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

Thu Dec 14 08:54:01 PST 2017

Hi Victoria and Suchith,

Yes, I think it a good idea to have such small reports from students.
Also, their mentors could write a small (2-3 lines) preface about the  
task so everyone could get the idea.
There is a section in our Newsletter where we can publish small articles.

best regards
Nikos

Παραθέτοντας από Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>:

> Thank you Victoria for this information. Great to see this   
> initiative for students and thanks to you and all mentors who are  
> helping making this possible. It is up to you and other mentors in  
> this initiative to decide the tasks for the students. In my humble  
> opinion, it might be good  to think of a short literature review  
> task for students on “The State of Open Education in Geospatial  
> Science and How can I contribute?” to help them understand the  
> importance of Open Educational resources . It can be a short  
> literature review looking at existing Open Education initiatives and  
> preparing a short summary report/tutorial/blogpost/video as  
> appropriate.
>
>
> If it is a short report from the students then we can also have it  
> published in the GeoForAll newsletters if Nikos thinks it is good  
> idea.The students  can look at example ideas on the use of GIS in  
> various domains (from biodiversity to town planning) to help with  
> this task. For example, The lesson scenarios at GIS at School might  
> be a good starting point http://edugis.pl/en/for-teachers/guide    
> Maybe Ela and other colleagues in UNEP-Warsaw who developed the GIS  
> at School will have more ideas on this.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
> Suchith
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Victoria Rautenbach <victoria.rautenbach at gmail.com>
> Sent: 14 December 2017 11:31
> To: Suchith Anand
> Cc: Ethan Zhao; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; gsoc-adminosgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [Geo4All] High school student looking to help Geo for All
>
> 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<mailto: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
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: GeoForAll  
> <geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Ethan Zhao  
> <ethanxyzhao at gmail.com<mailto:ethanxyzhao at gmail.com>>
> Sent: 14 December 2017 02:49
> To: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto: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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