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= P2PU School of Webcraft Session =
= P2PU School of Webcraft Working Session =


Suggestions – Google Summer of Code (what do they look for) also to encourage SoW participants to apply<br>Internships – as above – ask the Mozilla internship program
== Session Overview ==


== <br>How to be credible and respected as an accreditation provider?<br> ==
John & Pippa hosted a working session at the [[Summit2010|Mozilla Summit]]. The session started with a brief overview of P2PU, School of Webcraft, and Drumbeat. We asked four questions:
 
* How can P2PU School of Webcraft gain street-cred with employers?
* What are the soft-skills that a web developer should have?
* What are the technical skills that a web developer should have?
* What courses would you like to see at P2PU School of Webcraft?
 
== How can P2PU School of Webcraft gain street-cred with employers? ==


Present: Gunner, Adam Hyde, Richard , Gregorio?. Nathan, Pedro<br>
Present: Gunner, Adam Hyde, Richard , Gregorio?. Nathan, Pedro<br>
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*blog about it – hash tags<br><br>
*blog about it – hash tags<br><br>


= Soft and personal attributes of rockstar developers<br> =
== What are the soft-skills that a web developer should have? ==


present: <br>Xander, Noelle, Carlos?, Guillermo<br>
present: <br>Xander, Noelle, Carlos?, Guillermo<br>
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*Able to mentor others.<br>
*Able to mentor others.<br>


=== big takeaways:<br> ===
=== Key Takeaways ===


*If someone has begun and run an open source project (with more than two people contributing) of their own they'll have done all of this<br>
*If someone has begun and run an open source project (with more than two people contributing) of their own they'll have done all of this<br>
*perhaps this can be a “graduate” course – something longer than 6 weeks which is mentored over 6 months or a year?<br>
*perhaps this can be a “graduate” course – something longer than 6 weeks which is mentored over 6 months or a year?<br>


== What Technical skills and theory?<br> ==
== What are the technical skills that a web developer should have? ==


participants:&nbsp; Paul Osman, Tantek Çelik, (Didn't catch the names of other attendees, add yourself!)
participants:&nbsp; Paul Osman, Tantek Çelik, (Didn't catch the names of other attendees, add yourself!)
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*Adaptive Media (Mobile and Print)<br>
*Adaptive Media (Mobile and Print)<br>


=== Takeaways ===
=== Key Takeaways ===


The most important thing I took away from this was to filter courses that were based on dying technologies / poorly supported tech. eg SOAP, RSS<br>
The most important thing I took away from this was to filter courses that were based on dying technologies / poorly supported tech. eg SOAP, RSS<br>


== Course Ideas ==
== What courses would you like to see at P2PU School of Webcraft? ==


participants: Daniela, Austin... who else (hopefully they use the website) Atul<br>
participants: Daniela, Austin... who else (hopefully they use the website) Atul<br>
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**Effective change, less trouble at work
**Effective change, less trouble at work
**Willing to collaborate
**Willing to collaborate
== Suggestions ==
We then split the room into four groups and worked on each question for about 20 minutes. After the session each group reported back, this is what they had to say.
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