[Ica-osgeo-labs] OSGeo-Live - GSoC 2015

Sat Mar 21 03:22:04 PDT 2015

I'm not against saying that, but I think it would be good to find someone
to advise who will be teaching the topic/content in the next year.

Massimo, do you know what specific topics/content you are going to focus on?

Cheers,
Charlie

On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com
> wrote:

>  Hi Charlie,
> Thanks for your feedback.
>
> Is there any chance you could strengthen your statement to say:
> "I hope to be co-teaching a web-GIS class at UMass next spring. Details
> haven't been finalised yet. However, in anticipation, I am offer to commit
> some of my time to help advise Massimo in creating content which will
> likely be of use to GIS trainers such as myself."
>
> Regards, Cameron
>
> On 21/03/2015 7:30 pm, Charles Schweik wrote:
>
>  Two comments from my end:
>
>  1) One connection returns to our ongoing quest to build a working
> educational content inventory system for education that is on the web. So
> connecting that idea to the material that Cameron and others have been
> maintaining on the Live DVD production process is important. This will be
> an important issue we take on at FOSS4G EU in Como in July. So Massimo, you
> could help us in this context, potentially.
>
>  2) Open source web GIS class
>
>  On my end, *I may* be co-teaching a web-GIS class at UMass next spring.
> Not yet sure, and my collaborators and I aren't sure what technologies we
> would use for student projects. But if open source web-GIS is something you
> might do, and if I do end up designing a course, I could potentially help
> review your material.
>
>  Others? I agree with Cameron -- a nice opportunity here potentially.
>
>  Cheers,
> Charlie Schweik
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 4:46 AM, Cameron Shorter <
> cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi OSGeo Education folk and Massimo,
>>
>> Massimo, I think your Google Summer Of Code education idea is very
>> compelling. As you are aware, I've volunteered to mentor from an OSGeo-Live
>> perspective.
>>
>> What I find incredibly compelling about your idea is that you are
>> proposing to provide technical material to be used directly by OSGeo
>> Educators. However, what is missing is endorsement from a number of
>> educators validating that the material created will be used.
>>
>> OSGeo educators, please do step up if you can, and say:
>> "This proposal will result in material that I expect to use within my
>> OSGeo training course(s) XXX. I volunteer to help Massimo define the scope
>> of material to cover."
>>
>> Regards,
>> Cameron
>>
>> On 19/03/2015 8:17 pm, Suchith Anand wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Massimo,
>>>
>>> Thank you for informing this excellent project idea. I really hope this
>>> project will be successful as i can see the potential for expanding this by
>>> other educators. Please do keep us updated. Thanks.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Suchith
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: geoforall-northamerica-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [
>>> geoforall-northamerica-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Massimo Di
>>> Stefano [epiesasha at me.com]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 10:16 PM
>>> To: geoforall-northamerica at lists.osgeo.org;
>>> ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
>>> Subject: [GeoForAll-NorthAmerica] OSGeo-Live - GSoC 2015
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> sorry for any cross-posting,
>>>
>>> I’m applying as Google Summer of Code student for the OSgeo-Live project.
>>> My idea, described here [1], focus on free and open source software for
>>> education, so i thought it can be of interest to this list.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your valuable feedback,
>>>
>>> Massimo.
>>>
>>> [1]  http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_GSoC_2015
>>>
>>>
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