Buzz Archives for July 2008
Announcing the WaSP Curriculum Framework
Since March 2008, the WaSP Education Task Force has begun working on the WaSP Curriculum Framework, a collection of tools aiming to identify skill sets and competencies that aspiring Web professionals need to acquire to prepare them for their chosen careers, as well as resources that will help both educators and students.
By Steph Troeth | Filed in Curriculum, Education, Education TF, General, Outreach, Web Standards (general)
- 2008 survey of people who make websites
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In case you haven't seen it, please invest ten minutes of your time to complete the 2008 A List Apart survey so that we can build a snapshot of our industry.
By Bruce Lawson | Filed in Web Standards (general)
- Curriculum Survey Results
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The Web Standards Project Education Task Force release the results of the 2007 Curriculum Survey.
By Rob Dickerson | Filed in Action, Curriculum, Education, Education TF, Outreach, Web Standards (general)
- Acid 2 Test Back to Normal
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The Acid 2 test hosted here on the WaSP site was broken but is now fixed.
By Derek Featherstone | Filed in Acid2, Browsers, Bugs
- British Standard for accessibility
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The British Standards Institution (BSI) has invited two members of the WaSP, Bruce Lawson and Patrick Lauke, to join the drafting committee for the first British Standard for Web Accessiblity. Two years ago, the BSI was sponsored by the Disability Rights Commission to write a Publicly Available Specification ...
By Bruce Lawson | Filed in Accessibility, Accessibility TF
- Opera Web Standards Curriculum
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Chris Mills of Opera Software ASA announced today the release of the Opera Web Standards Curriculum. The initial 23 of 50 proposed articles are published and available.
By Rob Dickerson | Filed in CSS, Curriculum, Education, HTML/XHTML, Outreach, Web Standards (general)
The Web Standards Project is a grassroots coalition fighting for standards which ensure simple, affordable access to web technologies for all.
Recent Buzz
Six New Courses Added to the InterACT Curriculum
By Aarron Walter | March 17th, 2010
Today, six more essential courses join the WaSP InterACT curriculum to help schools prepare their students for a career working on the Web.
It was just one year ago that The WaSP released its open curriculum project InterACT designed to help educators roll web standards and industry best practices into their courses. InterACT debuted at SxSWi 2009 with eleven courses created by a host of veteran educators and industry pros. Today, six more essential courses (that’s seventeen courses in total now if you’re counting) join our living curriculum to help schools prepare their students for a career working on the Web. Continue reading Six New Courses Added to the InterACT Curriculum
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