[open-data-day] Open Data Day - Mountain View, CA [Open Science/Data Education Course Sprint]

Mon Feb 11 19:27:07 GMT 2013

Formal announcement of the Open Science Course Sprint now published on the
CC blog.

http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/36600

On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 9:44 PM, Billy Meinke <
billy.meinke at creativecommons.org> wrote:

> Hey All-  Here's the Eventbrite information about the Open Science Course
> Sprint.
>
> http://opensciencecoursesprint.eventbrite.com/
>
> We'll be making a blog post before sharing more widely, but please take a
> look to see if you'd like to take part.  Those of you on this list who are
> in the Bay Area are invited to the Creative Commons HQ in Mountain View.
> Ping me with questions.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Billy
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Mike West <mw at data.io> wrote:
>
>> I use CouchDB running on the Pi to show how clouds and hard drives and
>> other networking things work, so if you point me to any topic that you
>> are really into - I can probably make it part of the project. We're
>> lucky that Canada and the US has so much open data relative to other
>> countries.
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Billy Meinke
>> <billy.meinke at creativecommons.org> wrote:
>> > Ah, I was hoping to find people working on the Pi for Open Data Day.
>>  I'm
>> > going to be posting a wiki/planning document around the course sprint
>> in the
>> > next couple of weeks and would love for you to see if there's room to
>> work
>> > together on this, Mike.  Thanks for chiming in.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Mike West <mw at data.io> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Billy,
>> >>
>> >> I am going to run a Raspberry Pi demo / learning table as my
>> >> contribution to the Toronto Event. Looking for some ideas that bring
>> >> using the Pi around to something related to Open Data and this looks
>> >> like a great way.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Mike West
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Emma Irwin <emma.irwin at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> > That all sounds incredibly exciting. Such value in open science .
>> >> > As a side, the majority of our participants for Open Data day will be
>> >> > girls
>> >> > from CAGIS (Canadian Assoc for Girls in Science) and I know their
>> leader
>> >> > would be super interested in this , and so will follow your progress.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Feb 1, 2013, at 9:34 AM, Billy Meinke
>> >> > <billy.meinke at creativecommons.org>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Hey Emma-  Yes, glad you mentioned the Webmaker/youth side of Open
>> >> > Science/Data.  Though it'd not fully sketched up yet, one of the
>> modules
>> >> > we
>> >> > will build out will likely involve reaching out to the science
>> community
>> >> > by
>> >> > finding citizen science projects, the next step beyond that involving
>> >> > designing experiments using an open framework like PyBossa.  This
>> kind
>> >> > of
>> >> > thing is still a little beyond what typical youth can do on their
>> own,
>> >> > but
>> >> > exposure to open tools for science (and developing more user-friendly
>> >> > tools,
>> >> > too) is always a good thing.
>> >> >
>> >> > Ping me aside this list if you think more collaboration can happen
>> >> > around
>> >> > Open Data Day.  Thanks :)
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Emma Irwin <emma.irwin at gmail.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> thanks looks interesting Billy, any intention/partnerships around
>> >> >> teaching
>> >> >> Open Science to youth/kids (Webmaker)
>> >> >> We're part of Open Data day Victoria , bringing kids and youth in to
>> >> >> make
>> >> >> things with Open Data w/Webmaker Tools & Wiki maps.  If there are
>> any
>> >> >> small
>> >> >> pieces/ideas around we could take to kids on this day that relate,
>> let
>> >> >> me
>> >> >> know.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Billy Meinke
>> >> >> <billy.meinke at creativecommons.org> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Hey All #ODHD13 Peoples-
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I wanted to drop in and announce an alternative to the many
>> code-heavy
>> >> >>> hackathons that will be happening on/around Open Data Day.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I'm working with a few people at PLoS/OKFN/P2PU to put together an
>> >> >>> "Introduction to Open Science" course on the Peer to Peer
>> University
>> >> >>> platform.  The module plan is being developed, and I'll be posting
>> the
>> >> >>> organizing documents for any interested parties to check out, but
>> it
>> >> >>> would
>> >> >>> great to have local and remote participants help flesh out the
>> course
>> >> >>> during
>> >> >>> a "course sprint" on Fri Feb 22nd or Sat Feb 23rd.  The hope is
>> that
>> >> >>> course
>> >> >>> will be ready to roll for Open Education Week in March, though the
>> >> >>> primary
>> >> >>> build-out will take place on Open Data Day.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Details have been posted to the events wiki here:
>> >> >>> http://wiki.opendataday.org/MountainView2013
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Feel free to get in contact with me if you have resources that
>> could
>> >> >>> be
>> >> >>> included or ideas for activities that would align with the basics
>> of
>> >> >>> Open
>> >> >>> Science/Data.  If you're in the Bay Area, I'm also entertaining the
>> >> >>> idea of
>> >> >>> hosting in-person attendees here at the Creative Commons HQ in
>> >> >>> Mountain
>> >> >>> View.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Best,
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Billy
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> --
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>> >> >>> Science and Data Intern
>> >> >>> Creative Commons
>> >> >>>
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>> >> >
>> >> >
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