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

Fri Feb 22 00:02:18 GMT 2013

Blog post on the PLOS Sci/Ed blog about our event for Open Data Day.

http://blogs.plos.org/scied/2013/02/21/guest-post-open-data-day-sprint-courses-and-hackathons/

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Billy Meinke <
billy.meinke at creativecommons.org> wrote:

> 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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