{"id":207,"date":"2010-01-06T16:42:55","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T21:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hydrogeo.wordpress.com\/?p=207"},"modified":"2010-01-06T16:42:55","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T21:42:55","slug":"getting-ready-for-science-online-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/jefferson\/getting-ready-for-science-online-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting ready for Science Online 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On January 16th, I am convening a session on Casting a wider net: Promoting gender and ethnic diversity in STEM at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceonline2010.com\/\">Science Online 2010 conference<\/a>. Science Online 2010 is an <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unconference\">unconference<\/a>, which means that it is built around audience participation rather than a succession of speakers getting up and giving monologues. I think this is a great format, but it does mean that the conveners have to do a bit of work in advance.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve tentatively set out two goals for the session:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Identify successful online and offline programs, and their commonalities, for recruiting diverse participants into STEM activities; and<\/li>\n<li>Draft a set of recommendations for individuals, employers, and STEM organizations (funders, professional societies, etc.) for supporting women and minority scientists and science students through social media.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I&#8217;m also collecting links of recent blogging that supports these two goals. Below are some of things I&#8217;ve run across, and I&#8217;d appreciate the addition of any other discussions or posts that are relevant to the topics at hand.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/thusspakezuska\/2010\/01\/designing_faculty_websites_-_d.php\">Designing Faculty Websites for Diversity<\/a>(Zuska at Thus Spake Zuska)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/stressrelated\/2009\/12\/women-in-geoscience_and_blogs.php\">Women Geoscientists and Blogs<\/a> (Kim Hannula at All of My Faults are Stress Related)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/urban-science.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/planting-seeds-of-science-interests-in.html\">Planting seeds of science interest in kids of all ages<\/a> (DNLee at Urban Science Adventures)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stemology.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/28\/diversity-in-science-carnival-5-programs-to-promote-stem-diversity-among-k-12-students-and-general-audiences\/\">Diversity in Science Carnival #5: Programs to promote STEM diversity among K-12 students and general audiences<\/a> (STEM-ologist at STEMology)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/urban-science.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/diversity-in-science-carnival-4.html\">Diversity in Science Carnival #4: Increasing Diversity Among the College Ranks<\/a> (DNLee at Urban Science Adventures)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/highlyallochthonous\/2009\/11\/casting_a_wider_net_opportunit.php\">Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences<\/a> (by me at Highly Allochthonous)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your thoughts are most appreciated. After all, not only is the conference about audience participation, but the session is specifically aimed at increasing participation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 16th, I am convening a session on Casting a wider net: Promoting gender and ethnic diversity in STEM at Science Online 2010 conference. 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