Science Online 2011

I am heading up north to the Science Online 2011 conference. I will be on two panels. I’ll have more to post about those in the next few days, but in the meantime, the program listings are below. I am hoping for a good conference, and my thanks go out to Anton, Bora and my co-panelist for allowing me to participate again. These session will not be officially streamed by the conference, but I will try to get a signal of my own out, or at least record them.

• Saturday, January 15th: 10:15-11:15am, Room A
  Technology and the Wilderness – Miriam Goldstein, Jason Robertshaw, Danielle Lee and Karen James
   
  Technology offers unparalleled opportunity for outdoor education – yet it is viewed as a cause of “Nature Deficit Disorder.” But little glowy screens can be amazing educational tools. Potential directions include tools (for example: a citizen science iPhone app from Mote Marine Laboratory), networking (e.g., Outdoor Afro bringing people of color outdoors together), and exploration (e.g., following up on the Blogging From the Field/Trash Gyre sessions from past years, citizen science, teenagers blogging their discoveries).
  Hashtags: #techwild
   
• Saturday, January 15th: 3:15pm-4:15pm, Room A
  Institutional Blogging: Online outreach for science, conservation, education and government organizations – Jeff Ives, Jason Robertshaw, Allie Wilkinson and Stephanie Levi
   
  Blogs, podcasts and social media are a key outreach tool for most non-profit science, conservation, educational and governmental organizations. Building those assets can be challenging due to institutional roadblocks, time constraints and limited budgets. Come join the discussion about the difficulties, strategies and rewards of integrating new media into an institution, including a science outreach initiative focused on under-represented and low income students.
  Hashtags: #inblogging