[Teachosm] Geography Awareness Week planning

[Robert Soden]

Great to hear that this is happening Steven.  Let me put some feelers
out around Boulder and get a feel for what people what might be up
for.  We have our first Maptime meetup on Thursday and I'll be sure to
bring it up there.

Cheers,
Robert



On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Steven Johnson <sejohnson8 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> Here’s an update on plans for this year’s Geography Awareness Week[1], which
> kicks off on 17 Nov. This year’s theme is ‘The Future of Food’ and we’re
> targeting colleges/university communities across the country to host events.
> If you have an affiliation with a college/university (any school, really)
> and can serve as local coordinator for an event, please use the wiki page[2]
> to
>
> Add yourself as coordinator and
> Describe plans for your event.
>
> This is a great opportunity for TeachOSM to initiate greater connections in
> the academic community to increase awareness of OpenStreetMap both as a tool
> for geographic education, as well as social science and community service.
> Our friends at National Geographic have been very helpfully assisting the
> OpenStreetMap community reach their network of educators and they have
> granted liberal use of their logos[3] for the event, so please use them
> alongside OpenStreetMap logos in your promotional materials.
>
> Suggested activities include mapping groceries, farmers markets, community
> gardens, food distribution centers, identification of food deserts. There
> may also be things we can digitize for Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team or US
> State Dept’s Mapgive. Your suggestions warmly welcomed!
>
> If there is appetite, I'm happy to set up a Google hangout or similar to
> coordinate. Otherwise comment and thoughts warmly welcomed. Cheers,
>
> [1]
> http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/programs/geographyawarenessweek/?ar_a=1
> [2] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GeographyAwarenessWeek_2014
> [3]
> http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/geoweek-media-assets/?ar_a=1
>
> -- SEJ
> -- twitter: @geomantic
> -- skype: sejohnson8
>
> There are two types of people in the world. Those that can extrapolate from
> incomplete data.
>
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