I'd love some ruby on rails classes. On Dec 9, 2013 11:12 AM, "Mark Jenkins" <m...@parit.ca> wrote:
> Hey everyone, > > Skullspace has an awesome classroom. Let's use it. > > Starting in late January, my partner Sara Arenson <sara_aren...@yahoo.ca> > is going to offer a six week (one evening a week) course in computer > fundamentals or software development. Day of the week to be decided. > > Your feedback will help us choose the specific topic for the course. Tell > us what you would like to be taught and are willing to pay $60 ($10 a > night) for. > > Because you're paying, Sara is going to deliver a quality course for this. > Each night will feature a prepared lecture and on site hands on lab > component. And there will be three take home assignments (one every other > week) with individual feedback. > > And, Skullspace will get a bit of classroom rent as well, so you'll also > be supporting the space. Skullspace membership not required to attend. > (I'll be there for doors and will use the opportunity to pitch Skullspace > membership to non-members) > > > Some computer fundamental course topics she has in mind are: > * Intro to (taste of) programming > * Intro to the web through HTML and CSS > * Information encoding (number systems, text encodings, machine code > encodings, colour and image encoding, and other data formats) > > Some more specific development related courses for folks who already have > some basic background like one of the above could include: > * In depth CSS > * Ruby on Rails > * JavaScript > * Java > * C > * Assembler (ARM?) > > Don't be shy, feel free to propose something else along these lines. Sara > is willing to learn and tackle a new topic for teaching if there's demand. > Just don't ask for something too hardwarish like Cisco, system > administration, computer technician, electronic repair or design, killer > robots from Venus*, software radio, computer aided design etc... > > We'll put a call out for registration when we have your feedback on topics > and day of the week. > > > Sara's teaching background includes having been a computer science and > math teaching assistant, and a sessional lecturer in computer usage, intro > computer science and assembler programming. > > She worked for a Microsoft sub-contractor in Seattle implementing a libc > core in assembler on a new platform and also testing Microsoft TV (dot-com > boom days). Here in town she worked more recently for awhile with a company > that uses Ruby on Rails and managed to convince them to hire her even > though they knew she only had on week's experience with Ruby and Rails. > > Sara has both a Bachelor of Computer Science Honour (U of M) and a > Bachelor of Arts in Theatre (U of W). > > So, when she's not working on this course she'll be working on polishing > the script of her monologue /Teen Trucker/ appearing at: > http://sarasvati.ca/season/iww-rise-up/ > > > Mark > > p.s. > > * Regarding killer robots from Venus: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBwZLFp1Lwo > http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Killer-Robots-From- > Venus-lyrics-The-Arrogant-Worms/2B7B53B31144680248256B2600274D7A > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Arrogant_Worms > > I am willing to throw in my own a capella rendition of this if it helps... > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Announce Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Announce > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-announce-archive/ >
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