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A free day of VB.NET Training in Waltham, MA! Watch this space for the next event Microsoft VB.NET Day: Learn to Learn to Program in VB.NET "This is the best intro to programming course I've attended" "A very good day for learning!" "The class was great...I can't thank you enough." Chris Bowen, Microsoft Developer Evangelist, blogs and blogs about C# Day! Join us for a relaxed, no cost introduction to VB.NET programming. By engaging in participatory activities, you will learn some of the most common and powerful features of the VB.NET language. This day is not lecture-based. There will be fewer than 60 minutes of lecture material -- almost all of the time will be spent on participant-guided activities. Everyone who attends will learn what interests them at their own pace in a relaxed, tension-free environment with an experienced VB.NET developer and trainer available to answer questions. The day starts at 9am and ends at approximately 3:30pm. The event takes place in Microsoft's offices at 201 Jones Rd, Waltham, MA. Directions All participants must have Visual Studio or Visual Basic Express installed. Visual Basic Express is available as a free download from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/express/vb/ | The Software Training Manifesto We emphasize doing over listening.
We emphasize comprehension over knowledge.
We emphasize relevance over minutiae.
We emphasize engagement over pedanticism. | Student-guided learning | Instructure-guided learning | | Learning by doing | Learning by listening | | Activity based | Lecture based | | Closed-loop study | Open-loop study | Metacognitive knowledge | Declarative knowledge | | Bring your own laptop! | Bring your own notebook |
|  Michael de la Maza is a Technical Fellow at Dynamics Research Corporation (www.drc.com). Previously, he was VP of Corporate Strategy (as a consultant) at Softricity (www.softricity.com) which was acquired by Microsoft (www.microsoft.com) in 2006. He co-founded Answerfriend, now called Inquira (www.inquira.com). He is the author of Rapid Chess Improvement which has a Wikipedia entry. Michael holds a PhD from MIT (www.mit.edu) and finds that he grows balder, chubbier, and wrinklier every year.
 Helen de la Maza worked for the Orange County Department of Education's Inside the Outdoors program for 9 years before venturing into self-employment last October. Helen has two Masters degrees, one in Wildlife Science and the other in Education with a specialization in Curriculum and Instruction. She has put these degrees, along with her teaching credentials, to good use by offering professional development workshops in pedagogy and brain compatible learning to educators across the state of California as well as in her Orange County backyard. She is also a curriculum writer for a statewide project brought about by California's Education and the Environment Initiative legislation, and has recently been working with local organizations and a private high school to refine their curriculum as well as providing training to educators.
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