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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Bill:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Good thoughts, not unexpected.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>I need to figure out how to get our high school and probably
county science department head to say “yes” to this idea, and wanted
to first find out whether this was an active topic already in OWW. FYI,
we’re Stone Bridge HS and Loudoun County schools (Northern Virginia, W/NW
of DC), well-funded schools and science programs. Although not quite as
strong as our recent experience with Acton-Boxboro HS…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>The lab notebooks are likely a great place to start; I helped
judge our county HS science fair this past year, and the lab notebooks were of
widely varying quality. So getting the kids to keep their notebook online
where their peers can see/contribute to them might help a lot. On the
other hand, I don’t know if the somewhat competitive nature of the
science fair process will get in the way of open sharing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Scott Tousley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Bill F [mailto:bill.altmail@gmail.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 22, 2008 2:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Tousley, Scott W.<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Oww-Feedback<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Oww-Feedback] High School science project linkage? (from
Scott Tousley)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'>Scott,<br>
<br>
Thanks for your interest as well as your specific question. We have discussed
this. I have 12 and 15 year old kids myself: this as a really important
direction for me as well.<br>
<br>
The spirit (tao?) of OWW is generally in finding something you want to do then
jumping in and doing it. As we grow out the community of folks using lab
notebooks and generally commenting on not just which protocols they use but
also on how they're using them, the raw material for creating a context for
more focused efforts, such as exposing high school students to research,
becomes more plentiful. <br>
<br>
Of course, the same can be said of the web in general. But the proximity of
your data to that of a lot of other similarly intentioned people doing
related work really can move things forward. We see this with the IGEM
teams who do their work here, for example.<br>
<br>
Rather than saying we're going to focus on high school students, I'd say that
we're interested in working with people who want to service that sub-community
within OWW. Not to be pedantic, but in OWW, we aspire to make it all about
growing out the community of collaborating researchers. <br>
<br>
I do a lot of the development work on OWW. If there are specific tools that
could help in this area, please let me know. <br>
<br>
I hope this doesn't sound like an attempt to shrug off a great suggestion.
Rather, consider this an offer to discuss what would be required as well as how
we could position ourselves over time to serve this community. From a group
with limited resources and a LOT of competing demands, we do our best. If we
can fit things in or assist you in community-building activities, get in touch.
<br>
<br>
I'd encourage you to join OWW and post about this within the site. See if you
can find other people who want to work toward the same goals. Unlike Wikipedia
(which uses similar software), there are few pages where you are competing to
put forward your interpretation of a term. For the most part, we offer a great
platform for collaboration. The data connecting out members together is what we
are!<br>
<br>
<br>
Thanks.<br>
<br>
Bill Flanagan<br>
OpenWetWare.org<br>
Department of Biology, MIT<br>
<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 1:14 PM,
OpenWetWare Feedback Form on OpenWetWare <<a
href="mailto:feedback@openwetware.org">feedback@openwetware.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Have you thought about setting up a
subset area specifically for high school science project programs?<br>
These next generations are heavily social network oriented, and OpenWetWare
might make HS science project efforts stronger, by enabling students to get
help laterally and not just from their teachers/parents.<br>
<br>
Scott Tousley<br>
MITRE<br>
<a href="mailto:stousley@mitre.org">stousley@mitre.org</a><br>
<a href="mailto:tousleys@aol.com">tousleys@aol.com</a><br>
<br>
(<a href="mailto:lorrie@openwetware.org">lorrie@openwetware.org</a>)<br>
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