> > For example I would like to get announcements out a few months in advance so people will have sufficient time to set a side the money.
> >
> > This is why I think we need to have an educational commitie meeting to dicuss it
> >
>
> If you don't mind my sticking my nose in here, you're both correct in
> what you believe, and the trick is to combine these two approaches.
> Five months will go by quickly, but if you're doing classes before then,
> it's more likely you'll actually get the
> plan-that-happens-over-five-months to happen five months from now.
> Action attracts participants, donors, and volunteers, and also helps you
> keep focused on getting things done.
>
> Now I have a question for you both, and it's a serious question.... why
> do you need to meet somewhere for these classes? Is there a lot of
> interaction between the students? I took a Perl I and II class at ZDU
> back in 1997(?). It consisted of an instructor, a message board, an
> online chat thing, and a textbook that obviously came off a photocopy
> machine somewhere. I'd do it again. And the tools that are available
> today are a lot better.
>
Yeah - there is an important interaction and it is critical for
membership development. Aside from that though, I've tried online
workshops and fail miserably to generate interest or comrodre.
Ruben
> - Ron
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