# Ruby on Rails - "Workshop For Good"

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 19, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-workshop-for-good/94064 "2006-04-19T20:22:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-workshop-for-good/94064/1 "2006-04-19T20:22:24Z")

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Rubyists,

I am teaming up with Ezra Z. and Amy Hoy to teach a two day  
Ruby on Rails workshop May 20th & 21st in Washington, DC. The material  
will be geared toward persons with some experience with web design  
(html/css) and a little programming (Ruby or another language). At the  
end of the two days you will be ready to start developing real Rails  
applications.

Obviously many of you are already digging into Rails, but if you’re a  
here-to-fore Ruby purist wanting to check it out or know someone who’d  
like an introduction to Ruby and/or Rails, please consider our  
workshop. The two days, including lunch, are priced at $400. The twist  
(the “for Good” in the name) is that all the proceeds are going to  
benefit the small public high school where I teach computer science.  
The instructors are not taking any pay and the expenses are being  
minimized.

My goal is to raise $10,000 to increase access to and integration of  
technology across our curriculum in ways that our regular budget can’t  
possibly afford. We want to start a pilot program for “digital design”  
(requiring hardware, software, training materials), use technology to  
promote literacy (audio recordings of texts, etc), start small “language  
labs” for use in teaching Spanish & French, buy special simulator  
software of the science department, and dozens of other ideas to improve  
the education of our students.

We are also searching for sponsorships to the workshop or to one of  
these specific school projects. For the workshop donations of goods for  
one, some, or all of the attendees (hosting packages, books, mugs, etc!)  
would be fantastic. Cash sponsorships for portions of the workshop  
(lunch, happy hour) or directly to any of the mentioned project would of  
course be amazing. The school is a tax-exempt non-profit, so donations  
can be made tax deductible.

Lastly, we’re really trying to “get the word” out about this event. If  
you can help out by posting a blurb to websites, blogs, mailing lists,  
or whatever it would help us out.

If you or anyone you know would be interested, please check out our  
website or send an email.

URL: [http://www.workshopforgood.org](http://www.workshopforgood.org)  
Email: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

Thanks for your time,  
Jeff C.