[Geo4All] High school student looking to help Geo for All

[Victoria Rautenbach]

Dear Suchith

I am involved as a mentor with the Google Code-in and actually virtually
met Ethan about a week or so ago when he worked on a QGIS task.

For the Google Code-in, the organization (OSGeo) and mentors create a
number of tasks, which the students can then complete, for example,
download the GRASS source code and compile it, or designing a logo for
pgRouting. The students then spend 3-5 hours completing the task and get
rated on how they complete the task and might win a number of prizes (
https://codein.withgoogle.com). GCI admin, please add if I miss something.

There is currently not any tasks associated with GeoForAll, but we can
still add any tasks. If any specific tasks from the GeoForAll community, we
can add it and I will be happy to assist with the "mentoring". I will see
if I can formulate a task or two based on your previous email.

Regards
Victoria




On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Suchith Anand <
Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi Ethan Zhao,
>
>
> Thank you for your mail . GeoForAll is open to all not just universities.
> We are very grateful for you kindly volunteering to help GeoForAll
> by spreading the use of geospatial technology to everyone.  Every single
> volunteer for GeoForAll is our GeoAmbassodors. You are  welcome to share
> GeoForAll ideas and resources to your parents, teachers , youth and welcome
> everyone to join. Please share the free and open Geo resources that we have
> at http://www.geoforall.org/training/ to the wider community.
>
>
> Some of the teaching resources created by GeoAcademy  might be of
> interest. All details and courses at http://spatialquerylab.com/
> foss4g-academy-curriculum/
>
>
> Please also inform your teachers and youth for joining the next year’s
> NASA Europa challenge http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it This year's
> GODAN Local Farming challenge was won by a team of High school students
> from USA who developed AgroSphere . Details at https://github.com/
> NASAWorldWindResearch/AgroSphere/wiki
>
>
> Thanks again for your kind help for GeoForAll.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
> Suchith
>
>
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> *From:* GeoForAll <geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Ethan
> Zhao <ethanxyzhao at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* 14 December 2017 02:49
> *To:* geoforall at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* [Geo4All] High school student looking to help Geo for All
>
> Hello Everyone!
>
> My name is Ethan Zhao and I am in 10th grade in the US (Texas). I'm
> participating in this year's Google Code-In, and I was doing tasks for
> OSGeo when I noticed Geo for All. I was instantly hooked by Geo for All's
> mission statement and motto. It perfectly combined my interests in
> geospatial technology and education of youth. Thus, I'd like to help
> contribute to Geo for All in spreading the use of geospatial technology to
> everyone.
>
> I was told that Geo for All mainly operates at a university level, so I'm
> not sure if I would fit the requirements posted on the website. Could I
> jump in and help do anything that needs to be done? For example, while I
> may not have as much experience with the remote sensing or QGIS yet, I
> could work on any programs needed for outreach, education, etc. or just
> spread the word about Geo for All.
>
> If you would like to learn more about me, my wiki page is at
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Exyzhao.
>
> Thanks for your time!
> Ethan Zhao
>
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