railsbridge/docs — pull request #136 by tjgrathwell (2012-12-17 00:23:17+00:00)
Title: Removing scary charts and graphs from the opening presentation

I've halfway enjoyed the schadenfreude of watching organizers try to explain web applications to a crowd of 30 students in five minutes, but ultimately I don't think it's helping anyone to have this in the basic presentation template.

These mini-lectures cause students eyes to glaze over at the time that we probably want them to be most excited and receptive. This stuff is better left to the first hour of the actual class, when students are able to have a back-and-forth dialog with their teacher(s).