[OSGeo-Edu] Denver "Content Sprint" ideas

[Cameron Shorter]

Charlie,
I'm interested in the development of a template for creating material.
I'm happy to review the template to ensure that we can auto generate 
content from it (in a similar fashion to what we do on OSGeo-Live).
I agree that OpenOffice is a prime candidate for material creation.
I think we should also ensure the template has links back to a "Body of 
Knowledge".

On 22/02/2011 3:01 AM, Charlie Schweik wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Related to the "Edu Content Sprint" for the Denver conference.  I'd 
> like to propose a goal to this group. I think we can achieve this goal 
> and move us collectively forward.
>
> Last year, there was the suggestion to develop "exercise workbooks" 
> that provided material for all of the different OS options. That is, 
> similar exercises for each of the different OS Desktop GIS packages, 
> or Web packages. I started these two wiki pages but not much has 
> happened since then:
>
> 1)   OS desktop GIS exercises 
> (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Desktop_GIS_exercises)
> 2)   Web-based GIS exercises 
> (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Web_GIS_lab_exercises)
>
> I think we should start with some exercises of the basics. I have a 
> bunch of exercises for desktop GIS I am using for my undergraduate 
> Spatial Technologies class based on QGIS that uses freely available 
> data from our state GIS agency, MassGIS (www.mass.gov/mgis). The list 
> on #1 above lists some of these.
>
> Following what the group was interested in doing from our discussion 
> last fall, I think we should try and build these and see if we can get 
> a set using the same exercise concepts for the other desktop packages.
>
> The idea would be that we would:
>
> A) Develop the template format for all of these exercises to take. My 
> strong preference would be to use Open Office (.odt) as the format 
> because it would be the easiest to use for the broadest group of 
> potential contributors. Some will remember we looked into other 
> formats several years ago and that effort didn't go anywhere.
>
> B) Start inventorying exercises that people have already for different 
> desktop and web packages. Those will be our "raw material" for 
> conversion to the standard template structure. One requirement  would 
> be that they use publicly available datasets that can be downloaded 
> from the web.
>
> The idea is that we do as much as we can between now and Denver 
> working with the above wiki pages (and possibly using Subversion for 
> content), and then in Denver we fill in the cracks/fix things that 
> need fixing.
>
> Reactions? Does this seem like the right direction for the "Content 
> Sprint"? Whose willing to join this effort?
>
> I'm willing to "co-lead" this, but would like to establish a 
> subcommittee to help me. Any takers?
>
> Cheers
> Charlie
>
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