[Foss4g2011] Re: [OSGeo-Edu] Foss4G Denver -- a possible panel on education-related presentations?

Mon Feb 21 11:01:38 EST 2011

Great to see this reaction.

Phillip Davis at the Geotech center and I have had discussions off line, 
and he has a presentation already submitted under the "Other" Academic 
track that should be a part of this "education" session.

Helena: would you be willing to co-organize this with me?

Rafael, Tyler: Please provide more information when you have it on (1) 
how we organize a general session and the parameters around it (e.g., # 
and length of presentations, etc); and (2) how we would organize what 
I'd call a "content sprint" for educational material.
In both efforts I'd like to have some connection with developer teams to 
figure out how we coordinate better.

I'm going to post a separate thread on ideas related to the Edu Content 
Sprint.

Cheers
Charlie

On 2/20/2011 10:33 PM, Helena Mitasova wrote:
> I agree that it should be part of the general sessions. Perhaps you can discuss this with the local program committee to see,
> whether we can get a time slot for this. We can then identify potential panelists and contact them - most will be probably
> already on one of these lists. Each panelist can  then give a short 10min presentation that will provide information on
> education status and issues for discussion for different education formats. Open panel discussion with contributions from
> the audience can then follow.
>
> Helena
>
> On Feb 20, 2011, at 6:34 PM, Moreno, Rafael wrote:
>
>> Helena, everyone,
>> I think this is a great idea!
>>
>> I think it would be best if we could set up such panel as part of the general sessions. This is topic that is fundamental to advance the use of FOSS4G and an audience of non-academic professionals and interested parties would benefit the most from this discussion.
>>
>> Rafael
>>
>>
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: foss4g2011-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:foss4g2011-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Helena Mitasova
>> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 7:28 PM
>> To: foss4g2011 at lists.osgeo.org; OSGeo-edu
>> Cc: Phillip Davis; Charlie Schweik
>> Subject: [Foss4g2011] Re: [OSGeo-Edu] Foss4G Denver -- a possible panel on education-related presentations?
>>
>> Charlie,
>> cc to foss4g2011 list
>>
>> I think the panel is a good idea - perhaps we can have something like at AAG.
>> We could invite panelist to talk about their experiences and material development for different edu formats:
>>
>> - short courses, workshops, summer schools - here we can have a good representation from the development community
>> - K-12 - I wonder whether we have anybody working at this level
>> - undergraduate, community college
>> - graduate and research
>>
>> We can then follow it by work session(s) focused on updating the material on the edu web site (inventory of material,
>> university courses, etc.) and on tutorials. For tutorials I guess it would be good to have at least a draft prepared
>> before the conference, to get a good start.
>>
>> Can we get some feedback from the local organizers on how to get this into the program?
>> It could be linked to the academic sessions and/or code sprint or workshops.
>>
>> Helena
>>
>> On Feb 19, 2011, at 8:01 PM, Phillip Davis wrote:
>>
>>> GeoTech will assist in this effort.
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: edu_discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [edu_discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) [tmitchell at osgeo.org]
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 1:35 PM
>>> To: Charlie Schweik
>>> Cc: Brian Rossini; OSGeo-edu
>>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Edu] Foss4G Denver -- a possible panel on   education-related presentations?
>>>
>>> Ian mentioned "code sprint" - that is one potential option too - if you want to do more than just a few presentations.  Perhaps piggy back on the code sprint (likely to be hosted at a local university anyway) and make a day of it!  It will be the Saturday following the main event.
>>>
>>> Also, not there is going to be a workshop showing how GeoTech Center + OpenGeo are working on a curriculum based fully on GFOSS. I don't think we've heard about it on this list but maybe folks from those groups are hear and can share a bit too.
>>>
>>> Tyler
>>>
>>> On 2011-02-19, at 10:45 AM, Charlie Schweik wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>
>>>> I found myself thinking about FOSS4G in Denver. I'm wondering if we can put educational issues "more on the map" this year, if we tried to submit a coordinated proposal to the conference for a set of presentations (e.g., a session) on educational issues and FOSS4G.
>>>> http://2011.foss4g.org/presentations/.
>>>>
>>>> One thought I had would be to hold a session that might have developers and OSGeo edu people in it and have a panel discussion about what holds us back from working in a more coordinated manner. I don't know if the conference organizers would embrace this idea, but I think something more than a BOF meeting would be a good idea.
>>>>
>>>> So, if you have a topic related to this you would consider presenting, respond back to the group or email me individually.
>>>>
>>>> In the meantime, I continue to try and get a first cut at a Desktop OSGeo Exercise Handbook using material I am teaching this semester to undergrads, and also to high school teachers. The problem is finding time to do this. If anyone has anything they'd like to contribute to that effort, please email me.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Charlie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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