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WordCamp Ed: NorthEast
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WordPress, an open source web publishing platform, is a frequently used tool for content creation and distribution on college campuses. The software has proven to be useful for meeting the needs of a wide range of campus challenges. Uses include blogging sites for faculty and students (http://blogs.wesleyan.edu/), web site content management (http://conted.colorado.edu/), manuscript peer-review (http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/commentpress/), and course instructional support (http://brst440.commons.yale.edu/). The software has spawned a vibrant and active user community that offers a wealth of resources to learn about the program and extend its capabilities.
This event follows the popular WordCamp format, with a day of workshops and presentations focused on the use of WordPress to meet a range of content management and application delivery needs on campus.
Attendees will:
• see examples of WordPress used to meet instructional needs and as a development platform for web applications,
• learn how to use it to power a multi-user, multi-blog, campus-wide site,
• and explore strategies to maintain security from hackers and spammers.
Attendees will also work with each other to discuss common user needs and apply the day’s material towards developing solutions that utilize WordPress to meet those needs.
Workshop Organizer/Host: Randall Rode of Yale University
Date/Time:
Monday, February 02, 2009
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am
Location:
College of the Holy Cross
Hogan Campus Center
Third Floor - Ballroom
Worcester, MA
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Special instructions:
Parking is at the Hogan Campus Center
Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $95
Non-Members: $220
By clicking on the "Register" button below, you are indicating a commitment to attend and will be held responsible for the registration fee.
Your fee can be refunded if you notify us of a cancellation at least 8 days prior to the event via email to [email protected].
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Additional Information
Event Schedule:
8:00am - 9:00am Registration and Coffee
9:00am – 9:45am Introductions and Keynote address – The State of WordPress
Speaker: Jane Wells, Libation Engineer, Automattic
A look at the current state of WordPress, the role of Automattic and the WordPress community, new directions like BuddyPress and future directions for the project.
9:45am – 10:15am Planning a WordPress implementation
In this interactive exercise small groups will be assigned a program need and work through a series of planning steps with the goal of developing a sample implementation plan by the end of the day. Through this activity individuals will have a chance to trade ideas with colleagues and apply topics from the day’s presentations to a real world problem.
10:15am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 11:15am Supporting Learning Initiatives with WordPress
Presenters:
Ken Panko, Manager, Instructional Technology Group, Yale University
Yianni Yessios, Manager of Web Technologies, Instructional Technology Group, Yale University
WordPress can be used to implement Web 2.0 learning initiatives without the need for a team of programmers. Examples of how WordPress is being used to deliver student-created podcasts, video and images will be demonstrated. Administrative concerns such as privacy, tracking post edits and theme customization will also be addressed.
11:15am – 12:00pm University Branding for MU: Variations on a Theme
Presenters:
Matt Elson, UNIX Systems Administrator, Wesleyan University
Patricia Leone, World Wide Web Administrator, Information Technology Services, Wesleyan University
Kevin Wiliarty, Academic Computing Manager, Social Sciences, Wesleyan University
How to take advantage of the MU administration in order to provide both continuity and flexibility from site to site. In some ways, continuity is the easy part. Our own efforts have mainly been about creating flexibility. We'll talk about developing our own" theme with variations," a three-tiered system of cascading style sheets, and a method for operating over different sub-domains.
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch and Group Work on Planning Project
1:00pm – 1:30pm Securing WordPress
Presenter: Randall Rode, Information Technology Director, Yale School of Drama, Yale University
What is comment spam? How do WordPress updates work? Which plug-ins and themes are safe? How do I keep hackers off my site? Most college sites are prime targets for hackers and spammers, with their trusted domain names and fast internet connections. This sessions reviews strategies for a safe, hacker resistant WordPress implementation.
1:45pm - 2:30pm Extending WordPress
Presenters:
Casey Bisson, Information Architect at Plymouth State University
Dave Lester, Digital History Associate at Center for History and New Media, George Mason University
Holladay Penick, The Institute for the Future of the Book
WordPress is not just a content management and blog system, but can also serve as a flexible development and application delivery environment. In this talk the developers of Scriblio (http://about.scriblio.net/), CommentPress (http://www.futureofthebook.org/commentpress/ ) and ScholarPress (http://scholarpress.net/ ) will discuss how they utilize WordPress as the basis for their applications.
2:30pm – 3:00pm – Planning a WordPress Implementation: Wrap-up
Start review/discussion of group results from the planning work through the day. The days presenters will be available to offer ideas and suggestions. Groups will have the opportunity to post results to the workshop blog for continued discussion and feedback.
3:00pm End
Speaker:
Casey Bisson
Casey Bisson, named among Library Journal’s Movers & Shakers for 2007, is an information architect at Plymouth State University. His work on Scriblio (formerly WPopac), a WordPress-based library catalog and digital archives system, earned a 2006 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Award for Technology Collaboration.
Casey adopted WordPress to power his personal blog in 2005 and quickly grew to appreciate the versatility of WordPress' robust API. He was soon advocating for the use of WordPress to power projects at Plymouth State, which adopted WordPress MU to give all students, faculty, staff, and alumni blogs in 2006. The list of blogs and bloggers at Plymouth State has grown steadily to include the university CIO and official events calendar, among others.
Casey is the author of the ALA's Open Source Software for Libraries, is a frequent presenter at library and technology conferences, and blogs about his passion for libraries, roadside oddities and hiking in New Hampshire’s White Mountains at MaisonBisson.com.
Speaker:
Dave Lester
Dave Lester is the Omeka Developer Community Lead at the Center for History and New Media, and an active contributer to the open source Omeka web publishing system for cultural heritage. He is also Digital Curator of the American Studies Crossroads Project at Georgetown University, launching a series of exhibitions focusing on the confluence of cultural studies and information technology. Dave is the co-founder of ScholarPress, a development hub for Educational WordPress plugins, co-organized this year's THATCamp: The Humanities and Technology Camp, a barcamp-style Digital Humanities unconference , and founder of WordCamp Ed DC 2008.
Speaker:
Holladay Penick
Holladay Penick has been working with the Institute for the Future of the Book for nearly two years on the development and implementation of educational open source tools, such as CommentPress and Sophie, as well as WordPress-based Institute experiments, including The Golden Notebook Project (thegoldennotebook.org). She has led workshops on open source technology at the University of Southern California, Columbia University and Georgetown University, and is a Visiting Scholar at New York University.
Speaker:
Kevin Wiliarty
Kevin Wiliarty is Academic Computing Manager for the Social Sciences at Wesleyan University where he helps faculty apply digital technologies to their teaching and research. He is particularly interested in web-based applications and in changing forms of communication, scholarly and otherwise. He holds a Ph.D. in German linguistics, a subject that continues to interest him, and that often informs his work in technology, especially since his main areas of interest included pedagogy, metaphor, and semantics. Before coming to Wesleyan he did a stint at a public library, and he is still interested in following the changing nature of libraries and librarianship.
Speaker:
Randall Rode
Randall Rode, Information Technology Director, Yale School of Drama. Randy started using blogs in the classroom in 2004, and has had his own WordPress powered blog running at http://rodeworks.com since 2005. Topics on his blog range from WordPress tips and tricks, to current news in higher-ed technology, to thoughts on current trends and management issues. At the Yale School of Drama Randy’s work includes technology planning, database development and web-based application projects, supporting both business and educational faculty and staff.
Related Media Files:
Variations_on_a_Theme-Wesleyan.ppt
WordPress Security-Rode.pdf
Contact Information:
Lisa DiMauro
860-345-2081
[email protected]
Hotel Information:
Rooms are available at the Comfort Inn, 426 Southbridge Street in Auburn, MA.
Please state that you are with NERCOMP and you will receive the reduced rate of $85, includes continental breakfast & internet access.
Call the hotel directly at: 1-508-832-8300
The room block will be held until January 25, 2009.
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