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

Wed Feb 27 21:00:42 GMT 2013

Keeping this in the same thread, here's the summary blog post from our
School of Open course sprint on Open Science.

http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/37060

Thanks to all that participated! A fine group of people got together on
Saturday, hoping that more will join us as we work on the School of Open.

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Billy Meinke <
billy.meinke at creativecommons.org> wrote:

> 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
>>>> >> >>>
>>>> >> >>> --
>>>> >> >>> Billy Meinke
>>>> >> >>> Science and Data Intern
>>>> >> >>> Creative Commons
>>>> >> >>>
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