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+"We're doing the right thing"
+lots of demand
+traditional education failing -- not teaching
+employment situation
+need lots of focus on basic skills
+entry level of what HTML is what CSS
+what is stp
+what is a server?
+what sucked?
+significant numbers of drop-outs
+didn't know what it meant to be a participant
+technology isn't up to scratch
+strategies: stack overflow question and answer interface
+pushing video and live as way to meet up doesn't work so well
+get rid of tokbox
+trying to run live video chat between 10 - 20 people
+technology with best response: google groups
+more open version of google groups and more specific to educators
+technology really cool: etherpad is awesome
+Atul Varma: developed HTLM pad
+more demand for "changing a WordPress template vs. build an application"
+common use cases for beginner-level demand
+people wanting language so that they can speak to a web developer. finding it hard to articulate as client or co-worker what they want a web developer to do.
+"how to talk to web developers"
+making social contract part of process for signing up for class