Classes

We hope to become a community resource by hosting various classes including but not limited to electronics, programming, crafts, photography, cooking and all other skills that members or others are willing to share. We want to create an environment that promotes learning in a fun non-traditional format.

This page lists all of our past, present, and future class offerings.

See the current offerings and sign up at our Eventbrite page!

Class history

Name	Teacher	Description	Cost / Prerequisites	Date	More info
Introduction to Web Advertising (Part 1)	Nick Britsky	The goal of this course will be to empower you to select the right sites and services to drive traffic to your website. Part 1 covers: Explain terms, the process and basics of marketing, cover the free options available to you.	free No prerequisites	2009-10-05 7:00pm-9:00pm
Introduction to Web Advertising (Part 2)	Nick Britsky	Will continue with explaining the free options then focus on the low cost of entry paid options. The course will focus on standard website advertising and will not focus on mobile or out-of-home experiences.	free No prerequisites	2009-10-12 7:00pm-9:00pm
Radio Basics (Part 1)	Nate B.	Radio theory, information, bandwidth, modulation. The amateur service, FCC rules, licensing.	free No prerequisites	2009-10-07 7:00pm-9:00pm	Announcement
Radio Basics (Part 2)	Nate B.	Part 15, CB, ham, broadcasting. Practice test and Q&A afterward.	free Prereq: Basic radio understanding (such as Part 1). Please bring a laptop.	2009-10-14 7:00pm-11:00pm	Announcement
Intro to Web Servers Part 1	Brad McMahon	Intro to Web Servers (Part 1) - go from basic computer to full web server in about an hour - Bring a laptop with VMware server installed. - There will be prep-class half-hour before that will give a walk through on installing an running VMware server.	free basic linux knowledge	2009-10-21 21:00	Eventbrite
Intro to Web Servers Part 2	Brad McMahon	Intro to Web Servers (Part 2) - Learn how to install and manage a LAMP server.	free part 1	2009-10-28 21:00	Eventbrite
Intro to HTML and CSS	Brad McMahon	learn how to build your own website that looks good	free	2009-11-04 21:00	Eventbrite

Class / event ideas

Propose your idea for a class or event here:

Name	Teacher / Organizer	Description	Cost / Prerequisites	Date	More info
(Example) Hackathon October 2009	Joe Hacker	Come in and hack on your pet software project, pizza provided	$10 towards food	2009-10-23 7:00pm throughout the weekend	Hackathon article
Distributed Version Control with Mercurial	Steven Kryskalla	An introduction to the Mercurial version control system and distributed development. How to: install HG, create a repo, make a commit, share your changes with others.	free Basic command line knowledge. Bring a laptop if you can.	2009-10-?? 7:00pm-8:30pm	HG homepage

How to create and teach a class

1. Come up with an idea
2. Bring it up at a meeting, send it to the group, add it to this page
3. Determine materials
4. Set a cost
5. Talk to Russ to get it scheduled through EventBrite
6. Make the announcement, promote your class
7. Develop course material (class kit? standard powerpoint slides, etc.)
8. Give your class
   1. Plug i3 for non-members (come up with a standard slide / elevator speech)
   2. Presentation tips?
   3. Give your contact information
9. Distribute materials
   1. Handouts
   2. Put slides online
10. Follow up with classtakers
    1. Respond to questions, give literature to folks who are interested in i3