{"authorId":1,"title":{"title":{}},"slug":"presentation-to-damscus-high-school-students","postDate":1238458671,"expiryDate":null,"enabled":1,"fields":{"2":"<p>I have been noticeably absent from my blog recently, but for good reason. I was honored when <a href=\"http:\/\/teachmetheweb.org\/\">Jeff Brown<\/a>, a teacher at Damascus High School, asked if I wanted to speak to the students in his advanced web class. I have always been interested in speaking about web development, so this seemed like a great first opportunity.<\/p>\n<!--more-->\n<p>So basically, Mr. Brown has people in the industry come in and speak to his students every Friday. After looking at the <a href=\"http:\/\/teachmetheweb.org\/index.php\/tmtw\/blog-article\/spring_2009_guest_speaker_line_up\/\">list of other speakers<\/a>, I sure was nervous. I mean; I go to conferences to see some of these guys speak.<\/p>\n\n<p>Mr. Brown has a great program going, and I was glad to be a part of it. He is one of the few teachers that actually teach about web standards and is a member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webstandards.org\/action\/edutf\">WaSP Education Task Force<\/a>. He also gave a presentation at <a href=\"http:\/\/refresh-dc.org\/\">RefreshDC<\/a> about web education the night before my presentation, that I unfortunately missed.<\/p>\n\n<h2>My Presentation<\/h2>\n<p>I decided to focus my presentation on my path through web development, some tips to become successful as a front-end developer, and then how to maintain that success.<\/p>\n\n<p>I was pretty nervous, and I felt like I raced at times, but I think it turned out well. Mr. Brown has posted the <a href=\"http:\/\/teachmetheweb.org\/index.php\/tmtw\/blog-article\/guest_speaker_reactions_trevor_davis\/\">audio from the presentation<\/a> on his site.<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"presentation\" class=\"leftSide\">\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/davist11\/become-a-productive-frontend-developer-continue-to-be-one?type=powerpoint\">View Presentation: Become a Productive Front-End Developer &amp; Continue to be one<\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n$(document).ready(function(){\n    $('#presentation').flash(\n        { \n          src: 'http:\/\/static.slidesharecdn.com\/swf\/ssplayer2.swf?doc=fed-090327210216-phpapp01&amp;rel=0&amp;stripped_title=become-a-productive-frontend-developer-continue-to-be-one',\n          width: 425,\n          height: 277\n        });\n});\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"clearing\">I would love to hear any feedback on the presentation, so let me know what you all think.<\/p>","4":{"website":{}}}}