> Experiment #2:> Drupal + Plants + New Developers + Community Gardens + Sunshine> drupal experiments : minnebar 2010

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> Drupal Open Garden Project July 1 - September 1, 2010

> Drupal Open Garden Project

You can participate!  * Learn Drupal open source development  by building web-based tools for community gardeners. * Summer 2010, 8 weeks * July 1 - Sept 1 * Free & Volunteer-run * Distributed & Local Project-based learning

Sign Up by May 25   (still open!) http://garden.localbiology.org

> DRUPAL OPEN GARDEN PROJECT presenter: Chach Sikes

> garden.localbiology.org> @opengardenproj

Photo Zoey Kroll. Hayes Valley Farm tour for DrupalconSF

> Our Fine Ingredients (many locally grown!) > Drupal Community + Plants + New Developers + Gardeners + Sunshine

“Tweet Box” at Hayes Valley Farm. Collected tweets on Earth Day. San Francisco. Made by Zoey Kroll. Photo Chach Sikes.

> On the menu: * Sustainable Software + Community Building * Enhanced digital gardening tools * Connections between technologists and gardeners * New ideas in teaching open source

“Tweet Box” at Hayes Valley Farm. Collected tweets on Earth Day. San Francisco. Made by Zoey Kroll. Photo Chach Sikes.

> About our ingredients

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> Drupal and the Drupal Community

Drupalchix Group Photo. DrupalconSF. April 2010. Photo by Rain BreawDrupalchix Group Photo. DrupalconSF. April 2010. Photo by Rain Breaw

> Plants

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> New Developers

Drupal Code Sprint at DrupalconSF. April 2010. Photo by muir.ceadarch Flickr Creative CommonsDrupal Code Sprint at DrupalconSF. April 2010. Photo by muir.ceadarch Flickr Creative Commons

> Community Gardeners

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> Sunshine

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> Intention: * Experience creating software in sustainable way * Work on projects that help gardeners

> Our Excellent Methods of Preparation

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> Our Excellent Methods of Preparation: * 8 week project (groups) * Classes that support the projects * Orientation materials for participants * Events & public programs * Mentoring * Field testing * Local & remote learning opportunities * Documentation creation & review

> Kinds of things students will learn> The program will offer 2 months of improvement

& exposure to these ideas. Mastery takes longer.

> Skills that help in open source collaboration * Remote collaboration * IRC | Skype | Forums | Issue Queues * Command line * Version control (git) * PHP * Understanding open source communities

> Kinds of things students might build:

...current proposals...> Sharing information about & in gardens * paper-tweeting tools * nature along our paths

> Mapping geo-located social network data

> Supporting skill swap exchanges

> Upcoming program!

> The Internet Store, July 20-26, 2010 Uptown "It's like a hardware store for the Internet!"

"A physical embodiment of the Internet."

// Part of storefrontinabox.com

// Events & Educational activities // Come get what you need to make your // own internet at home!

> This project is an annual, not a perennial.

> We hope this project will be self-seeding.

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> Drupal Open Garden Project

You can participate!  * Learn Drupal open source development  by building web-based tools for community gardeners. * Summer 2010, 8 weeks * July 1 - Sept 1 * Free & Volunteer-run * Distributed & Local Project-based learning

Sign Up by May 25   (still open!) http://garden.localbiology.org