[GRASS-dev] We need mentors for Google Code-In

[Anna Petrášová]

Hi Vero,

On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 11:24 AM, Veronica Andreo <veroandreo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey devs,
>
> As the subject reads: We need more mentors for Google Code-In :)
>
> GCI is a competition addressed to high-school students aged 13-17, as an
> introduction to the open source world. They are supposed to complete as much
> tasks as possible to win the contest. These tasks should be short simple
> stuff (3-5 hours), but since they have to complete several to win, we need
> to plan lots of them and be available to review what the students submit
> rather quickly, so they can start with a new one. For that reason, it is
> better if we are more mentors.
>
> Here is the GRASS wiki [0] with more details and a collection of ideas for
> tasks that should then be further explained and developed in the format of
> tasks. I think the ideas are nice and this could be a funny experience.
> Moreover, we could attract new generations and benefit from their creativity
> ;)
>

this is probably not very helpful response, but I am little bit
skeptical about this and maybe you can clarify some things. My main
problem is that GRASS is not the type of software you just start to
use and understand it right away. Even making useful screenshots
requires decent knowledge of the software and geospatial data/models.
Do you think these students have any ideas about GIS? I confess I
haven't spent much time thinking about this program yet, but I see a
lot of time spent by mentors defining precise tasks without too much
gain. I can see this could be useful for things like designing
promotional materials, but not much beyond that. But I am open to be
convinced otherwise.

Thanks,

Anna


> Thanks!
>
> Vero
>
> [0] https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_GCI_Ideas_2017
>
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