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Public Lab is an open community which collaboratively develops accessible, open source, Do-It-Yourself technologies for investigating local environmental health and justice issues.
| 48 | stevie |
July 26, 2018 17:48
| over 5 years ago
Public Lab has received support for students to work on Public Lab software projects via Google's Summer of Code program -- 2018 is our fifth great year of open source coding! In 2017 we also joined the Rails Girls Summer of Code program. This is a key way that we are able to develop our collaborative platform (this site) as well as other Public Lab coding projects. Check out the updates and ideas page for 2018 Summer of Code here! *
Ideas pageWant to get involved? Read over our Summer of Code Ideas Page to learn about possible projects Questions[questions:soc] Activities[activities:soc] MentoringWhat does it mean to be a mentor? Mentors check in with a student at least once per week roughly from May-August, and offer some project management guidance and encouragement... while relying on the plots-dev list and the This means that to be a mentor you don't necessarily need to know how to code -- we need mentors who know Public Lab's community and practices well, and who can encourage students to speak up when they get stuck, and to ask the community for input and testing of their work. Students often get stuck when they don't know how something should look, or how a feature might be used by the community -- contextual info! If you're interested in being a mentor, email the developers list or jeff@publiclab.org -- and read over our software outreach resources to get an idea of how we work! Some more resources on mentoring:
CommunicationWe do occasional chat or video sessions, and mentors rely on each other quite a bit, in the chatroom and on the plots-gsoc list. Past years
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| 47 | warren |
January 19, 2018 22:55
| about 6 years ago
Public Lab has received support for students to work on Public Lab software projects via Google's Summer of Code program -- 2017 is our fourth great year of open source coding! In 2017 we also joined the Rails Girls Summer of Code program. This is a key way that we are able to develop our collaborative platform (this site) as well as other Public Lab coding projects. 2017's program has wrapped up; Rails Girls Summer of Code ends at the end of September. Please see (and update) our Ideas page to start preparing for 2018 -- it's never too early!
Ideas pageWant to get involved? Read over our Summer of Code Ideas Page to learn about possible projects Call for proposalsOur call for proposals is not yet open, but read the Ideas page and ask questions below to get started! Questions[questions:soc] Activities[activities:soc] MentoringWhat does it mean to be a mentor? Mentors check in with a student at least once per week roughly from May-August, and offer some project management guidance and encouragement... while relying on the plots-dev list and the This means that to be a mentor you don't necessarily need to know how to code -- we need mentors who know Public Lab's community and practices well, and who can encourage students to speak up when they get stuck, and to ask the community for input and testing of their work. Students often get stuck when they don't know how something should look, or how a feature might be used by the community -- contextual info! If you're interested in being a mentor, email the developers list or jeff@publiclab.org -- and read over our software outreach resources to get an idea of how we work! Some more resources on mentoring:
CommunicationWe do occasional chat or video sessions, and mentors rely on each other quite a bit, in the chatroom and on the plots-gsoc list. Past years
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| 46 | warren |
January 19, 2018 22:54
| about 6 years ago
Public Lab has received support for students to work on Public Lab software projects via Google's Summer of Code program -- 2017 is our fourth great year of open source coding! In 2017 we also joined the Rails Girls Summer of Code program. This is a key way that we are able to develop our collaborative platform (this site) as well as other Public Lab coding projects. 2017's program has wrapped up; Rails Girls Summer of Code ends at the end of September. Please see (and update) our Ideas page to start preparing for 2018 -- it's never too early! Ideas pageWant to get involved? Read over our Summer of Code Ideas Page and provide input over there. Questions[questions:soc] Activities[activities:soc] MentoringWhat does it mean to be a mentor? Mentors check in with a student at least once per week roughly from May-August, and offer some project management guidance and encouragement... while relying on the plots-dev list and the This means that to be a mentor you don't necessarily need to know how to code -- we need mentors who know Public Lab's community and practices well, and who can encourage students to speak up when they get stuck, and to ask the community for input and testing of their work. Students often get stuck when they don't know how something should look, or how a feature might be used by the community -- contextual info! If you're interested in being a mentor, email the developers list or jeff@publiclab.org -- and read over our software outreach resources to get an idea of how we work! Some more resources on mentoring:
CommunicationWe do occasional chat or video sessions, and mentors rely on each other quite a bit, in the chatroom and on the plots-gsoc list. Past years
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| 45 | warren |
January 19, 2018 22:53
| about 6 years ago
Public Lab has received support for students to work on Public Lab software projects via Google's Summer of Code program -- 2017 is our fourth great year of open source coding! In 2017 we also joined the Rails Girls Summer of Code program. This is a key way that we are able to develop our collaborative platform (this site) as well as other Public Lab coding projects. 2017's program has wrapped up; Rails Girls Summer of Code ends at the end of September. Please see (and update) our Ideas page to start preparing for 2018 -- it's never too early! Ideas pageWant to get involved? Read over our Summer of Code Ideas Page and provide input over there. Links
Questions[questions:soc] Activities[activities:soc] MentoringWhat does it mean to be a mentor? Mentors check in with a student at least once per week roughly from May-August, and offer some project management guidance and encouragement... while relying on the plots-dev list and the This means that to be a mentor you don't necessarily need to know how to code -- we need mentors who know Public Lab's community and practices well, and who can encourage students to speak up when they get stuck, and to ask the community for input and testing of their work. Students often get stuck when they don't know how something should look, or how a feature might be used by the community -- contextual info! If you're interested in being a mentor, email the developers list or jeff@publiclab.org -- and read over our software outreach resources to get an idea of how we work! Some more resources on mentoring:
CommunicationWe do occasional chat or video sessions, and mentors rely on each other quite a bit, in the chatroom and on the plots-gsoc list. Updates[notes:soc] |
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| 44 | warren |
January 19, 2018 22:26
| about 6 years ago
Public Lab has received support for students to work on Public Lab software projects via Google's Summer of Code program -- 2017 is our fourth great year of open source coding! In 2017 we also joined the Rails Girls Summer of Code program. This is a key way that we are able to develop our collaborative platform (this site) as well as other Public Lab coding projects. 2017's program has wrapped up; [Rails Girls Summer of Code ends at the end of September. Please see (and update) our Ideas page to start preparing for 2018 -- it's never too early! Ideas pageWant to get involved? Read over our Summer of Code Ideas Page and provide input over there. Links
Questions[questions:soc] Activities[activities:soc] MentoringWhat does it mean to be a mentor? Mentors check in with a student at least once per week roughly from May-August, and offer some project management guidance and encouragement... while relying on the plots-dev list and the This means that to be a mentor you don't necessarily need to know how to code -- we need mentors who know Public Lab's community and practices well, and who can encourage students to speak up when they get stuck, and to ask the community for input and testing of their work. Students often get stuck when they don't know how something should look, or how a feature might be used by the community -- contextual info! If you're interested in being a mentor, email the developers list or jeff@publiclab.org -- and read over our software outreach resources to get an idea of how we work! Some more resources on mentoring:
CommunicationWe do occasional chat or video sessions, and mentors rely on each other quite a bit, in the chatroom and on the plots-gsoc list. Updates[notes:soc] |
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| 43 | warren |
January 18, 2018 21:37
| over 6 years ago
Public Lab has received support for students to work on Public Lab software projects via Google's Summer of Code program -- 2017 is our fourth great year of open source coding! In 2017 we also joined the Rails Girls Summer of Code program. This is a key way that we are able to develop our collaborative platform (this site) as well as other Public Lab coding projects. 2017's program has wrapped up; [Rails Girls Summer of Code ends at the end of September. Please see (and update) our Ideas page to start preparing for 2018 -- it's never too early! Ideas pageWant to get involved? Read over our Summer of Code Ideas Page and provide input over there. Links
Questions[questions:soc] Activities[activities:soc] MentoringWhat does it mean to be a mentor? Mentors check in with a student at least once per week roughly from May-August, and offer some project management guidance and encouragement... while relying on the plots-dev list and the This means that to be a mentor you don't necessarily need to know how to code -- we need mentors who know Public Lab's community and practices well, and who can encourage students to speak up when they get stuck, and to ask the community for input and testing of their work. Students often get stuck when they don't know how something should look, or how a feature might be used by the community -- contextual info! If you're interested in being a mentor, email the developers list or jeff@publiclab.org -- and read over our software outreach resources to get an idea of how we work! Some more resources on mentoring:
CommunicationWe do occasional chat or video sessions, and mentors rely on each other quite a bit, in the chatroom and on the plots-gsoc list. Updates[notes:soc] |
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| 42 | warren |
January 16, 2018 16:23
| over 6 years ago
Public Lab has received support for students to work on Public Lab software projects via Google's Summer of Code program -- 2017 is our fourth great year of open source coding! In 2017 we also joined the Rails Girls Summer of Code program. This is a key way that we are able to develop our collaborative platform (this site) as well as other Public Lab coding projects. 2017's program has wrapped up; [Rails Girls Summer of Code ends at the end of September. Please see (and update) our Ideas page to start preparing for 2018 -- it's never too early! Links
Updates[notes:soc] Questions[questions:soc] Activities[activities:soc] MentoringWhat does it mean to be a mentor? Mentors basically check in with a student once per week roughly from May-August, and offer some project management guidance... the plots-dev list can provide code-specific input so we share the burden of specific technical support. This means that to be a mentor you don't necessarily need to know how to code -- we need mentors who know Public Lab's community and practices well, as well as mentors who can offer some coding help. If you're interested in being a mentor, email the developers list or jeff@publiclab.org -- and read over our software outreach resources to get an idea of how we work! Learn more about different ways to mentor in this post CommunicationWe do occasional chat or video sessions, and mentors rely on each other quite a bit, in the chatroom and on the plots-gsoc list. Students often need project and time management guidance more than code guidance, and also need to be occasionally reminded to ask for input on the community lists when they get into trouble. http://write.flossmanuals.net/gsoc-mentoring/ also has a lot of resources on mentoring. |
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| 41 | warren |
January 03, 2018 20:56
| over 6 years ago
Public Lab has received support for students to work on Public Lab software projects via Google's Summer of Code program -- 2017 is our fourth great year of open source coding! In 2017 we also joined the Rails Girls Summer of Code program. This is a key way that we are able to develop our collaborative platform (this site) as well as other Public Lab coding projects. 2017's program has wrapped up; [Rails Girls Summer of Code ends at the end of September. Please see (and update) our Ideas page to start preparing for 2018 -- it's never too early! Links
Updates[notes:soc] Questions[questions:soc] Activities[activities:soc] MentoringWhat does it mean to be a mentor? Mentors basically check in with a student once per week roughly from May-August, and offer some project management guidance... the plots-dev list can provide code-specific input so we share the burden of specific technical support. This means that to be a mentor you don't necessarily need to know how to code -- we need mentors who know Public Lab's community and practices well, as well as mentors who can offer some coding help. If you're interested in being a mentor, email the developers list or jeff@publiclab.org -- and read over our software outreach resources to get an idea of how we work! Learn more about different ways to mentor in this post CommunicationWe do occasional chat or video sessions, and mentors rely on each other quite a bit, in the chatroom and on the plots-gsoc list. Students often need project and time management guidance more than code guidance, and also need to be occasionally reminded to ask for input on the community lists when they get into trouble. http://write.flossmanuals.net/gsoc-mentoring/ also has a lot of resources on mentoring. |
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| 40 | warren |
September 08, 2017 17:23
| over 6 years ago
Public Lab has received support for students to work on Public Lab software projects via Google's Summer of Code program -- 2017 is our fourth great year of open source coding! In 2017 we also joined the Rails Girls Summer of Code program. This is a key way that we are able to develop our collaborative platform (this site) as well as other Public Lab coding projects. 2017's program has wrapped up; [Rails Girls Summer of Code ends at the end of September. Please see (and update) our Ideas page to start preparing for 2018 -- it's never too early! Links
Updates[notes:soc] Questions[questions:soc] Activities[activities:soc] MentoringWhat does it mean to be a mentor? Mentors basically check in with a student once per week roughly from May-August, and offer some project management guidance... the plots-dev list can provide code-specific input so we share the burden of specific technical support. We do occasional chat or skype sessions, and mentors rely on each other quite a bit, on the plots-gsoc list. Students often need project and time management guidance more than code guidance, and also need to be occasionally reminded to ask for input on the community lists when they get into trouble. https://flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/ also has a lot of resources on mentoring. Resources:Mentor "guidebook": http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/what-makes-a-good-mentor/ |
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| 39 | warren |
September 08, 2017 17:23
| over 6 years ago
Public Lab has received support for students to work on Public Lab software projects via Google's Summer of Code program -- 2017 is our fourth great year of open source coding! In 2017 we also joined the Rails Girls Summer of Code program. This is a key way that we are able to develop our collaborative platform (this site) as well as other Public Lab coding projects. 2017's program has wrapped up; [Rails Girls Summer of Code ends at the end of September. Please see (and update) our Ideas page to start preparing for 2018 -- it's never too early! Links
Updates[updates:soc] Questions[questions:soc] Activities[activities:soc] MentoringWhat does it mean to be a mentor? Mentors basically check in with a student once per week roughly from May-August, and offer some project management guidance... the plots-dev list can provide code-specific input so we share the burden of specific technical support. We do occasional chat or skype sessions, and mentors rely on each other quite a bit, on the plots-gsoc list. Students often need project and time management guidance more than code guidance, and also need to be occasionally reminded to ask for input on the community lists when they get into trouble. https://flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/ also has a lot of resources on mentoring. Resources:Mentor "guidebook": http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/what-makes-a-good-mentor/ |
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| 38 | warren |
September 08, 2017 17:21
| over 6 years ago
Public Lab has received support for students to work on Public Lab software projects via Google's Summer of Code program -- 2017 is our fourth great year of open source coding! This is a key way that we are able to develop our collaborative platform (this site) as well as other Public Lab coding projects. 2017's program has wrapped up; [Rails Girls Summer of Code ends at the end of September. Please see (and update) our Ideas page to start preparing for 2018 -- it's never too early! Links
Mailing list:https://groups.google.com/group/plots-gsoc To join, enter your email in the form in the left sidebar. Questions[questions:soc] [activities:soc] MentoringWhat does it mean to be a mentor? Mentors basically check in with a student once per week roughly from May-August, and offer some project management guidance... the plots-dev list can provide code-specific input so we share the burden of specific technical support. We do occasional chat or skype sessions, and mentors rely on each other quite a bit, on the plots-gsoc list. Students often need project and time management guidance more than code guidance, and also need to be occasionally reminded to ask for input on the community lists when they get into trouble. https://flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/ also has a lot of resources on mentoring. Resources:Mentor "guidebook": http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/what-makes-a-good-mentor/ |
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| 37 | warren |
September 08, 2017 17:20
| over 6 years ago
Public Lab has received support for students to work on Public Lab software projects via Google's Summer of Code program -- 2017 is our fourth great year of open source coding! This is a key way that we are able to develop our collaborative platform (this site) as well as other Public Lab coding projects. 2017's program has wrapped up; [Rails Girls Summer of Code ends at the end of September. Please see (and update) our Ideas page to start preparing for 2018 -- it's never too early! Links
Mailing list:https://groups.google.com/group/plots-gsoc To join, enter your email in the form in the left sidebar. Questions[questions:soc] MentoringWhat does it mean to be a mentor? Mentors basically check in with a student once per week roughly from May-August, and offer some project management guidance... the plots-dev list can provide code-specific input so we share the burden of specific technical support. We do occasional chat or skype sessions, and mentors rely on each other quite a bit, on the plots-gsoc list. Students often need project and time management guidance more than code guidance, and also need to be occasionally reminded to ask for input on the community lists when they get into trouble. https://flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/ also has a lot of resources on mentoring. Resources:Mentor "guidebook": http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/what-makes-a-good-mentor/ |
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| 36 | warren |
September 08, 2017 17:20
| over 6 years ago
Public Lab has received support for students to work on Public Lab software projects via Google's Summer of Code program -- 2017 is our fourth great year of open source coding! This is a key way that we are able to develop our collaborative platform (this site) as well as other Public Lab coding projects. 2017's program has wrapped up; [Rails Girls Summer of Code ends at the end of September. Please see (and update) our Ideas page to start preparing for 2018 -- it's never too early! Links
Mailing list:https://groups.google.com/group/plots-gsoc To join, enter your email in the form in the left sidebar. MentoringWhat does it mean to be a mentor? Mentors basically check in with a student once per week roughly from May-August, and offer some project management guidance... the plots-dev list can provide code-specific input so we share the burden of specific technical support. We do occasional chat or skype sessions, and mentors rely on each other quite a bit, on the plots-gsoc list. Students often need project and time management guidance more than code guidance, and also need to be occasionally reminded to ask for input on the community lists when they get into trouble. https://flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/ also has a lot of resources on mentoring. Resources:Mentor "guidebook": http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/what-makes-a-good-mentor/ |
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| 35 | warren |
September 07, 2017 15:52
| over 6 years ago
Public Lab has received support for students to work on Public Lab software projects via Google's Summer of Code program -- 2017 is our fourth great year of open source coding! This is a key way that we are able to develop our collaborative platform (this site) as well as other Public Lab coding projects. Links
Mailing list:https://groups.google.com/group/plots-gsoc To join, enter your email in the form in the left sidebar. MentoringWhat does it mean to be a mentor? Mentors basically check in with a student once per week roughly from May-August, and offer some project management guidance... the plots-dev list can provide code-specific input so we share the burden of specific technical support. We do occasional chat or skype sessions, and mentors rely on each other quite a bit, on the plots-gsoc list. Students often need project and time management guidance more than code guidance, and also need to be occasionally reminded to ask for input on the community lists when they get into trouble. https://flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/ also has a lot of resources on mentoring. Resources:Mentor "guidebook": http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/what-makes-a-good-mentor/ |
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| 34 | liz |
August 10, 2017 18:42
| over 6 years ago
Public Lab has received support for students to work on Public Lab software projects via Google's Summer of Code program -- 2017 is our fourth great year of open source coding! This is a key way that we are able to develop our collaborative platform (this site) as well as other Public Lab coding projects. Links:
Mailing list:https://groups.google.com/group/plots-gsoc To join, enter your email in the form in the left sidebar. MentoringWhat does it mean to be a mentor? Mentors basically check in with a student once per week roughly from May-August, and offer some project management guidance... the plots-dev list can provide code-specific input so we share the burden of specific technical support. We do occasional chat or skype sessions, and mentors rely on each other quite a bit, on the plots-gsoc list. Students often need project and time management guidance more than code guidance, and also need to be occasionally reminded to ask for input on the community lists when they get into trouble. https://flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/ also has a lot of resources on mentoring. Resources:Mentor "guidebook": http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/what-makes-a-good-mentor/ |
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| 33 | warren |
January 31, 2017 21:50
| about 7 years ago
Public Lab has received support for students to work on Public Lab software projects via Google's Summer of Code program, and will be applying as a mentoring organization in 2017 after three great years of open source coding! This is a key way that we are able to develop our collaborative platform (this site) as well as other Public Lab coding projects. Links:
Mailing list:https://groups.google.com/group/plots-gsoc To join, enter your email in the form in the left sidebar. MentoringWhat does it mean to be a mentor? Mentors basically check in with a student once per week roughly from May-August, and offer some project management guidance... the plots-dev list can provide code-specific input so we share the burden of specific technical support. We do occasional chat or skype sessions, and mentors rely on each other quite a bit, on the plots-gsoc list. Students often need project and time management guidance more than code guidance, and also need to be occasionally reminded to ask for input on the community lists when they get into trouble. https://flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/ also has a lot of resources on mentoring. Resources:Mentor "guidebook": http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/what-makes-a-good-mentor/ |
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| 32 | liz |
October 28, 2016 20:15
| over 7 years ago
Public Lab is participating in Google's Summer of Code program as a mentoring organization in 2016, for the third time. Links:
Mailing list:https://groups.google.com/group/plots-gsoc To join, enter your email in the form in the left sidebar. MentoringWhat does it mean to be a mentor? Mentors basically check in with a student once per week roughly from May-August, and offer some project management guidance... the plots-dev list can provide code-specific input so we share the burden of specific technical support. We do occasional chat or skype sessions, and mentors rely on each other quite a bit, on the plots-gsoc list. Students often need project and time management guidance more than code guidance, and also need to be occasionally reminded to ask for input on the community lists when they get into trouble. https://flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/ also has a lot of resources on mentoring. Resources:Mentor "guidebook": http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/what-makes-a-good-mentor/ |
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| 31 | warren |
March 15, 2016 14:33
| about 8 years ago
Public Lab is participating in Google's Summer of Code program as a mentoring organization in 2016, for the third time. Links:
Mailing list:https://groups.google.com/group/plots-gsoc To join, enter your email in the form in the left sidebar. MentoringWhat does it mean to be a mentor? Mentors basically check in with a student once per week roughly from May-August, and offer some project management guidance... the plots-dev list can provide code-specific input so we share the burden of specific technical support. We do occasional chat or skype sessions, and mentors rely on each other quite a bit, on the plots-gsoc list. Students often need project and time management guidance more than code guidance, and also need to be occasionally reminded to ask for input on the community lists when they get into trouble. https://flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/ also has a lot of resources on mentoring. Resources:Mentor "guidebook": http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/what-makes-a-good-mentor/ |
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| 30 | liz |
March 09, 2016 14:55
| about 8 years ago
Public Lab is participating in Google's Summer of Code program as a mentoring organization in 2016, for the third time. Links:
Mailing list:https://groups.google.com/group/plots-gsoc To join, enter your email in the form in the left sidebar. Resources:Mentor "guidebook": http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/what-makes-a-good-mentor/ |
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| 29 | warren |
February 29, 2016 21:10
| about 8 years ago
Public Lab is participating in Google's Summer of Code program as a mentoring organization in 2016, for the third time. Links:
Mailing list:https://groups.google.com/group/plots-gsoc To join, enter your email in the form in the left sidebar. Resources:Mentor "guidebook": http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/what-makes-a-good-mentor/ |
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