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    Hi all,<br>
    <br>
    Thanks a lot for joining a discussion, providing feedback and
    comments, asking additional questions. I set up the wikipage to
    gather all information concerning education at FOSS4G 2016
    (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2016_Education">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2016_Education</a>).<br>
    <br>
    Summing up...<br>
    Conference - we agree on having education included into general
    track. Great! Work in progress... :-)<br>
    Workshop - we have quite a lot of people open for the idea of
    educational workshop at FOSS4G 2016. However, there are some
    important issues which need to be discussed. <br>
    <br>
    First of all (Nikos is 100% right) - was is/are our target group(s)?
    <br>
    Looking at the different background of ICA-OsGeo Labs we have at
    least 5 different groups:<br>
    1) academics working with students over 19 at the universities,<br>
    2) school teachers, working with children aged 6-12/14 (primary
    education) - in different countries  we have different educational
    system so also different age groups<br>
    3) school teachers, working with young people aged 12/14-19
    (secondary education) - in different countries  we have different
    educational system so also different age groups<br>
    4) teacher trainers, so educators responsible for improving
    pre-service and/or in-service school teachers skills and knowledge,<br>
    5) GI educators responsible for improving GIS skills and knowledge
    of very different groups of users (specialists, scientists, public
    administration staff, etc.)<br>
    <br>
    Well... We can of course make not 1 workshop but 2 or more (if room
    is still available) but what's crucial - how to get participants for
    the training? Moreover, how to get participants for only one-day
    training?<br>
    <br>
    In my opinion, we would have no problems to get people from group no
    1. and no. 5 - they will be in Bonn :-) <br>
    But, as far as group no. 2, 3 and 4 are concerned, it will be much
    harder.  School teachers can be financially supported by their
    schools but for 1-day training that can be not so easy.<br>
    If we want this group to come - how can we support them? First of
    all, get money to cover their travel expenses. That's the most
    important. I know quite a lot of teachers from Belgium for example
    who would be interested to come, if they get this kind of support.
    Any ideas on how to do it (except for Till's proposal to ask OsGeo
    for help)?<br>
    <br>
    So dear ICA-OsGeo Lab members, to make a general discussion more
    concrete - please declare your <b>ideas on specific training</b>
    that <b>you </b>would like to lead on FOSS4G 2016 using above
    mentioned Wikipage. That would help a lot!<br>
    <br>
    Regards,<br>
    Ela<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#000066" lang="EN-US"></span></b><b><span
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">W dniu 2015-10-26 o 13:15, Charlie
      Schweik pisze:<br>
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cite="mid:CAAqFMQkFNbtY2g4z+rBksTk0k8aiTnLANtWcONBX9XveWdALsw@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">
      <div dir="ltr">Sorry - my bad, Nikos. I am considering all levels
        but brought in the university here.
        <div>I think we should have both areas!</div>
        <div>Charlie</div>
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      <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
        <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 6:36 AM, <span
            dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:labrinos@eled.auth.gr" target="_blank">labrinos@eled.auth.gr</a>></span>
          wrote:<br>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US">Dear all,</span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US">To be honest, I am getting confused.
                    One time you are talking about university education
                    and the nest time about schools.</span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US">Maybe we should decide or group our
                    desires. </span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US">Some should think about the tertiary
                    education, some about secondary and others (like me)
                    about primary. Should we allocate different people,
                    as contact persons, to lead the discussion for each
                    level of education?</span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US">regards</span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US">Nikos</span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">----------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Νίκος
                    Λαμπρινός</span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Αναπληρωτής
                    Καθηγητής</span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Π.Τ.Δ.Ε. 
                    Α.Π.Θ.</span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Θεσσαλονίκη
                    541 24</span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Τηλ.
                    2310 991201, 991230</span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US">Email: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:labrinos@eled.auth.gr"
                      target="_blank">labrinos@eled.auth.gr</a></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Ιστοσελίδες</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US">: </span><u><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                      lang="EN-US"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://labrinos.webpages.auth.gr/digital_geography/"
                        target="_blank">http://labrinos.webpages.auth.gr/digital_geography/</a></span></u><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US"></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US">                     <u><a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://www.digital-earth.edu.gr"
                        target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.digital-earth.edu.gr">http://www.digital-earth.edu.gr</a></a></u></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US">Dr. Nikos Lambrinos</span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US">Associate Professor</span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US">Dept. of Primary Education</span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US">Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
                    Thessaloniki</span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US">Greece, GR-54124</span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US">Tel. +30 2310 991201</span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US">Email: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:labrinos@eled.auth.gr"
                      target="_blank">labrinos@eled.auth.gr</a></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US">Web pages: </span><u><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                      lang="EN-US"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://labrinos.webpages.auth.gr/digital_geography/"
                        target="_blank">http://labrinos.webpages.auth.gr/digital_geography/</a></span></u><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US"></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US">                    </span><u><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                      lang="EN-US"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://www.digital-earth.edu.gr/"
                        target="_blank">http://www.digital-earth.edu.gr/</a></span></u></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                    lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
                      ica-osgeo-labs [mailto:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org"
                        target="_blank">ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>]
                      <b>On Behalf Of </b>Antoni Perez Navarro<br>
                      <b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 26, 2015 11:44 AM<br>
                      <b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:ela@gridw.pl" target="_blank">ela@gridw.pl</a>;
                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu"
                        target="_blank">cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu</a><br>
                      <b>Cc:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org"
                        target="_blank">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
                      <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Education at
                      FOSS4G 2016</span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hi
                  Ela,<br>
                  <br>
                  I find the ideas absolutely wonderful. <br>
                  Regarding workshop for teachers, in Como we talked
                  also about to look for funding in order to open it to
                  people around Europe, and not only germany. But we all
                  agreed that it would be difficult in schools.<br>
                  <br>
                  On the other hand, in Spain we are having some debate
                  around how difficult is to find students in GIS,
                  although geographic information seams key. If it is a
                  generic problem, maybe it would be interesting to
                  prepare a round table to talk about the item.<br>
                  Some of us think that the term GIS is not a fashion
                  term and maybe we should have to "fashionate" it. I
                  don't know. <br>
                  <br>
                  Best regards,<br>
                  <br>
                  Toni<br>
                  <br>
                   <br>
                  <b><span
style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#2e3a69">Antoni
                      Pérez Navarro</span></b><span
style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#2e3a69"> <br>
                    Estudis d'Informàtica, Multimèdia i Telecomunicació <br>
                    <b>Universitat Oberta de Catalunya</b> <br>
                  </span> <br>
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style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4d4d4d">@tonipereznavarr</span><br>
                  <br>
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                  <span
style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#969798">Aquest
                    missatge s'adreça exclusivament a qui va destinat i
                    pot contenir informació privilegiada o confidencial
                    i dades de caràcter personal, la difusió de les
                    quals és regulada per la Llei orgànica de protecció
                    de dades i la Llei de serveis de la societat de la
                    informació. Si no sou la persona destinatària
                    indicada (o la responsable de lliurar-lo a qui va
                    destinat), no heu de copiar aquest missatge ni
                    lliurar-lo a tercers per cap concepte. Si heu rebut
                    aquest missatge per error o l'heu aconseguit per
                    altres mitjans, us demanem que ens ho comuniqueu
                    immediatament per aquesta mateixa via i l'elimineu
                    irreversiblement.</span> <br>
                   <br>
                  <span
style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#969798"><br>
                    Abans d'imprimir aquest missatge electrònic penseu
                    en el medi ambient.</span><br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  --- Missatge original de Charles Schweik <<a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu"
                    target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu">cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu</a></a>>
                  per a "El¿bieta Wo¿oszy¿ska-Wi¿niewska" <<a
                    moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ela@gridw.pl"
                    target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ela@gridw.pl">ela@gridw.pl</a></a>> amb còpia a
                  ica-osgeo-labs <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org"
                    target="_blank">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a>>
                  enviat el 25.10.2015 13:33</p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">Hi Ela, </p>
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                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal">See my thoughts below in-line:</p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 4:32
                        PM, El?bieta Wo?oszy?ska-Wi?niewska <<a
                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="mailto:ela@gridw.pl" target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ela@gridw.pl">ela@gridw.pl</a></a>>
                        wrote: </p>
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                        <p><br>
                          There are two main options:<br>
                          <br>
                          No. 1 ? <strong>conference</strong> itself
                          (24-26th of August)<br>
                          <br>
                          Education will be mentioned as one of the
                          special topics in the General track. So during
                          the general program selection a special focus
                          will be put on education-related
                          presentations. The idea was not to make these
                          presentations too much research-oriented (as
                          in acadeic track) but really practical.<br>
                          As Volker (chair of program committee)
                          mentioned:"My plan is to give the slots (3
                          talks in a row) some kind of topic. Those
                          would be then be ?education?.<br>
                          I really like this idea ? it would help to
                          make this topic more visible and help people
                          who are interested to find proper time and
                          room ;-)</p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">I think this is a good
                          idea. </p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">In Como, you'll recall
                          there was a paper by the NCSU team about their
                          educational material and how they made
                          datasets generic, or perhaps people could
                          consider presenting issues such as how they
                          are teaching various topics like
                          geocrowdsourcing, Volunteer geographic
                          information, geo-sensor webs, geo-temporal
                          visualization, modeling, or some other area.
                          Maybe there could be a call for papers?</p>
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                          <p>No. 2 ? <strong>pre-conference, education
                              workshop</strong> (23rd of August )<br>
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                            We have a chance to organise pre-conference
                            workshop! </p>
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                          <p>In Como we talked about two options: a)
                            having workshop for German school teachers
                            on use of FOSS4G (e.g. QGIS) in education,
                            b) having workshop for teacher trainers to
                            show them how they can motivate and attract
                            teachers to open GIS. </p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">I think these are both good
                          ideas too. </p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">One update on my end. The
                          GeoForAll urban thematic has a grant proposal
                          under review right now. Like all grant
                          proposals -- It's a long shot -- but if funded
                          it would provide funding to support a US
                          GeoForAll scholar to go to Bonn to offer a
                          training workshop at FOSS4G 2016. The topic
                          would be either a 'Research Methods' workshop
                          or a 'Train the Trainer' workshop - probably
                          targeting university researchers and
                          educators. I don't know when we will hear
                          about the funding, but my guess is that it
                          will be in early 2016, and if it comes in,
                          we'll have a call for workshop topics. So I'll
                          let you know if it comes in.</p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">I encourage others in our
                          community to go after funds like this that
                          would help fund/support these kinds of
                          educational or research workshops to happen in
                          future FOSS4G global or regional events!</p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,</p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">Charlie</p>
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