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

Fri Dec 15 01:46:43 PST 2017

Thank you for the ideas, Suchith.

The code-in runs until 17 January, but we can definitely put something
together for the newsletter.

Regards
Victoria

On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 6:54 PM,  <labrinos at eled.auth.gr> wrote:
>
> 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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