The Ecosystem & Community track covers basically anything that concerns the Drupal community. It involves introductions to DrupalCon and Drupal, how to get involved in the various ways of contributing to the project, how the Drupal ecosystem develops as well as challenges to be faced.
Drupal does not belong to the Drupal Association. It does not belong to Node One, Phase Two, Chapter Three, Four Kitchens, Palantir, Acquia, or even Agaric. It does not belong to Dries— except the name. It belongs to you, and every other person who steps up to claim it, equally.
What does it mean to take ownership?
Today, Drupal powers some of the world's largest sites such as The White House, The Economist, and the The U.S. Department of Energy. However, it wasn't always that way. Born from the idea of a single college student and fostered by the contributions of thousands over the last 10 years, Drupal went from boutique CMS to full blown framework and enterprise product. But how?
I train new Drupalers with varying amounts of previous experience. The questions and comments from my students have revealed a lot about Drupal itself and ...
Have you ever been curious about contributing to the Drupal community, but felt you weren't able to because you
In this session I'll talk about the many ways you can contribute, how to get started, who is who amongst Drupal leaders (beyond the obvious!), and most importantly, how your participation can benefit you AND the community!
Learn how to contribute to Drupal via the project issue queue system on drupal.org, learn how to get code using git, and how to both test existing patches and create your own! In addition you'll also get an overview of how to manage your own project. Bonus content: Freddy Mercury.
This will be a guided introduction to contributing to the Drupal community's code and will show how anyone can quickly get started.
K-12s and Universities are adopting Blended Learning, where classwork takes place online as well as in rooms. To do this, they need intranet sites. If they have Google Apps for Education, do they need Drupal as well? Discuss.
We'll talk about the different types, explore some Drupal distributions, and stay in touch perhaps. Previous iteration of this presentation: drupalcampma.com/drupal-moodle-instructional-design-blended-learning-communities .
Educational Intranet Types:
