Re: Introducing Lars Gunther

It is so nice to have you board Lars!

Everyone - I've worked with Lars a number of times before, and he is a veritable powerhouse of web ed, having produced so much for his home country of Sweden.

I have "liked" your video Lars.

Chris

It is awesome On 25 May 2012, at 23:01, Lars Gunther wrote:

> Hi group
> 
> I am not new, but have not introduced myself on this list, which might be a good idea, since I now have a small favor to ask. (See bottom. ***)
> 
> My name is Lars Gunther, and I use the nickname itpastorn all over the Internet, since I am also a pastor, as well as a web developer and teacher.
> 
> My day job the last 11 years have been teaching comp sci related courses, with an emphasis on web design and server side scripting, at the secondary schooling level in Sweden (the "gymnasium" - roughly equal to sen. high/A-levels).
> 
> I have been involved with the Web Standards Project Education Task Force since 2006[1] and participated in OWEA, the predecessor of this group.[2]
> 
> I was lead developer for the DOM-scripting and Server Side Scripting course for InterACT.[3] I also wrote one chapter in the InterACT book.[4]
> 
> I have also written every web related course for the entire Swedish gymnasium-system. And then some.
> 
> **This means that as of now every single student in the Swedish gymnasium is required to:**
> 
> - Develop using standards and follow best practices
> - Make accessible designs and write accessible code
> - Make secure applications
> Etc.
> 
> This is also part of the grading criteria.
> 
> Use a translate tool to get the gist of these:
> 
> - Web technology = Front End Engineering and Server Side Scripting. 5 courses. http://www.skolverket.se/forskola-och-skola/gymnasieutbildning/amnes-och-laroplaner/sok-program-och-amnesplaner/subject.htm?subjectCode=WEB
> 
> - Interface design: http://www.skolverket.se/forskola-och-skola/gymnasieutbildning/amnes-och-laroplaner/sok-program-och-amnesplaner/subject.htm?subjectCode=GR%C3%84
> 
> - Software design (the process and tools): http://www.skolverket.se/forskola-och-skola/gymnasieutbildning/amnes-och-laroplaner/sok-program-och-amnesplaner/subject.htm?subjectCode=MJU
> 
> - Data storage (both SQL and noSQL): http://www.skolverket.se/forskola-och-skola/gymnasieutbildning/amnes-och-laroplaner/sok-program-och-amnesplaner/subject.htm?subjectCode=DAL
> 
> 
> To aid my colleagues, I am also writing books and make accompanying videos.
> 
> Here is the first book:
> http://www.skolportalen.se/laromedel/produkt/J200%204500/Webbutveckling%201%20-%20L%C3%A4robok/
> 
> Very preliminary web site:
> http://webbteknik.nu/
> 
> ***
> 
> My request is, that even though the material is in Swedish, would you please consider liking this video on YouTube?
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdJA9w-vyJY&feature=player_embedded
> 
> ***
> 
> My plans for participation in this group is first to update and expand my InterACT material.
> 
> 
> All the best
> 
> 
> 1. http://www.webstandards.org/action/edutf/
> 2. http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/owea/
> 3. http://interact.webstandards.org/curriculum
> 4. http://interactwithwebstandards.com/
> 
> 
> -- 
> Lars Gunther
> http://keryx.se/
> http://twitter.com/itpastorn/
> http://itpastorn.blogspot.com/
> https://github.com/
>

Received on Monday, 28 May 2012 08:27:34 UTC