the TWE Blog

FTP Account Added!

ftp.1hs.org
username: xyz@1hs.org
password: XYZ (Case sensitive)
Port:21
(Please note, these are not the real usernames/passwords…)
IF you use FTP… please only place files into your own folder, no big files, and don’t change anyone else’s stuff.  I recommend using Filezilla… but there are a million and one FTP clients out there.

If 1hs.org… is http://205.234.132.6/~hsorg/ …
Then what’s the difference between…
http://205.234.132.6/~hsorg/twe  and http://austin.servershost.net/~hsorg/twe

The goal for students participating in this project are simple:

A. Learn more about the basics of coding in HTML and PHP.
B. Create a useful resource / product / website for use by other TWEs.
C. If time/interest/skill level permits, have PHP use MYSQL database for said project.

Grading:
1. Project must be taken seriously.  (IE, example of flash, not flash games site.)
2.  Upload your work into your folder at http://twe.1hs.org
3.  Update your progress by posting your work onto this blog.

We are looking for a universal speaker mount for our ceiling mounted projectors.
You have a total budget for this project of $25 each student. (Save receipts.)

The goal for students participating in this project are simple:

A. Learn more about the needs for adequate sound in WMS classrooms with new LCD projectors.
B.  Brainstorm and build prototypes.
C. Create a final prototype and document your findings on this blog.

Grading:
1. Project must be taken seriously.  (IE, no duct tape on 2×4’s.)
2.  Update your progress by posting your work onto this blog.
3.  Turn in a final, working prototype.

PHP is a powerful server-side scripting language for creating dynamic and interactive websites.

PHP is the widely-used, free, and efficient alternative to competitors such as Microsoft’s ASP. PHP is perfectly suited for Web development and can be embedded directly into the HTML code.

The PHP syntax is very similar to Perl and C. PHP is often used together with Apache (web server) on various operating systems. It also supports ISAPI and can be used with Microsoft’s IIS on Windows.

Useful PHP Resources
Start Learning PHP

Useful PHP Videos
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=php&sitesearch=
http://www.killerphp.com/videos/

Google Highly Open Participation Contest

Following on from the success of the Google Summer of Code program, Google is currently running a contest for pre-university students (high school and secondary school students) aimed at encouraging young people to participate in open source projects. Joomla! is proud to have been invited to join with nine other open source organisations for this pilot program which will run until early February 2008. If you are a high-school student it’s not too late to join in the fun.

The team at Joomla! has defined an extensive set of tasks suitable for the Contest and here are the finished products of the contest documentation tasks so far. In other word, if you’re looking to find use what you learn in this project into practice, this might be a good start.

See also:

• Contest announcement on www.joomla.org
• Contest pages on code.google.com
• Discussion forum
• Official blog posts about the Contest

Welcome to 1hs.org. We’ll use this simple WordPress blog to document our work on developing a portal for Woodridge High School students.

The current prototype is located here.  Project details can also be found on the TWE Wiki.