Chach Eol Drupalsprint Presentation

IntroductionChach Sikes

from Minneapolis, MN

artmess.orglocalbiology.org

[email protected]: chachaville

drupal-ing

• started drupal-ing fulltime last october

• attended drupalcon boston

• taught cck themeing at drupaldaze (MN)

more drupal-ing

• create drupal sites for the science museum of minnesota

• diseasedetectives.org

• nisenet.org (online community for nanoscience educators/scientists)

• currently working on new features for sciencebuzz.org

nisenet.org

diseasedetectives.org

more drupal-ing

• write modules (drupal 5) for custom features for nano project (mostly cck-related)

• have used taxonomy module, but haven’t repurposed or extended it yet

biology projects

• worked at exploratorium, on many biology projects (4 years)

• Microscope Imaging Stationhttp://www.exploratorium.edu/imaging_station

Microscope Imaging Station - gallery

Microscope Imaging Station - gallery

biology projects

• created bioinformatics exhibit kiosk for exploratorium

• experimented with variety of genomic data

• finally chose ENSEMBL combined with 2 other databases to provide museum visitors with a way to easily search the entire human genome (flash, php, mysql)

screenshot of gene searcher

our project : loca lb io logy.org

• new project

• community learning project

• current focus - building calendars and reports of natural and people events

• main audiences: people very new to experiencing nature, biologists at home

• focus on rebuilding skills of observation, listening, patience and relationships with outside world

our project : loca lb io logy.org

• creating ways to learn about & investigate wild things in our own neighborhoods

• method for encouraging participation in local conservation, naturalist societies and ‘itinerant naturalist’ walks

• drupal 6.0

• interested in exploring ways of incorporating EoL information for enriched understanding of local and very common species (esp. location sensitive data)

• could use more information about species characteristics in relation to taxonomies

• want to create open, exchangeable data about events and phenological observations made by our beginner users

our project : loca lb io logy.org