[UPHPU] OALUG PHP Workshop

[cole at colejoplin.com]

Quoting jtaber <jtaber at johntaber.net>:

> 2 comments
> 1) yes, the lab ideas after a presentation would be good - but you're
> right, it does take a lot of effort to prepare
> 2) re language basics - frankly, I'm not interested in spending a lot
> of time instructing people that are too lazy to pick up a book and
> learn the basics themselves.  So if that's really what you want, count
> me out.

As someone who has taught continuting ed at UNLV, I can say that  
reading from a book is not effective for a lot of people. Verbally  
regurgitating functions and concepts doesn't make things any clearer  
either. It's not the basic concepts, it's the implementation where  
people get hung up. A speaker should try to de-mystify the concept's  
implementation, by using a real-life, practical example. They have to  
know why it's important to use, and that it can be easy to do. If  
everyone can take one PHP concept, and do an implementation, that's a  
huge success.

-- Cole