[GRASS-dev] We need mentors for Google Code-In

[Helmut Kudrnovsky]

Anna Petrášová wrote
> Hi Vero,
> 
> On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 11:24 AM, Veronica Andreo <

> veroandreo@

> > wrote:
>> Hey devs,
>>
>> As the subject reads: We need more mentors for Google Code-In :)
>>
>> GCI is a competition addressed to high-school students aged 13-17, as an
>> introduction to the open source world. They are supposed to complete as
>> much
>> tasks as possible to win the contest. These tasks should be short simple
>> stuff (3-5 hours), but since they have to complete several to win, we
>> need
>> to plan lots of them and be available to review what the students submit
>> rather quickly, so they can start with a new one. For that reason, it is
>> better if we are more mentors.
>>
>> Here is the GRASS wiki [0] with more details and a collection of ideas
>> for
>> tasks that should then be further explained and developed in the format
>> of
>> tasks. I think the ideas are nice and this could be a funny experience.
>> Moreover, we could attract new generations and benefit from their
>> creativity
>> ;)
>>
> 
> this is probably not very helpful response, but I am little bit
> skeptical about this and maybe you can clarify some things. My main
> problem is that GRASS is not the type of software you just start to
> use and understand it right away. Even making useful screenshots
> requires decent knowledge of the software and geospatial data/models.
> Do you think these students have any ideas about GIS? I confess I
> haven't spent much time thinking about this program yet, but I see a
> lot of time spent by mentors defining precise tasks without too much
> gain. I can see this could be useful for things like designing
> promotional materials, but not much beyond that. But I am open to be
> convinced otherwise.

AFAIU Google Code-In, yes, it needs a strategic plan to define precise tasks
doable in a couple of hours by the young students. 

it's possible to mark tasks as "beginners", e.g. download GRASS GIS for your
platform, download NC sample data set, start GRASS with the sample data set
and set the computional region and post the output of g.region -p. 

such "beginners" tasks are there that the young students are getting
comfortable with the software/environment.

and yes, promotional materials are good candidates for tasks. e.g. take some
cool existing screenshots/graphics from manuals/addons/wiki and design a
fancy GRASS GIS t-shirt.

etc etc

HTH




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