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geoffroy
online processing classes
May 7th, 2010, 3:26pm  
Hi there,

Is there any school that offer online Processing classes I am leaning by myself moving trough the books and working on personal project one after the other but I really miss the assistance of a teacher and the pleasure to be working with a group on a collective project.

I am wondering if a university would offer such a classe Or if few teachers would be interested to create a group of few students and creating a course.

I could help creating the online environment (wordpress, forum, buddy press, doku wiki, chat room or whatever is needed) since I work as a web master and I had previous experience in setting up online classes for small group. I am sure the demand is there! (and I am sure teachers are also in big demand) ~ I would see that this online class would require the student to have gone trough few of the main books and have some project already under their belt - because a complete beginner course would be 1- not that interesting 2- a lot in demand.

If anyone are interested (wether you are a teacher or you are learning processing and ready to move on to the 'next level' ) we can get something started. I am committed to learning processing for the next 2 years for sure so anytime is good for me Wink

gef

http://ponnuki.net
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TweakingKnobs
Re: online processing classes
Reply #1 - May 10th, 2010, 4:11am  
No that i know , but is is a kick ass idea , any  advanced user could do this , and win some good money while (){ helping others out





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patconwell
Re: online processing classes
Reply #2 - May 12th, 2010, 8:47pm  
I would definitely enroll to that class too!! great idea!
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geoffroy
Re: online processing classes
Reply #3 - May 13th, 2010, 2:08pm  
Well I guess if we could build a group of people who wants to take class and see how much we are willing to spend and find the teacher that would be willing to teach that could be a great first step.

I would be willing to spend around 500$ for an online class that takes processing concept to the next level of creativity. Going in depth in video audio - library making - interactivity with osc and other protocol - networking and maybe fractal and particles and other higher end mathematical representation. Or maybe a set of library could be further explored... anyway lets see where this gets us !

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riantor2
Re: online processing classes
Reply #4 - May 17th, 2010, 3:17pm  
That's good idea.  Wink
I wanna get some class to up my skill.
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andrewowaun
Re: online processing classes
Reply #5 - May 21st, 2010, 5:23am  
I believe this is an excellent idea.
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PaulD
Re: online processing classes
Reply #6 - May 30th, 2010, 7:17pm  
geoffroy wrote on May 13th, 2010, 2:08pm:
Well I guess if we could build a group of people who wants to take class and see how much we are willing to spend and find the teacher that would be willing to teach that could be a great first step.

I would be willing to spend around 500$ for an online class that takes processing concept to the next level of creativity. Going in depth in video audio - library making - interactivity with osc and other protocol - networking and maybe fractal and particles and other higher end mathematical representation. Or maybe a set of library could be further explored... anyway lets see where this gets us !



Please keep my name on the list for this. I would definitely be interested. I, too, am teaching myself (which reminds me of the old quote about lawyers- he who represents himself has a fool for an attorney as well as a client.) and I'm learning from wherever I can. So, that would make my life easier. Thanks for the suggestion. Let me know if we get enough people.
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seltar
Re: online processing classes
Reply #7 - May 30th, 2010, 11:11pm  
Hey!

I'd be happy to help out with this project, at least part time.
Been coding processing for 5+ years now, and I've made quite a few apps.. My website isn't updated now, as I've had other things to prioritize, but if you want some "references" just ask.
The last few things I've made is a tower defense game, and a proof-of-concept platform game using Processing.js, and html elements ( http://seltar.org/htmlgame -  took about 4 hours ).

Keep me posted on this!
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determinado
Re: online processing classes
Reply #8 - Jun 3rd, 2010, 7:33am  
I read this on someone's post.

"Interesting to note that Processing was initially built by students of John Maeda, who had created. Design by Numbers, which was aimed at providing non-programmer designs a way to make designs algorithmically. The syntax is much simpler than Java..."
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desertflower
Re: online processing classes
Reply #9 - Jun 3rd, 2010, 5:30pm  
As long as the course comes with an instructional video and a detailed pdf course manual to back it up, people will usually sign up.. I'd rather take an online class with a video instructional I can play over and over again rather than sit in a real class and take down notes  Cheesy

At least, those who are not too tech savvy can learn right from their desks. I've helped a lot of people with web stuff, but I've always shooed away from anything that looks too technical. But whenever there's a video instructional that comes with some processing work, I always say "Oh, that wasn't too difficult after all".
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Joseph Gray
Re: online processing classes
Reply #10 - Jun 4th, 2010, 3:31pm  
Hi,

Interesting that you ask.  I'm developing a class right now with O'Reilly Media that will be starting August 31st.  It will be a live, free, video course, while it's going.  There will also be a pay version that includes downloads (pdf of all slides etc.) and access to the videos anytime.

It will be at http://training.oreilly.com and you can send an email to training@oreilly.com to be notified when the class is available.

Cheers,
Joseph Gray
http://grauwald.com
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Joseph Gray
Re: online processing classes
Reply #11 - Jul 28th, 2010, 3:41pm  
The course mentioned below is being offered here now:

http://training.oreilly.com/arduino/

Cheers!
-Joe


Joseph Gray wrote on Jun 4th, 2010, 3:31pm:
Hi,

Interesting that you ask.  I'm developing a class right now with O'Reilly Media that will be starting August 31st.  It will be a live, free, video course, while it's going.  There will also be a pay version that includes downloads (pdf of all slides etc.) and access to the videos anytime.

It will be at http://training.oreilly.com and you can send an email to training@oreilly.com to be notified when the class is available.

Cheers,
Joseph Gray
http://grauwald.com

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