[School-of-data-announce] The Latest from School of Data

Sat Jun 22 07:58:49 UTC 2013

Hi All,

It's that time again, here's what we've been up to and what's upcoming!

This post is available online, here:
http://schoolofdata.org/2013/06/22/the-latest-from-school-of-data/

Escuela de Datos

Data troopers Michael Bauer and Zara Rahman have been on the road in Latin
America doing a series of great warmup events with the help of the fabulous
network of Data Activists from around Latin America.

   - See what they’ve been up to in the
writeup<http://schoolofdata.org/2013/06/21/school-of-data-in-santiago/>
the
   Hacks/Hackers meetup in Chile.
   - Henceforth, they will be in Uruguay for the AbreLatam
<http://www.abrelatam.org/>conference.
   Know someone they should meet there? Tweet
@Schoolofdata<http://twitter.com/schoolofdata> –
   or email us on schoolofdata [at] okfn.org.

Stay up to date with School of Data Latin AmericaSpanish

   - *Twitter* – @Escueladedatos <http://twitter.com/escueladedatos>
   - Announcement mailing
list<http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/escuela-de-datos-alertas>
(low
   traffic)
   - Discussion mailing list: Coming soon

Portuguese

   - *Twitter* – @Escoladedados <http://twitter.com/escoladedados>
   - OKFN Brazil Mailing List<http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-br> –
   for discussion.

Get Involved!

We’re looking for a select handful of community mentors to take place in a
pilot mentoring scheme to guide learners through future data expeditions
(online or offline), and/or offer training sessions on a particular topic
or tool<https://docs.google.com/a/okfn.org/forms/d/1zCEwlT0dXRsP7DtChjE1obgdAiec0o-u-DPAZBCRKE4/edit>,
via Google Hangout or in person.

   - Learn more <http://schoolofdata.org/get-started-as-a-community-mentor/>

We will offer training, support and swag (stickers and shirts) for our
pilot mentors!
Ask.SchoolofData.Org

The following questions are looking for answers, can you help?

   - Extracting data from wikipedia
tables<http://ask.schoolofdata.org/question/107/extracting-data-from-wikipedia-tables/?sort=latest>
   - Problem installing Gephi on Mac
OS<http://ask.schoolofdata.org/question/109/problem-installing-gephi-on-mac-os/?sort=latest>
   - Is there any difference between a SVG and an AI
file?<http://ask.schoolofdata.org/question/106/is-there-any-difference-between-a-svg-and-an-ai-file/?sort=latest>

Offers of help

   - Andy South <http://twitter.com/southmapr> has offered to run a course
   in mapping with R for NGOs who can cover his travel costs! See the
course<http://www3.uclm.es/congresos/useR-2013/Tutorials/South.html>
   .

>From the blog

   - InfoAmazonia and Why We Should Talk About
Geojournalism<http://schoolofdata.org/2013/06/20/infoamazonia-and-why-we-should-talk-about-geojournalism/>
   - Data Roundup 19th
June<http://schoolofdata.org/2013/06/19/data-roundup-june-19/>.
   By Neil Ashton.
   - Data Explorer Mission from the Inside: an Agent’s
Story<http://schoolofdata.org/2013/06/18/data-explorer-mission-from-the-inside-an-agents-story/>
–
   Want to know what happened on the data explorer
mission<http://schoolofdata.org/datamooc/>?
   One of the participants explains what they got from the experience.
   - On the Radar: Using Data to Save
Lives<http://schoolofdata.org/2013/06/17/on-the-radar-using-data-to-save-lives/>
–
   Invisible Children and the LRA crisis tracker. Invisible Children and the
   LRA crisis tracker.

New Tutorials

   - Get Started With Scraping – Extracting Simple Tables from PDF
Documents<http://schoolofdata.org/2013/06/18/get-started-with-scraping-extracting-simple-tables-from-pdf-documents/>

All the best,

Lucy

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