Interactions in Understanding The Universe

Worth keeping an eye on...

"I2U2 will develop and maintain a portfolio of laboratories for a diverse range of audiences and will provide tools and support services to assist developers in creating these educational resources. These laboratories break new ground by using the Grid for education in the same way that science uses the Grid.

The labs will take two similar but distinct shapes. e-Labs, delivered as Web-based portals accessible in the classroom and at home, will be implemented with the ever-expanding capabilities of Web-based media. i-Labs, delivered as interactive interfaces typically located within science museums and similar public venues, will leverage the latest advances in display technology and human-computer interaction, and will bring the experiences and appreciation of scientific investigation and inquiry to the wide audience of informal education."

International Workshop on Virtual Research Environments and Collaborative Work Environments

International Workshop on Virtual Research Environments and Collaborative Work Environments
In Association with eSI Thematic Programme: Adoption of e-Research Technologies
23 May, 07 09:30 AM - 24 May, 07 05:00 PM
at the e-Science Institute, 15 South College Street, Edinburgh

What is the Access Grid?

"This is a tutorial resource to explain Access Grid to Social Scientists and others who may wish to use this collaborative technology in their research or to further other goals. " From the NCeSS.

What is the Grid?

"What is the Grid? is a basic introduction to Grid computing, its origins, how it works, and current-day Grid services and applications that are enhancing social-science research." From the UK National Centre for e-Social Science.

GPS Visualizer - Data Visualisation Tool

GPS Vizualiser is a really useful (free - donations) service for generating visualisations of GPS data. Can be used to map data to locations, for example the Hawaii earthquake and aftershock map, to see more examples click here...


"Do-It-Yourself Mapping - GPS Visualizer is a free, easy-to-use online utility that creates maps and profiles from GPS data (tracks and waypoints), street addresses, or simple coordinates. Use it to see where you've been, plan where you're going, or visualize geographic data (business locations, scientific observations, events, customers, real estate, geotagging, etc.)."

eScience in and beyond the classroom

Have at look at the pre-workshop blog for the e-Science 2006 "eScience in and beyond the classroom" workshop.

Fire up the young Einsteins - e-Science Projects in the News

Interact & IDEAs educational e-Science projects feature in Times Higher ICT supplement (20/10/2006). Olga Wojtas reports on how successful uses of e-Science can benefit both pupils and researchers and bring the "wow" factor back to school science.

Our public understanding project involved school children in live chat with scientists in the Antarctic and the SENSE project had young learners collecting and reflecting on local pollution data using sophisticated handheld sensors and advanced software tools.

Work is now needed to make GRID technology more usable and e-Science more accessible to schools (see e-Science in and Beyond the Classroom: Usability, Practicability and Sensability at e-Science '06). Keep an eye on our 2007 "Towards making GRID-enabled schools' eScience usable and useful" project here.