[OSGeo-Edu] Educational content, subversion and preparing for the FOSS4Geo

Wed Sep 24 14:03:36 EDT 2008

Charlie, your material is precious, thanks a lot

With Jorge Sanz, we've started moving something at a Spanish language level.
hope to contribute soon

The Spanish GIS Book is silent but not dead, something is moving, slowly 
but moving.

ciao
lorenzo

Charlie Schweik wrote:
> Hi OSGeo edu folks,
>
> Sorry for my long absence. I was traveling back to the states from New
> Zealand and have been caught up with work related to my university.
>
> A couple things:
>
> 1) TUTORIAL ON SUBVERSION LIBRARY FOR EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL
>
> Attached is a tutorial my colleague Sasha wrote up (thanks Sasha) on the
> OSGeo edu Subversion system (I'm rushing, but the next version will be in
> ODF or on the wiki directly). Sorry we didn't get this to you a little
> earlier, but it would be *wonderful* if one or more people on this list with
> content tried to get their work uploaded to this library *this week* so I
> could demonstrate this at FOSS4Geo. 
>
> Note the approach we used with our material. You'll see that on our
> Educational Content wiki page our tutorials are linked to the subversion pdf
> files. [1]
>
> 2) There has been a little activity on our educational inventory page... if
> you have new or revised material that you don't want to store on Subversion
> but want others to know about, please add your links this week so I can
> showcase all of it at this conference.
>
> 3) I expect I will be making a short presentation on our group in the
> conference. If you have any points you think I should say, please email them
> to me.
>
> Thanks all... please make a special effort if you can this week to do any or
> all of the above. 
>
> [1]
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Educational_Content_Inventory#Introduction_to_FOS
> S_GIS_using_QGIS_.8.2C_PostgreSQL.2C_PostGIS.2C_and_the_Grass_plugin_for_QGI
> S
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: edu_discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:edu_discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Gavin Fleming
> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 3:55 AM
> To: Arnulf Christl; OSGeo-edu; gmcferren at csir.co.za
> Cc: Alize Botha
> Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Edu] [Fwd: [Workshops] Volunteer opportunities to do
> talksin education outreach sessions at Foss4G 2008 conference]
>
> Yes if you're going to be at FOSS4G and you have Monday morning, Friday
> morning or Friday afternoon free, please see
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2008_Activities and let Alize (cc'd)
> know what you'd like to do. 
>
> The venues and audiences have largely been arranged - we just need some
> more volunteers to present / lecture / teach / demonstrate! So of course
> they are adaptable to you and your subject matter or software. 
>
> Gavin 
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: edu_discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:edu_discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Arnulf Christl
> Sent: 19 September 2008 09:48 AM
> To: OSGeo-edu; gmcferren at csir.co.za
> Subject: [OSGeo-Edu] [Fwd: [Workshops] Volunteer opportunities to do
> talks in education outreach sessions at Foss4G 2008 conference]
>
> Hey Edu,
> this sounds phantastic. Unfortunately I have said so many times: "Sure,
> will do" already that I am surely going to run out of time during the
> conference to actually take on some of this. But the idea is great and
> we might want to continue this for the next conferences too. 
>
> Best regards, 
> Arnulf. 
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [Workshops] Volunteer opportunities to do talks in education
> outreach sessions at Foss4G 2008 conference
> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:35:22 +0200
> From: graeme mcferren <gmcferren at csir.co.za>
> Reply-To: gmcferren at csir.co.za, FOSS4G conference workshops subcommittee
> <conference-workshops at lists.osgeo.org>
> Organization: CSIR Meraka
> To: FOSS4G conference workshops subcommittee
> <conference-workshops at lists.osgeo.org>
> References: <471D726E.5070301 at confluence.org>
> <484CB454.5020201 at confluence.org>
>
> Dear Workshop and Lab Presenters
>
> If you feel like presenting the hard work you have done on your
> FOSS4G2008 lab or workshop to a further (different) audience, there are
> some opportunities to do so as outlined below. The events will take
> place away from the main conference venues, but may be a good chance to
> get FOSS4G into the hearts and minds of some of our teachers and
> students.
>
> Graeme
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------------------------------
> "Volunteer opportunities to do talks in education outreach sessions at
> Foss4G 2008 conference."
>
> We currently need volunteers to help us in the education outreach
> sessions.
> We have the following spots that require volunteers. 
>
> Friday morning 9h00-12h00 ( 2x computer labs available) attended by
> school geography teachers
>
>     * Option 1. Map-aware where basic map skills are limited. 
>
> !!Volunteers needed: talk about basic mapping with examples!!
>
>     * Option 2. Demos of internet examples for grades 10 - 12 for
> teachers who don't want to learn GIS but want to know where to find
> examples to use in the classroom. 
>
> !!Volunteers needed: people who know about web sites that will be useful
> to teachers and who have experience with what is happening elsewhere.
> this could be 2 different people sharing a session!!
>
>     * Option 3. Hands-on exposure to GIS. 
>
> !!Volunteers needed: to give teachers an overview of GIS functionality.
> Software still to be decided in consultation with Department of
> Education!! 
>
>
> or 
>
>
> Friday afternoon 14h00-17h00 (24 PC'c available) attended by school
> geography teachers
>
>   *Option 4. Hands-on demo for geography teachers with exercises they
> can implement back in school. Talk on what is happening in the
> international scene with GIS in Education. Exposure to OS GIS software.
>
>
> or 
>
> Friday afternoon 14h00-17h00 (16 PC's available) attended by university
> staff and GIS Post-Grad students
>
>   *Option 5.  GIS delegates/volunteers to present workshop on Spatial
> data infrastructure development,web-based GIS, any other suggestions
> preferably OPEN SOURCE.
>
>   
>
>
>   
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