Last week I had the absolute pleasure of learning Plone from a true master educator. Joel Burton is like that great professor you had in college that you'd always look for in the course catalog. No matter what she was teaching, you'd sign up for her class, simply because she was that good.
If you have an interest in Plone, I cannot recommend his classes highly enough. He has an uncommonly strong ability to explain advanced concepts in a simple way, and he's extremely patient with silly questions. He did a great job keeping the class moving along - there was a LOT to cover.
Check out the Plone Bootcamps website to see when the classes are. There are different classes for different levels - for users of Plone (how to best take advantage of Plone's capabilities as an end-user), for integrators who want to learn how to use Plone to build websites (the class I took), and an advanced bootcamp for those who already have a good level of experience with Plone but want to take their skills to a new level.
I should also mention that these classes are unbelievably good deals. The class I attended only cost $350. Yes, that's $10 per hour. Insane.
In total, the class time came to about 35 hours, but there was probably 50 hours of material. It's not practical to make this a 7-day class, but I sort of wish it had been that long.
Joel, please come to Toronto... now! Canada needs you. :)
Posted by: Gerry Kirk | August 10, 2007 at 02:00 PM