[p2pu-webcraft] School of Webcraft News - April 18, 2011

[Pippa Buchanan]

School of Webcraft and P2PU are in an exciting phase as we introduce study
groups, reveal our new technical platform and host
courses<http://p2pu.org/webcraft/course/list?title=&tid[307]=307>and
study
groups <http://new.p2pu.org/en-US/schools/school-of-webcraft/> across both
old and new platforms.

*Hello Study Groups!*
To coincide with the new platform P2PU is introducing new terminology -
we'll refer less to courses and increasingly focus on *study groups* as a
more flexible way of letting people learn together.

   - Study groups form freely around topics.
   - Study groups can be as formal as a course or as informal as a book
   club.
   - Study groups can be created and start at any time.
   - Study groups place less responsibility on the organisers and encourage
   greater peer learning.
   - Study groups are built around sets of tasks.
      - Participants will be able to work through tasks together.
      - Examples of tasks include reading a text, a discussion, a piece of
      writing, coding or building a tool.

*Study Groups at new.p2pu.org*

   - *Beginning Game Development with HTML
5<http://new.p2pu.org/en-US/groups/beginning-game-development-with-html-5/>
   *
      - Learn how to make games using web standards
   - *Interactive Open Video with
Popcorn.js*<http://new.p2pu.org/en-US/groups/interactive-open-video-with-popcornjs/>
      - This group helps you break into the
WebMadeMovies<http://webmademovies.org/><http://webmademovies.org/>and
      Popcorn.js <http://popcornjs.org/> projects.
   - *Introduction to Contributing to
Lernanta*<http://new.p2pu.org/en-US/groups/introduction-to-contributing-to-lernata/>

      - This is an introduction to contributing to the open source platform
      that P2PU runs on:
Lernanta.<http://new.p2pu.org/en-US/groups/python-programming-101/>
   - *Python Programming
101*<http://new.p2pu.org/en-US/groups/python-programming-101/>

      - With Python, learning to program is easy and fun!

Can't find something you want to learn? Create your own study
group<http://new.p2pu.org/en-US/groups/create/>!
Remember, the new site is in beta, so be aware that some features aren't
available yet.

*The new.P2PU.org platform is available*
Zuzel, P2PU's Tech Lead and the lovely volunteer contributors have been
working hard preparing the new platform ready for a major changeover in
July.

   - The new platform technology project is codenamed "Lernanta"
   - "new.p2pu.org" is in beta and available for use now.
      - Sign up to existing study groups or create your own. It's simple!
      - Get help: P2PU Help
Desk<http://new.p2pu.org/en-US/groups/p2pu-help-desk/>
        <http://new.p2pu.org/en-US/groups/p2pu-help-desk/>
   - Right now functionality is limited to basics: create study groups,
   share content, accept participants and create tasks
   - Updates occur every two weeks - see upcoming
milestones<http://p2pu.lighthouseapp.com/projects/71002-lernanta/milestones>
     here.
   - Lernanta is written in Django and is forked from the
Batucada<https://github.com/paulosman/batucada>
     project.
   - Getting involved as a contributor to Lernanta is a great way to improve
   your web development skills.
      - Submit a bug:
Lighthouse<http://p2pu.lighthouseapp.com/projects/71002-lernanta><http://p2pu.lighthouseapp.com/projects/71002-lernanta>
      - Contribute to Lernanta <https://github.com/p2pu/lernanta>

*Courses open for registration on P2PU*
Several courses are open for sign-up at the original P2PU.org site.

   - *Dive into Python* <http://p2pu.org/webcraft/dive-python>
      - This course closely follows Mark Pilgrim's "Dive into Python" book,
      and is designed for experienced programmers.
      - Apply now, course begins April, 25
   - *jQuery - The Fundamentals *<http://p2pu.org/webcraft/jquery-fundamentals>
      - A beginners course on jQuery, with a look at AJAX and plugin
      development.
      - Apply now, course begins May 23rd
   - *Designing Communities*<http://p2pu.org/webcraft/designing-communities>

      - Design thinking when designing online communities
      - Apply now, course begins May 23rd

You can still create courses <http://p2pu.org/create-draft-course-panel> on
P2PU.org, but please be aware this site will be retired in mid-July 2011.



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Questions<http://p2pu.org/webcraft/school-webcraft-frequently-asked-questions>
.

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