[Foss4g2011] Re: [OSGeo-Edu] Foss4G Denver -- a possible panel on
education-related presentations?
Peter Batty
peter at ebatty.com
Mon Feb 21 22:59:22 EST 2011
I am supportive of this idea, I will discuss with the local committee how
best to make it happen and how we might fight it into the general program.
Cheers,
Peter.
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Helena Mitasova <hmitaso at unity.ncsu.edu>wrote:
>
> On Feb 21, 2011, at 11:01 AM, Charlie Schweik wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
> yes, sure, Helena
> >
> > 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> _____________________________________
> >>> Rafael Moreno, Ph.D.
> >>> Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
> >>> University of Colorado Denver
> >>> Campus Box 172 P.O. Box 173364
> >>> Denver, CO 80217-3364
> >>> Phone: 303-352-3762
> >>> Fax: 303-556-6197
> >>> Personal website: http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~rmoreno/
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----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
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> <cschweik.vcf>_______________________________________________
> >>>>> Edu_discuss mailing list
> >>>>> Edu_discuss at lists.osgeo.org
> >>>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/edu_discuss
> >>>>
> >>>> Tyler Mitchell
> >>>> Executive Director, OSGeo
> >>>> tmitchell at osgeo.org
> >>>> See you in Denver @ FOSS4G 2011!
> >>>> http://2011.foss4g.org
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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