[School-of-data] School of Data Weekly Update

Mon Sep 17 21:55:33 UTC 2012

Hey School of Data!

Do you have a list of the alpha courses people are currently testing?
What's the best "home page" to check in on Data courses that are running
and being developed?

ALISON

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 12:25 AM, Jen Lowe <jen.lowe at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hello to everyone,
>
> We have lots going on behind the scenes here at the School of Data. Here
> is what's new this week:
>
> Courses
>
> ** Our alpha cohort is testing the first courses and giving great
> feedback. We're incorporating feedback into new courses as we write them. A
> hearty Thank You to all our alpha testers!!
>
> -------------------------------------
>
> Blog
>
> ** Data Roundup - Data News From Around the Web:
> http://schoolofdata.org/2012/09/11/data-roundup-september-11/
>
> ** Net Neutrality Map by Michael Bauer:
> http://schoolofdata.org/2012/09/06/netneutralitymap-org-converting-700gb-of-data-to-a-map/
>
> ** Equivalent Salary Converter by Nigel Babu:
> http://schoolofdata.org/2012/09/03/equivalent-salary-converter-making-of/
>
> ** Geolocating Wells in South Sudan by Dominik Moritz:
> http://schoolofdata.org/2012/08/31/geo-locating-wells-in-south-sudan-how-to-wrangle-data-for-development/
>
> -------------------------------------
>
> Handbook
>
> ** Accessing Data from Google Storage:
> http://handbook.schoolofdata.org/en/latest/recipes/accessing-data-from-google-storage.html
> ** Creating a Choropleth Map:
> http://handbook.schoolofdata.org/en/latest/recipes/choropleth-maps.html
>
>  -------------------------------------
>
> Events
>
> The Open Knowledge Festival happens NEXT WEEK in Helsinki!
>
> School of Data will be running an Open Peer Learning Workshop<http://okfestival.org/schoolofdata/> on
> Wednesday the 19th, from 11:30-15:30, with Peer to Peer University and
> Creative Commons. Sign up for the workshop<http://peerlearningworkshop.eventbrite.com/>.
> (p.s. Tickets to OKFest are going fast! Get your ticket soon<http://okfestival.org/early-bird-okfest-tickets/>
> .)
>
> If you'll be at the OKFest, we'd love to meet you! If you can't make it to
> the workshop, please stop us anytime for a chat. The School of Data team
> is: Laura Newman <http://okfn.org/members/lauranewman/> (, Michael Bauer<http://okfn.org/members/mihi/>,
> and Jen Lowe <http://okfn.org/members/jenlowe/>.
>
> -------------------------------------
>
> Any questions or feedback for us? Send it to schoolofdata at okfn.org or
> find us on twitter at @SchoolofData <https://twitter.com/SchoolOfData>.
>
> --Jen & the School of Data Team
>
>
> --
> Jen Lowe
> Data Wrangler
> Open Knowledge Foundation
> http://okfn.org/
> jen.lowe at okfn.org
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> Twitter: @datatelling
>
>
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-- 

Alison
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