Hi everyone! We (Jess, Carmen, and Eda) are excited to announce the next installation of our free and online bootcamp. We support learners as they work their way through the freeCodeCamp Responsive We
Hi everyone!
We (Jess, Carmen, and Eda) are excited to announce the next installation of our free and online bootcamp. We support learners as they work their way through the freeCodeCamp Responsive Web Design curriculum. The bootcamp will start Friday, April 24th, and will run for 10 weeks until Friday, June 3rd.
Here’s what to expect:
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Live Streams: We’ll be streaming Monday to Friday at 15.00 UTC (you can check your timezone here), where we’ll go through the course material together on our YouTube channel, on Jess’ Twitch channel and Carmen’s Twitch channel. It’s also a chance to ask your questions! If you can’t join us live, the streams will be available offline to watch later.
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Guest Sessions: We’ll expand on our studies with guest sessions where professionals working in software engineering and related fields will talk about their craft.
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Community: To support each other and work together, we have a dedicated Discord channel in the freeCodeCamp Discord server (you can join here: https://discord.gg/KVUmVXA) to help you establish better connections with other learners working on freeCodeCamp material. We’ll also be including shared notes on our website.
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Calendar: We have a shared calendar of lessons we’ll be covering with a supportive and friendly group of learners alongside you.
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Newsletter: There’s no signup needed, but if you want weekly emails, you can also sign up for our newsletter.
How Does the Bootcamp Work?
Bad Website Club bootcamps have been running for a while, so if you’ve joined us in the past, this one is going to feel a little different.
As the freeCodeCamp course material has expanded, we have adapted our learning structure to reflect what’s in it.
We’re experimenting with a flipped classroom model, where learners do pre-reading and more solo work before classes to come into streamed sessions, prepared to support each other’s learning.
Also, learners will be able to contribute to shared lesson notes which we’ll be going over in unit reviews. We’ll be talking through some (not all!) of the workshop steps and offer space for Q&A in our live streams.
The labs and certification projects need to be done as solo work, but we’ll be looking at how to approach them together on streams and covering them in Q&As.
We’ll be moving fast, but there are no fixed deadlines! If you need more time, your progress will be saved on your freeCodeCamp account. Also, the videos and our Discord are available after the bootcamp ends.
Note that the bootcamp doesn’t offer job placement support or 1:1 instructor support for learners due to the size and global distribution of our learners. But we’ll help you learn the skills that prepare you to pursue opportunities on your own.
Who We Are
Bad Website Club has been running free and online developer education programs since 2020. It’s run by a small volunteer team (Jessica Rose, Carmen Huidobro, and Eda Eren – also thank you to wonderful Kiri who made all the art!). We focus on learning and experimenting over perfection, and believe that the web can be better when it includes everyone.
Also, it really is free: there’s no way to pay for it.
If you want to join us, you can download or subscribe to the full lesson calendar (for Google Calendar, use the iCal feed with these subscription instructions), follow us on our YouTube channel, on Jess’ Twitch channel and Carmen’s Twitch channel. You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter for lesson notes, show and tell projects, extra resources, and more.
Hope to see you soon!