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  1. WE Rock Summit: August 5 through 8 Thursday, August 06, 2009

    This week, Chattanooga plays host to the WE Rock Summit, a ground-breaking tour and conference that aims to develop standards for web education, world-wide. By advocating accessibility and usability, the members of the Open Web Education Alliance (OWEA) are bringing the issue of web education to the forefront. From the people behind the WE Rock Summit:

    “OWEA members are devoted to the cause of improving web education because there is a great need for change in how the Web is being taught. Many universities and schools do not teach web standards and best practices. As a result, students are woefully unprepared to meet industry demands upon graduation which in turn puts an unnecessary burden on employers who are then required to put extensive training into the graduates to bring them up to speed. The goal of OWEA is to bring together individuals, companies, and organizations with strong interests in the Web and web education. It’s time to help the next generation of web professionals’ rock!”

    Summit Participants include:
    • John Allsopp, Web Directions
    • Jeffrey Brown, Damascus High School
    • Mark Dubois, WOW
    • Scott Fegette, Adobe
    • Ben Friedman, Iconologic
    • Lars Gunther, Consultant
    • Aaron Gustafson, Easy! Designs
    • Leslie Jensen-Inman, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    • Chris Mills, Opera
    • Doug Schepers, W3C
    • Glenda Sims, The University of Texas at Austin
    • Stephanie Troeth, Book Oven
    • Aarron Walter, MailChimp

    For more information on the WE Rock Summit and Tour, visit http://webeducationrocks.com.

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