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August 08, 2016 14:04
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Public Lab near infrared imaging project The Public Lab near infrared imaging project is an open source community effort to modify consumer cameras to capture near infrared imagery for a range of purposes, including plant health. All open or accessible near infrared imaging hardware and software efforts are welcome here! Join in by:
ExperimentsThis is a list of community-generated guides for experiments using your near-infrared imaging setup (either a camera you converted yourself with a filter pack, a ready-made near-infrared camera, or double camera setup) toward specific applications. Some may be more reproduced -- or reproducible -- than others. Try them out to build your skills, and help improve them by leaving comments.
Hardware ModsHave you added to your starter kit, improved it, or redesigned it? Show others how to take it to the next level by posting a build guide here: Title | Author | Time | Difficulty | Status (?) | Goal ----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------| Add your hardware modification here Request a hardware modification Mods should include a parts list and a step-by-step construction guide with photo documentation. See an example. https://publiclab.org/wiki/ndvi https://publiclab.org/wiki/ndvi-plots-ir-kit Comparison to commercial toolsInfrared imagery for agricultural and ecological assessment is usually captured from satellites and planes, and the information is used mainly by large farms, vineyards, and academic research projects. For example, see this illustrated PDF from a commercial imagery provider who has been studying the usefulness of infrared imagery and has quotes from farmers who make use of it. There are public sources of infrared photography for the US available through the Department of Agriculture -- NAIP and Vegscape -- but this imagery is not collected when, as often, or at useable scale for individuals who are managing small plots. |
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August 08, 2016 13:43
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Public Lab near infrared imaging project The Public Lab near infrared imaging project is an open source community effort to modify consumer cameras to capture near infrared imagery for a range of purposes. All open or accessible near infrared imaging hardware and software efforts are welcome here! Join in by:
ExperimentsThis is a list of community-generated guides for experiments using your near-infrared imaging setup (either a camera you converted yourself with a filter pack, a ready-made near-infrared camera, or double camera setup) toward specific applications. Some may be more reproduced -- or reproducible -- than others. Try them out to build your skills, and help improve them by leaving comments.
ContextInfrared photography can help you assess a plant's health. Infrared imagery for agricultural and ecological assessment is usually captured from satellites and planes, and the information is used mainly by large farms, vineyards, and academic research projects. For example, see this illustrated PDF from a commercial imagery provider who has been studying the usefulness of infrared imagery and has quotes from farmers who make use of it. There are public sources of infrared photography for the US available through the Department of Agriculture -- NAIP and Vegscape -- but this imagery is not collected when, as often, or at useable scale for individuals who are managing small plots. |
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August 08, 2016 13:40
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Public Lab near infrared imaging project The Public Lab near infrared imaging project is an open source community effort to modify consumer cameras to capture near infrared imagery for a range of purposes. All open or accessible near infrared imaging hardware and software efforts are welcome here! Join in by:
ExperimentsThis is a list of community-generated guides for experiments using your near-infrared imaging setup (either a camera you converted yourself with a filter pack, a ready-made near-infrared camera, or double camera setup) toward specific applications. Some may be more reproduced -- or reproducible -- than others. Try them out to build your skills, and help improve them by leaving comments.
ContextInfrared photography can help you assess a plant's health. Infrared imagery for agricultural and ecological assessment is usually captured from satellites and planes, and the information is used mainly by large farms, vineyards, and academic research projects. For example, see this illustrated PDF from a commercial imagery provider who has been studying the usefulness of infrared imagery and has quotes from farmers who make use of it. There are public sources of infrared photography for the US available through the Department of Agriculture -- NAIP and Vegscape -- but this imagery is not collected when, as often, or at useable scale for individuals who are managing small plots. |
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August 08, 2016 13:35
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Public Lab near infrared imaging project The Public Lab near infrared imaging project is an open source community effort to modify consumer cameras to capture near infrared imagery for a range of purposes. All open or accessible near infrared imaging hardware and software efforts are welcome here! Join in by:
ExperimentsThis is a list of community-generated guides for experiments using your near-infrared imaging setup (either a camera you converted yourself with a filter pack, a ready-made near-infrared camera, or double camera setup) toward specific applications. Some may be more reproduced -- or reproducible -- than others. Try them out to build your skills, and help improve them by leaving comments. Purpose | Author | Time | Difficulty | Status | Goal ----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------| Observing leaf pigments 1 | @cfastie | 10 m | - | - replications Try It | - replications Observing leaf pigments 2 | @cfastie | 10 m | - | - replications Try It | - replications https://publiclab.org/notes/cfastie/07-10-2013/spruce-tips Observing root pigments: https://publiclab.org/notes/cfastie/12-08-2013/root-crops Observing fruit pigments: https://publiclab.org/notes/cfastie/10-10-2013/lycopene Observing insect pigments: https://publiclab.org/notes/cfastie/08-18-2013/hornworms Observing Crop health: https://publiclab.org/notes/cfastie/04-25-2016/pole-ndvi-of-deer-grazing https://publiclab.org/notes/cfastie/05-23-2016/graze-anatomy Observing atmospheric refraction: https://publiclab.org/notes/cfastie/06-03-2014/halo-red-vs-blue Observing atmospheric scattering: https://publiclab.org/notes/cfastie/06-26-2013/infrablue-haze Comparing NIR absorption by water: https://publiclab.org/notes/cfastie/10-06-2014/nir-and-water Comparing NIR absorption by beverages: https://publiclab.org/notes/cfastie/12-21-2014/holiday-beverage-whodunit https://publiclab.org/notes/cfastie/12-24-2014/potent-potable-puzzle Comparing filters: https://publiclab.org/notes/cfastie/01-16-2015/orange-is-the-new-red ContextInfrared photography can help you assess a plant's health. Infrared imagery for agricultural and ecological assessment is usually captured from satellites and planes, and the information is used mainly by large farms, vineyards, and academic research projects. For example, see this illustrated PDF from a commercial imagery provider who has been studying the usefulness of infrared imagery and has quotes from farmers who make use of it. There are public sources of infrared photography for the US available through the Department of Agriculture -- NAIP and Vegscape -- but this imagery is not collected when, as often, or at useable scale for individuals who are managing small plots. |
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August 08, 2016 13:31
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Public Lab near infrared imaging project The Public Lab near infrared imaging project is an open source community effort to modify consumer cameras to capture near infrared imagery for a range of purposes. All open or accessible near infrared imaging hardware and software efforts are welcome here! Join in by:
ExperimentsThis is a list of community-generated guides for experiments using your near-infrared imaging setup (either a camera you converted yourself with a filter pack, a ready-made near-infrared camera, or double camera setup) toward specific applications. Some may be more reproduced -- or reproducible -- than others. Try them out to build your skills, and help improve them by leaving comments. Purpose | Author | Time | Difficulty | Status | Goal ----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------| ContextInfrared photography can help you assess a plant's health. Infrared imagery for agricultural and ecological assessment is usually captured from satellites and planes, and the information is used mainly by large farms, vineyards, and academic research projects. For example, see this illustrated PDF from a commercial imagery provider who has been studying the usefulness of infrared imagery and has quotes from farmers who make use of it. There are public sources of infrared photography for the US available through the Department of Agriculture -- NAIP and Vegscape -- but this imagery is not collected when, as often, or at useable scale for individuals who are managing small plots. |
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August 08, 2016 13:11
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Public Lab near infrared imaging project The Public Lab near infrared imaging project is an open source community effort to modify consumer cameras to capture near infrared imagery for a range of purposes. All open or accessible near infrared imaging hardware and software efforts are welcome here! Join in by:
GoalsInfrared photography can help you assess a plant's health. Infrared imagery for agricultural and ecological assessment is usually captured from satellites and planes, and the information is used mainly by large farms, vineyards, and academic research projects. For example, see this illustrated PDF from a commercial imagery provider who has been studying the usefulness of infrared imagery and has quotes from farmers who make use of it. There are public sources of infrared photography for the US available through the Department of Agriculture -- NAIP and Vegscape -- but this imagery is not collected when, as often, or at useable scale for individuals who are managing small plots. As an open source project, however, we welcome any open source work which helps to expand the abilities of people using DIY near infrared imaging tools. The following section includes experiments which build towards specific goals of measuring environmental problems, as well as experiments which help build basic skills, refine and improve common underlying techniques, and even educational or exploratory goals. |
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July 28, 2016 20:11
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July 28, 2016 19:54
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ExperimentsThis is a list of community-generated guides for experiments using your spectrometry setup (either a starter kit or a modded design) toward specific applications. Some may be more reproduced -- or reproducible -- than others. Try them out to build your skills, and help improve them by leaving comments.
[ Add your guide here ] [ Request a guide ] Guides should include a materials list and a step-by-step construction guide with photo documentation. See an example. Hardware ModsHave you added to your starter kit, improved it, or redesigned it? Show others how to take it to the next level by posting a build guide here:
[ Add your hardware mod here ] [ Request a hardware mod ] Mods should include a parts list and a step-by-step construction guide with photo documentation. See an example. BuildsThere’s a lot going on in open source spectrometry -- if you’ve developed another open source design you’d like to show others how to construct, post it here!
Starter KitsPublic Lab’s Kits initiative offers several starter kits, including many of the basic components, and instructions for constructing a basic visible light spectrometer. The point of the kits is to provide a shared reference design for building experimental setups onto. The Desktop Spectrometry Starter Kit (now at version 3.0), is our most recent “reference design” incorporating some community improvements while balancing low cost and relative ease of construction. We have not yet met all our intended goals for this design, which is still at an exploratory phase: build on this design by adding a sample holder, attaching a light, or incorporating it into an experiment. Visit the Desktop Spectrometry Starter Kit version 3.0 page New to spectrometry? You might like to try the Papercraft Spectrometry Starter Kit, a $10 foldable spectrometer which you can attach to a smartphone or webcam. It’s made of paper to reduce cost and complexity, and is mainly intended as an “introductory” or educational kit. |
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July 28, 2016 18:56
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ExperimentsThis is a list of community-generated guides for experiments using your spectrometry setup (either a starter kit or a modded design) toward specific applications. Some may be more reproduced -- or reproducible -- than others. Try them out to build your skills, and help improve them by leaving comments.
[ Add your guide here ] [ Request a guide ] Guides should include a materials list and a step-by-step construction guide with photo documentation. See an example. Hardware ModsHave you added to your starter kit, improved it, or redesigned it? Show others how to take it to the next level by posting a build guide here:
[ Add your hardware mod here ] [ Request a hardware mod ] Mods should include a parts list and a step-by-step construction guide with photo documentation. See an example. BuildsThere’s a lot going on in open source spectrometry -- if you’ve developed another open source design you’d like to show others how to construct, post it here!
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July 28, 2016 18:53
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ExperimentsThis is a list of community-generated guides for experiments using your spectrometry setup (either a starter kit or a modded design) toward specific applications. Some may be more reproduced -- or reproducible -- than others. Try them out to build your skills, and help improve them by leaving comments.
[ Add your guide here ] [ Request a guide ] Guides should include a materials list and a step-by-step construction guide with photo documentation. See an example. Hardware ModsHave you added to your starter kit, improved it, or redesigned it? Show others how to take it to the next level by posting a build guide here:
[ Add your hardware mod here ] [ Request a hardware mod ] Mods should include a parts list and a step-by-step construction guide with photo documentation. See an example. |
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July 28, 2016 18:51
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ExperimentsThis is a list of community-generated guides for experiments using your spectrometry setup (either a starter kit or a modded design) toward specific applications. Some may be more reproduced -- or reproducible -- than others. Try them out to build your skills, and help improve them by leaving comments.
[ Add your guide here ] [ Request a guide ] Guides should include a materials list and a step-by-step construction guide with photo documentation. See an example. Hardware ModsHave you added to your starter kit, improved it, or redesigned it? Show others how to take it to the next level by posting a build guide here:
[ Add your hardware mod here ] [ Request a hardware mod ] Mods should include a parts list and a step-by-step construction guide with photo documentation. See an example. |
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July 28, 2016 18:44
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ExperimentsThis is a list of community-generated guides for experiments using your spectrometry setup (either a starter kit or a modded design) toward specific applications. Some may be more reproduced -- or reproducible -- than others. Try them out to build your skills, and help improve them by leaving comments.
[ Add your guide here ] [ Request a guide ] Highest level headerand #hashtags ***The word “Group” on this page used as an umbrella word for any community group, non-profit or other assembly of people (i.e. classes, clubs, workshops). This page is designed to help people who are interested in working with groups on environmental exploration and tool development identify which groups are appropriate to reach out to given the current state of the tool (i.e. what the tool can do, how accurate it is, how much time it takes). Reaching out to GroupsCollecting data for a community science program can be a rewarding experience for tool developers and community groups. Tool developers can learn:
Community groups using a tool in exploring environmental questions can:
In order to integrate a data collection tool into a community process, the use-cases for data should be clearly outlined, and the outcomes participants can expect should be understood. In evaluating if a tool is a place where it is good to reach out to a group to work with it, you should consider the current state of your tool, what a user would need to do or have to work with it, and what questions your tool can answer. You should aim to find a group who is a good match for the project. The table below categorizes groups and their likeliness in working on the project. The activity below will walk you through identifying where a group might fall in these categories.
Activity :: Examining potential groups to work withThis activity is meant to help people who are working on tool development (or projects with tools) evaluate if a group should be reached out to based on the stage of development the tool is currently at. The activity will not always be accurate, and does not ensure that a group that is defined as a “good group to reach out to” will actually participate in the project. Rather it is meant to walk you through questions to ask yourself and alert you to barriers a group might have in working on the project. As a project progresses, the status of the tool or circumstances of a community group changes, revisit this activity to reexamine who to reach out to. For example, it could be that while a group did not have enough time before, they now may have more time freed up, or the tool no longer takes as long to use. As you consider who to reach out to on the project, walk through these questions with answering about each group you are considering. Section 1 will help you examine the level of urgency a group has in relationship to the environmental question the tool is addressing. Section 2 will walk through a group's potential ability to engage in the project. This activity does not take into account factors that could influence the risk in reaching out to a group on a project such as political sensitivity on the issue, undesired data outcomes and social sensitivity. Section 1: Evaluating UrgencyA community group had a degree of urgency in a problem your tool explores if there was an imminent threat to their health or environment from something the tool addresses. For example, mercury is a known neurotoxin and exposure has a direct impact on human health. If the tool you are working on explores mercury levels in soil, a group would have a high degree of urgency on the problem if they live in an unremediated place that is designated a superfund site for mercury contamination. If a group has a high degree of urgency in a problem, it can mean that a group’s interest in what the tool addresses is important to them and often personal. The questions below will help you evaluate a group’s level of urgency. Remember, even if a group has a high level of urgency, it does not necessarily mean they are a good group to reach out to at this point in the project. Section two will help you determine this. 1) Is there an imminent threat to the health of people in the group, or those they share relations with, from a pollutant the tool addresses?
2) Is there an imminent threat to the local environment from a pollutant the tool assesses?
3) Does the group have an interest in working with the tool on questions of well being related to their community?
4) Does the tool, in its current state, address the question the group has about the pollutant?
5) Does the group have an interest in working with the tool for reasons outside those mentioned above? ie: academic, technical, hobby?
Section 2: Evaluating ability to work on the projectThe second factor that tends to influence a group's involvement in a project is their ability to engage with it. Ability here is defined in terms of resources and outcomes. The group is able to work on the project if:
The questions below will help you determine a group’s ability to work on the project. 1) Does the group have time to commit to working on the project?
2) Many tools require that users need to overcome barriers in the experience of learning the tool, gathering data and analyzing results. It takes energy to accomplish what tools require. Does the group have the energy the tool required for them to use it in a meaningful way?(Examples of barriers for tool use: participants must have access to private property to collect data, to process the data participants must be proficient at using computers, the tool costs money to use or analyze results, or participants need to know how to analyze graphs.)
3) Will a desired outcome of the group be met from them working on the project?(e.g.: they learn something they’ve been wanting to learn, they collect data they can take to their local government to put pressure on them or they gain the ability to monitor when there are changes in their environment.)
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July 28, 2016 18:37
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The Public Lab spectrometry project is an open source community effort to develop low-cost spectrometers for a range of purposes. All open spectrometry hardware and software efforts are welcome here! Join in by:
GoalsVisible light spectrometry includes is a broad range of methods for analyzing materials by measuring their color -- the intensity of each wavelength of light -- in a number of different possible experimental setups. (See reading and using spectral data.) As an open source project, we welcome any open source work which helps to expand the abilities of people using DIY spectrometry tools. The following section includes experiments which build towards specific goals of measuring environmental problems, as well as experiments which help build basic skills, refine and improve common underlying techniques, and even educational or exploratory goals. ExperimentsThis is a list of community-generated guides for experiments using your spectrometry setup (either a starter kit or a modded design) toward specific applications. Some may be more reproduced -- or reproducible -- than others. Try them out to build your skills, and help improve them by leaving comments.
Highest level headerand #hashtags ***The word “Group” on this page used as an umbrella word for any community group, non-profit or other assembly of people (i.e. classes, clubs, workshops). This page is designed to help people who are interested in working with groups on environmental exploration and tool development identify which groups are appropriate to reach out to given the current state of the tool (i.e. what the tool can do, how accurate it is, how much time it takes). Reaching out to GroupsCollecting data for a community science program can be a rewarding experience for tool developers and community groups. Tool developers can learn:
Community groups using a tool in exploring environmental questions can:
In order to integrate a data collection tool into a community process, the use-cases for data should be clearly outlined, and the outcomes participants can expect should be understood. In evaluating if a tool is a place where it is good to reach out to a group to work with it, you should consider the current state of your tool, what a user would need to do or have to work with it, and what questions your tool can answer. You should aim to find a group who is a good match for the project. The table below categorizes groups and their likeliness in working on the project. The activity below will walk you through identifying where a group might fall in these categories.
Activity :: Examining potential groups to work withThis activity is meant to help people who are working on tool development (or projects with tools) evaluate if a group should be reached out to based on the stage of development the tool is currently at. The activity will not always be accurate, and does not ensure that a group that is defined as a “good group to reach out to” will actually participate in the project. Rather it is meant to walk you through questions to ask yourself and alert you to barriers a group might have in working on the project. As a project progresses, the status of the tool or circumstances of a community group changes, revisit this activity to reexamine who to reach out to. For example, it could be that while a group did not have enough time before, they now may have more time freed up, or the tool no longer takes as long to use. As you consider who to reach out to on the project, walk through these questions with answering about each group you are considering. Section 1 will help you examine the level of urgency a group has in relationship to the environmental question the tool is addressing. Section 2 will walk through a group's potential ability to engage in the project. This activity does not take into account factors that could influence the risk in reaching out to a group on a project such as political sensitivity on the issue, undesired data outcomes and social sensitivity. Section 1: Evaluating UrgencyA community group had a degree of urgency in a problem your tool explores if there was an imminent threat to their health or environment from something the tool addresses. For example, mercury is a known neurotoxin and exposure has a direct impact on human health. If the tool you are working on explores mercury levels in soil, a group would have a high degree of urgency on the problem if they live in an unremediated place that is designated a superfund site for mercury contamination. If a group has a high degree of urgency in a problem, it can mean that a group’s interest in what the tool addresses is important to them and often personal. The questions below will help you evaluate a group’s level of urgency. Remember, even if a group has a high level of urgency, it does not necessarily mean they are a good group to reach out to at this point in the project. Section two will help you determine this. 1) Is there an imminent threat to the health of people in the group, or those they share relations with, from a pollutant the tool addresses?
2) Is there an imminent threat to the local environment from a pollutant the tool assesses?
3) Does the group have an interest in working with the tool on questions of well being related to their community?
4) Does the tool, in its current state, address the question the group has about the pollutant?
5) Does the group have an interest in working with the tool for reasons outside those mentioned above? ie: academic, technical, hobby?
Section 2: Evaluating ability to work on the projectThe second factor that tends to influence a group's involvement in a project is their ability to engage with it. Ability here is defined in terms of resources and outcomes. The group is able to work on the project if:
The questions below will help you determine a group’s ability to work on the project. 1) Does the group have time to commit to working on the project?
2) Many tools require that users need to overcome barriers in the experience of learning the tool, gathering data and analyzing results. It takes energy to accomplish what tools require. Does the group have the energy the tool required for them to use it in a meaningful way?(Examples of barriers for tool use: participants must have access to private property to collect data, to process the data participants must be proficient at using computers, the tool costs money to use or analyze results, or participants need to know how to analyze graphs.)
3) Will a desired outcome of the group be met from them working on the project?(e.g.: they learn something they’ve been wanting to learn, they collect data they can take to their local government to put pressure on them or they gain the ability to monitor when there are changes in their environment.)
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July 28, 2016 18:18
| over 7 years ago
The Public Lab spectrometry project is an open source community effort to develop low-cost spectrometers for a range of purposes. All open spectrometry hardware and software efforts are welcome here! Join in by:
GoalsVisible light spectrometry includes is a broad range of methods for analyzing materials by measuring their color -- the intensity of each wavelength of light -- in a number of different possible experimental setups. (See reading and using spectral data.) As an open source project, we welcome any open source work which helps to expand the abilities of people using DIY spectrometry tools. The following section includes experiments which build towards specific goals of measuring environmental problems, as well as experiments which help build basic skills, refine and improve common underlying techniques, and even educational or exploratory goals. ExperimentsThis is a list of community-generated guides for experiments using your spectrometry setup (either a starter kit or a modded design) toward specific applications. Some may be more reproduced -- or reproducible -- than others. Try them out to build your skills, and help improve them by leaving comments.
Highest level headerand #hashtags ***The word “Group” on this page used as an umbrella word for any community group, non-profit or other assembly of people (i.e. classes, clubs, workshops). This page is designed to help people who are interested in working with groups on environmental exploration and tool development identify which groups are appropriate to reach out to given the current state of the tool (i.e. what the tool can do, how accurate it is, how much time it takes). Reaching out to GroupsCollecting data for a community science program can be a rewarding experience for tool developers and community groups. Tool developers can learn:
Community groups using a tool in exploring environmental questions can:
In order to integrate a data collection tool into a community process, the use-cases for data should be clearly outlined, and the outcomes participants can expect should be understood. In evaluating if a tool is a place where it is good to reach out to a group to work with it, you should consider the current state of your tool, what a user would need to do or have to work with it, and what questions your tool can answer. You should aim to find a group who is a good match for the project. The table below categorizes groups and their likeliness in working on the project. The activity below will walk you through identifying where a group might fall in these categories.
Activity :: Examining potential groups to work withThis activity is meant to help people who are working on tool development (or projects with tools) evaluate if a group should be reached out to based on the stage of development the tool is currently at. The activity will not always be accurate, and does not ensure that a group that is defined as a “good group to reach out to” will actually participate in the project. Rather it is meant to walk you through questions to ask yourself and alert you to barriers a group might have in working on the project. As a project progresses, the status of the tool or circumstances of a community group changes, revisit this activity to reexamine who to reach out to. For example, it could be that while a group did not have enough time before, they now may have more time freed up, or the tool no longer takes as long to use. As you consider who to reach out to on the project, walk through these questions with answering about each group you are considering. Section 1 will help you examine the level of urgency a group has in relationship to the environmental question the tool is addressing. Section 2 will walk through a group's potential ability to engage in the project. This activity does not take into account factors that could influence the risk in reaching out to a group on a project such as political sensitivity on the issue, undesired data outcomes and social sensitivity. Section 1: Evaluating UrgencyA community group had a degree of urgency in a problem your tool explores if there was an imminent threat to their health or environment from something the tool addresses. For example, mercury is a known neurotoxin and exposure has a direct impact on human health. If the tool you are working on explores mercury levels in soil, a group would have a high degree of urgency on the problem if they live in an unremediated place that is designated a superfund site for mercury contamination. If a group has a high degree of urgency in a problem, it can mean that a group’s interest in what the tool addresses is important to them and often personal. The questions below will help you evaluate a group’s level of urgency. Remember, even if a group has a high level of urgency, it does not necessarily mean they are a good group to reach out to at this point in the project. Section two will help you determine this. 1) Is there an imminent threat to the health of people in the group, or those they share relations with, from a pollutant the tool addresses?
2) Is there an imminent threat to the local environment from a pollutant the tool assesses?
3) Does the group have an interest in working with the tool on questions of well being related to their community?
4) Does the tool, in its current state, address the question the group has about the pollutant?
5) Does the group have an interest in working with the tool for reasons outside those mentioned above? ie: academic, technical, hobby?
Section 2: Evaluating ability to work on the projectThe second factor that tends to influence a group's involvement in a project is their ability to engage with it. Ability here is defined in terms of resources and outcomes. The group is able to work on the project if:
The questions below will help you determine a group’s ability to work on the project. 1) Does the group have time to commit to working on the project?
2) Many tools require that users need to overcome barriers in the experience of learning the tool, gathering data and analyzing results. It takes energy to accomplish what tools require. Does the group have the energy the tool required for them to use it in a meaningful way?(Examples of barriers for tool use: participants must have access to private property to collect data, to process the data participants must be proficient at using computers, the tool costs money to use or analyze results, or participants need to know how to analyze graphs.)
3) Will a desired outcome of the group be met from them working on the project?(e.g.: they learn something they’ve been wanting to learn, they collect data they can take to their local government to put pressure on them or they gain the ability to monitor when there are changes in their environment.)
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539 | warren |
July 28, 2016 15:01
| over 7 years ago
Title: Questions and Answers Subtitle: Public Lab's growing knowledge base Body text: Here you can ask a question to the Public Lab community to help you in your environmental exploration. This is a great space to ask whether a method exists for identifying a possible pollutant, or ask about details of a specific technique for identifying a pollutant. Have knowledge on a specific topic? You can also signup to answer questions in a particular area to support the growing knowledge base on low-cost environmental research methods. Title: Questions and Answers Subtitle: Public Lab's growing knowledge base Body text: Here you can ask a question to the Public Lab community to help you in your environmental exploration. This is a great space to ask whether a method exists for identifying a possible pollutant, or ask about details of a specific technique for identifying a pollutant. Have knowledge on a specific topic? You can also signup to answer questions in a particular area to support the growing knowledge base on low-cost environmental research methods. Highest level headerand #hashtags ***The word “Group” on this page used as an umbrella word for any community group, non-profit or other assembly of people (i.e. classes, clubs, workshops). This page is designed to help people who are interested in working with groups on environmental exploration and tool development identify which groups are appropriate to reach out to given the current state of the tool (i.e. what the tool can do, how accurate it is, how much time it takes). Reaching out to GroupsCollecting data for a community science program can be a rewarding experience for tool developers and community groups. Tool developers can learn:
Community groups using a tool in exploring environmental questions can:
In order to integrate a data collection tool into a community process, the use-cases for data should be clearly outlined, and the outcomes participants can expect should be understood. In evaluating if a tool is a place where it is good to reach out to a group to work with it, you should consider the current state of your tool, what a user would need to do or have to work with it, and what questions your tool can answer. You should aim to find a group who is a good match for the project. The table below categorizes groups and their likeliness in working on the project. The activity below will walk you through identifying where a group might fall in these categories.
Activity :: Examining potential groups to work withThis activity is meant to help people who are working on tool development (or projects with tools) evaluate if a group should be reached out to based on the stage of development the tool is currently at. The activity will not always be accurate, and does not ensure that a group that is defined as a “good group to reach out to” will actually participate in the project. Rather it is meant to walk you through questions to ask yourself and alert you to barriers a group might have in working on the project. As a project progresses, the status of the tool or circumstances of a community group changes, revisit this activity to reexamine who to reach out to. For example, it could be that while a group did not have enough time before, they now may have more time freed up, or the tool no longer takes as long to use. As you consider who to reach out to on the project, walk through these questions with answering about each group you are considering. Section 1 will help you examine the level of urgency a group has in relationship to the environmental question the tool is addressing. Section 2 will walk through a group's potential ability to engage in the project. This activity does not take into account factors that could influence the risk in reaching out to a group on a project such as political sensitivity on the issue, undesired data outcomes and social sensitivity. Section 1: Evaluating UrgencyA community group had a degree of urgency in a problem your tool explores if there was an imminent threat to their health or environment from something the tool addresses. For example, mercury is a known neurotoxin and exposure has a direct impact on human health. If the tool you are working on explores mercury levels in soil, a group would have a high degree of urgency on the problem if they live in an unremediated place that is designated a superfund site for mercury contamination. If a group has a high degree of urgency in a problem, it can mean that a group’s interest in what the tool addresses is important to them and often personal. The questions below will help you evaluate a group’s level of urgency. Remember, even if a group has a high level of urgency, it does not necessarily mean they are a good group to reach out to at this point in the project. Section two will help you determine this. 1) Is there an imminent threat to the health of people in the group, or those they share relations with, from a pollutant the tool addresses?
2) Is there an imminent threat to the local environment from a pollutant the tool assesses?
3) Does the group have an interest in working with the tool on questions of well being related to their community?
4) Does the tool, in its current state, address the question the group has about the pollutant?
5) Does the group have an interest in working with the tool for reasons outside those mentioned above? ie: academic, technical, hobby?
Section 2: Evaluating ability to work on the projectThe second factor that tends to influence a group's involvement in a project is their ability to engage with it. Ability here is defined in terms of resources and outcomes. The group is able to work on the project if:
The questions below will help you determine a group’s ability to work on the project. 1) Does the group have time to commit to working on the project?
2) Many tools require that users need to overcome barriers in the experience of learning the tool, gathering data and analyzing results. It takes energy to accomplish what tools require. Does the group have the energy the tool required for them to use it in a meaningful way?(Examples of barriers for tool use: participants must have access to private property to collect data, to process the data participants must be proficient at using computers, the tool costs money to use or analyze results, or participants need to know how to analyze graphs.)
3) Will a desired outcome of the group be met from them working on the project?(e.g.: they learn something they’ve been wanting to learn, they collect data they can take to their local government to put pressure on them or they gain the ability to monitor when there are changes in their environment.)
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538 | liz |
June 28, 2016 13:35
| over 7 years ago
Public Lab China
Use the WeChat app to scan this barcode and join the group: Highest level headerand #hashtags ***The word “Group” on this page used as an umbrella word for any community group, non-profit or other assembly of people (i.e. classes, clubs, workshops). This page is designed to help people who are interested in working with groups on environmental exploration and tool development identify which groups are appropriate to reach out to given the current state of the tool (i.e. what the tool can do, how accurate it is, how much time it takes). Reaching out to GroupsCollecting data for a community science program can be a rewarding experience for tool developers and community groups. Tool developers can learn:
Community groups using a tool in exploring environmental questions can:
In order to integrate a data collection tool into a community process, the use-cases for data should be clearly outlined, and the outcomes participants can expect should be understood. In evaluating if a tool is a place where it is good to reach out to a group to work with it, you should consider the current state of your tool, what a user would need to do or have to work with it, and what questions your tool can answer. You should aim to find a group who is a good match for the project. The table below categorizes groups and their likeliness in working on the project. The activity below will walk you through identifying where a group might fall in these categories.
Activity :: Examining potential groups to work withThis activity is meant to help people who are working on tool development (or projects with tools) evaluate if a group should be reached out to based on the stage of development the tool is currently at. The activity will not always be accurate, and does not ensure that a group that is defined as a “good group to reach out to” will actually participate in the project. Rather it is meant to walk you through questions to ask yourself and alert you to barriers a group might have in working on the project. As a project progresses, the status of the tool or circumstances of a community group changes, revisit this activity to reexamine who to reach out to. For example, it could be that while a group did not have enough time before, they now may have more time freed up, or the tool no longer takes as long to use. As you consider who to reach out to on the project, walk through these questions with answering about each group you are considering. Section 1 will help you examine the level of urgency a group has in relationship to the environmental question the tool is addressing. Section 2 will walk through a group's potential ability to engage in the project. This activity does not take into account factors that could influence the risk in reaching out to a group on a project such as political sensitivity on the issue, undesired data outcomes and social sensitivity. Section 1: Evaluating UrgencyA community group had a degree of urgency in a problem your tool explores if there was an imminent threat to their health or environment from something the tool addresses. For example, mercury is a known neurotoxin and exposure has a direct impact on human health. If the tool you are working on explores mercury levels in soil, a group would have a high degree of urgency on the problem if they live in an unremediated place that is designated a superfund site for mercury contamination. If a group has a high degree of urgency in a problem, it can mean that a group’s interest in what the tool addresses is important to them and often personal. The questions below will help you evaluate a group’s level of urgency. Remember, even if a group has a high level of urgency, it does not necessarily mean they are a good group to reach out to at this point in the project. Section two will help you determine this. 1) Is there an imminent threat to the health of people in the group, or those they share relations with, from a pollutant the tool addresses?
2) Is there an imminent threat to the local environment from a pollutant the tool assesses?
3) Does the group have an interest in working with the tool on questions of well being related to their community?
4) Does the tool, in its current state, address the question the group has about the pollutant?
5) Does the group have an interest in working with the tool for reasons outside those mentioned above? ie: academic, technical, hobby?
Section 2: Evaluating ability to work on the projectThe second factor that tends to influence a group's involvement in a project is their ability to engage with it. Ability here is defined in terms of resources and outcomes. The group is able to work on the project if:
The questions below will help you determine a group’s ability to work on the project. 1) Does the group have time to commit to working on the project?
2) Many tools require that users need to overcome barriers in the experience of learning the tool, gathering data and analyzing results. It takes energy to accomplish what tools require. Does the group have the energy the tool required for them to use it in a meaningful way?(Examples of barriers for tool use: participants must have access to private property to collect data, to process the data participants must be proficient at using computers, the tool costs money to use or analyze results, or participants need to know how to analyze graphs.)
3) Will a desired outcome of the group be met from them working on the project?(e.g.: they learn something they’ve been wanting to learn, they collect data they can take to their local government to put pressure on them or they gain the ability to monitor when there are changes in their environment.)
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537 | liz |
May 31, 2016 14:57
| almost 8 years ago
Public Lab China
Use the WeChat app to scan this barcode and join the group: Highest level headerand #hashtags ***The word “Group” on this page used as an umbrella word for any community group, non-profit or other assembly of people (i.e. classes, clubs, workshops). This page is designed to help people who are interested in working with groups on environmental exploration and tool development identify which groups are appropriate to reach out to given the current state of the tool (i.e. what the tool can do, how accurate it is, how much time it takes). Reaching out to GroupsCollecting data for a community science program can be a rewarding experience for tool developers and community groups. Tool developers can learn:
Community groups using a tool in exploring environmental questions can:
In order to integrate a data collection tool into a community process, the use-cases for data should be clearly outlined, and the outcomes participants can expect should be understood. In evaluating if a tool is a place where it is good to reach out to a group to work with it, you should consider the current state of your tool, what a user would need to do or have to work with it, and what questions your tool can answer. You should aim to find a group who is a good match for the project. The table below categorizes groups and their likeliness in working on the project. The activity below will walk you through identifying where a group might fall in these categories.
Activity :: Examining potential groups to work withThis activity is meant to help people who are working on tool development (or projects with tools) evaluate if a group should be reached out to based on the stage of development the tool is currently at. The activity will not always be accurate, and does not ensure that a group that is defined as a “good group to reach out to” will actually participate in the project. Rather it is meant to walk you through questions to ask yourself and alert you to barriers a group might have in working on the project. As a project progresses, the status of the tool or circumstances of a community group changes, revisit this activity to reexamine who to reach out to. For example, it could be that while a group did not have enough time before, they now may have more time freed up, or the tool no longer takes as long to use. As you consider who to reach out to on the project, walk through these questions with answering about each group you are considering. Section 1 will help you examine the level of urgency a group has in relationship to the environmental question the tool is addressing. Section 2 will walk through a group's potential ability to engage in the project. This activity does not take into account factors that could influence the risk in reaching out to a group on a project such as political sensitivity on the issue, undesired data outcomes and social sensitivity. Section 1: Evaluating UrgencyA community group had a degree of urgency in a problem your tool explores if there was an imminent threat to their health or environment from something the tool addresses. For example, mercury is a known neurotoxin and exposure has a direct impact on human health. If the tool you are working on explores mercury levels in soil, a group would have a high degree of urgency on the problem if they live in an unremediated place that is designated a superfund site for mercury contamination. If a group has a high degree of urgency in a problem, it can mean that a group’s interest in what the tool addresses is important to them and often personal. The questions below will help you evaluate a group’s level of urgency. Remember, even if a group has a high level of urgency, it does not necessarily mean they are a good group to reach out to at this point in the project. Section two will help you determine this. 1) Is there an imminent threat to the health of people in the group, or those they share relations with, from a pollutant the tool addresses?
2) Is there an imminent threat to the local environment from a pollutant the tool assesses?
3) Does the group have an interest in working with the tool on questions of well being related to their community?
4) Does the tool, in its current state, address the question the group has about the pollutant?
5) Does the group have an interest in working with the tool for reasons outside those mentioned above? ie: academic, technical, hobby?
Section 2: Evaluating ability to work on the projectThe second factor that tends to influence a group's involvement in a project is their ability to engage with it. Ability here is defined in terms of resources and outcomes. The group is able to work on the project if:
The questions below will help you determine a group’s ability to work on the project. 1) Does the group have time to commit to working on the project?
2) Many tools require that users need to overcome barriers in the experience of learning the tool, gathering data and analyzing results. It takes energy to accomplish what tools require. Does the group have the energy the tool required for them to use it in a meaningful way?(Examples of barriers for tool use: participants must have access to private property to collect data, to process the data participants must be proficient at using computers, the tool costs money to use or analyze results, or participants need to know how to analyze graphs.)
3) Will a desired outcome of the group be met from them working on the project?(e.g.: they learn something they’ve been wanting to learn, they collect data they can take to their local government to put pressure on them or they gain the ability to monitor when there are changes in their environment.)
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536 | liz |
May 31, 2016 14:34
| almost 8 years ago
Public Lab China
Use the WeChat app to scan this barcode and join the group: Highest level headerand #hashtags ***The word “Group” on this page used as an umbrella word for any community group, non-profit or other assembly of people (i.e. classes, clubs, workshops). This page is designed to help people who are interested in working with groups on environmental exploration and tool development identify which groups are appropriate to reach out to given the current state of the tool (i.e. what the tool can do, how accurate it is, how much time it takes). Reaching out to GroupsCollecting data for a community science program can be a rewarding experience for tool developers and community groups. Tool developers can learn:
Community groups using a tool in exploring environmental questions can:
In order to integrate a data collection tool into a community process, the use-cases for data should be clearly outlined, and the outcomes participants can expect should be understood. In evaluating if a tool is a place where it is good to reach out to a group to work with it, you should consider the current state of your tool, what a user would need to do or have to work with it, and what questions your tool can answer. You should aim to find a group who is a good match for the project. The table below categorizes groups and their likeliness in working on the project. The activity below will walk you through identifying where a group might fall in these categories.
Activity :: Examining potential groups to work withThis activity is meant to help people who are working on tool development (or projects with tools) evaluate if a group should be reached out to based on the stage of development the tool is currently at. The activity will not always be accurate, and does not ensure that a group that is defined as a “good group to reach out to” will actually participate in the project. Rather it is meant to walk you through questions to ask yourself and alert you to barriers a group might have in working on the project. As a project progresses, the status of the tool or circumstances of a community group changes, revisit this activity to reexamine who to reach out to. For example, it could be that while a group did not have enough time before, they now may have more time freed up, or the tool no longer takes as long to use. As you consider who to reach out to on the project, walk through these questions with answering about each group you are considering. Section 1 will help you examine the level of urgency a group has in relationship to the environmental question the tool is addressing. Section 2 will walk through a group's potential ability to engage in the project. This activity does not take into account factors that could influence the risk in reaching out to a group on a project such as political sensitivity on the issue, undesired data outcomes and social sensitivity. Section 1: Evaluating UrgencyA community group had a degree of urgency in a problem your tool explores if there was an imminent threat to their health or environment from something the tool addresses. For example, mercury is a known neurotoxin and exposure has a direct impact on human health. If the tool you are working on explores mercury levels in soil, a group would have a high degree of urgency on the problem if they live in an unremediated place that is designated a superfund site for mercury contamination. If a group has a high degree of urgency in a problem, it can mean that a group’s interest in what the tool addresses is important to them and often personal. The questions below will help you evaluate a group’s level of urgency. Remember, even if a group has a high level of urgency, it does not necessarily mean they are a good group to reach out to at this point in the project. Section two will help you determine this. 1) Is there an imminent threat to the health of people in the group, or those they share relations with, from a pollutant the tool addresses?
2) Is there an imminent threat to the local environment from a pollutant the tool assesses?
3) Does the group have an interest in working with the tool on questions of well being related to their community?
4) Does the tool, in its current state, address the question the group has about the pollutant?
5) Does the group have an interest in working with the tool for reasons outside those mentioned above? ie: academic, technical, hobby?
Section 2: Evaluating ability to work on the projectThe second factor that tends to influence a group's involvement in a project is their ability to engage with it. Ability here is defined in terms of resources and outcomes. The group is able to work on the project if:
The questions below will help you determine a group’s ability to work on the project. 1) Does the group have time to commit to working on the project?
2) Many tools require that users need to overcome barriers in the experience of learning the tool, gathering data and analyzing results. It takes energy to accomplish what tools require. Does the group have the energy the tool required for them to use it in a meaningful way?(Examples of barriers for tool use: participants must have access to private property to collect data, to process the data participants must be proficient at using computers, the tool costs money to use or analyze results, or participants need to know how to analyze graphs.)
3) Will a desired outcome of the group be met from them working on the project?(e.g.: they learn something they’ve been wanting to learn, they collect data they can take to their local government to put pressure on them or they gain the ability to monitor when there are changes in their environment.)
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535 | liz |
May 31, 2016 14:33
| almost 8 years ago
Public Lab China
Use the WeChat app to scan this barcode and join the group: Highest level headerand #hashtags ***The word “Group” on this page used as an umbrella word for any community group, non-profit or other assembly of people (i.e. classes, clubs, workshops). This page is designed to help people who are interested in working with groups on environmental exploration and tool development identify which groups are appropriate to reach out to given the current state of the tool (i.e. what the tool can do, how accurate it is, how much time it takes). Reaching out to GroupsCollecting data for a community science program can be a rewarding experience for tool developers and community groups. Tool developers can learn:
Community groups using a tool in exploring environmental questions can:
In order to integrate a data collection tool into a community process, the use-cases for data should be clearly outlined, and the outcomes participants can expect should be understood. In evaluating if a tool is a place where it is good to reach out to a group to work with it, you should consider the current state of your tool, what a user would need to do or have to work with it, and what questions your tool can answer. You should aim to find a group who is a good match for the project. The table below categorizes groups and their likeliness in working on the project. The activity below will walk you through identifying where a group might fall in these categories.
Activity :: Examining potential groups to work withThis activity is meant to help people who are working on tool development (or projects with tools) evaluate if a group should be reached out to based on the stage of development the tool is currently at. The activity will not always be accurate, and does not ensure that a group that is defined as a “good group to reach out to” will actually participate in the project. Rather it is meant to walk you through questions to ask yourself and alert you to barriers a group might have in working on the project. As a project progresses, the status of the tool or circumstances of a community group changes, revisit this activity to reexamine who to reach out to. For example, it could be that while a group did not have enough time before, they now may have more time freed up, or the tool no longer takes as long to use. As you consider who to reach out to on the project, walk through these questions with answering about each group you are considering. Section 1 will help you examine the level of urgency a group has in relationship to the environmental question the tool is addressing. Section 2 will walk through a group's potential ability to engage in the project. This activity does not take into account factors that could influence the risk in reaching out to a group on a project such as political sensitivity on the issue, undesired data outcomes and social sensitivity. Section 1: Evaluating UrgencyA community group had a degree of urgency in a problem your tool explores if there was an imminent threat to their health or environment from something the tool addresses. For example, mercury is a known neurotoxin and exposure has a direct impact on human health. If the tool you are working on explores mercury levels in soil, a group would have a high degree of urgency on the problem if they live in an unremediated place that is designated a superfund site for mercury contamination. If a group has a high degree of urgency in a problem, it can mean that a group’s interest in what the tool addresses is important to them and often personal. The questions below will help you evaluate a group’s level of urgency. Remember, even if a group has a high level of urgency, it does not necessarily mean they are a good group to reach out to at this point in the project. Section two will help you determine this. 1) Is there an imminent threat to the health of people in the group, or those they share relations with, from a pollutant the tool addresses?
2) Is there an imminent threat to the local environment from a pollutant the tool assesses?
3) Does the group have an interest in working with the tool on questions of well being related to their community?
4) Does the tool, in its current state, address the question the group has about the pollutant?
5) Does the group have an interest in working with the tool for reasons outside those mentioned above? ie: academic, technical, hobby?
Section 2: Evaluating ability to work on the projectThe second factor that tends to influence a group's involvement in a project is their ability to engage with it. Ability here is defined in terms of resources and outcomes. The group is able to work on the project if:
The questions below will help you determine a group’s ability to work on the project. 1) Does the group have time to commit to working on the project?
2) Many tools require that users need to overcome barriers in the experience of learning the tool, gathering data and analyzing results. It takes energy to accomplish what tools require. Does the group have the energy the tool required for them to use it in a meaningful way?(Examples of barriers for tool use: participants must have access to private property to collect data, to process the data participants must be proficient at using computers, the tool costs money to use or analyze results, or participants need to know how to analyze graphs.)
3) Will a desired outcome of the group be met from them working on the project?(e.g.: they learn something they’ve been wanting to learn, they collect data they can take to their local government to put pressure on them or they gain the ability to monitor when there are changes in their environment.)
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534 | liz |
May 31, 2016 14:32
| almost 8 years ago
Public Lab China
Use the WeChat app to scan this barcode and join the group: Highest level headerand #hashtags ***The word “Group” on this page used as an umbrella word for any community group, non-profit or other assembly of people (i.e. classes, clubs, workshops). This page is designed to help people who are interested in working with groups on environmental exploration and tool development identify which groups are appropriate to reach out to given the current state of the tool (i.e. what the tool can do, how accurate it is, how much time it takes). Reaching out to GroupsCollecting data for a community science program can be a rewarding experience for tool developers and community groups. Tool developers can learn:
Community groups using a tool in exploring environmental questions can:
In order to integrate a data collection tool into a community process, the use-cases for data should be clearly outlined, and the outcomes participants can expect should be understood. In evaluating if a tool is a place where it is good to reach out to a group to work with it, you should consider the current state of your tool, what a user would need to do or have to work with it, and what questions your tool can answer. You should aim to find a group who is a good match for the project. The table below categorizes groups and their likeliness in working on the project. The activity below will walk you through identifying where a group might fall in these categories.
Activity :: Examining potential groups to work withThis activity is meant to help people who are working on tool development (or projects with tools) evaluate if a group should be reached out to based on the stage of development the tool is currently at. The activity will not always be accurate, and does not ensure that a group that is defined as a “good group to reach out to” will actually participate in the project. Rather it is meant to walk you through questions to ask yourself and alert you to barriers a group might have in working on the project. As a project progresses, the status of the tool or circumstances of a community group changes, revisit this activity to reexamine who to reach out to. For example, it could be that while a group did not have enough time before, they now may have more time freed up, or the tool no longer takes as long to use. As you consider who to reach out to on the project, walk through these questions with answering about each group you are considering. Section 1 will help you examine the level of urgency a group has in relationship to the environmental question the tool is addressing. Section 2 will walk through a group's potential ability to engage in the project. This activity does not take into account factors that could influence the risk in reaching out to a group on a project such as political sensitivity on the issue, undesired data outcomes and social sensitivity. Section 1: Evaluating UrgencyA community group had a degree of urgency in a problem your tool explores if there was an imminent threat to their health or environment from something the tool addresses. For example, mercury is a known neurotoxin and exposure has a direct impact on human health. If the tool you are working on explores mercury levels in soil, a group would have a high degree of urgency on the problem if they live in an unremediated place that is designated a superfund site for mercury contamination. If a group has a high degree of urgency in a problem, it can mean that a group’s interest in what the tool addresses is important to them and often personal. The questions below will help you evaluate a group’s level of urgency. Remember, even if a group has a high level of urgency, it does not necessarily mean they are a good group to reach out to at this point in the project. Section two will help you determine this. 1) Is there an imminent threat to the health of people in the group, or those they share relations with, from a pollutant the tool addresses?
2) Is there an imminent threat to the local environment from a pollutant the tool assesses?
3) Does the group have an interest in working with the tool on questions of well being related to their community?
4) Does the tool, in its current state, address the question the group has about the pollutant?
5) Does the group have an interest in working with the tool for reasons outside those mentioned above? ie: academic, technical, hobby?
Section 2: Evaluating ability to work on the projectThe second factor that tends to influence a group's involvement in a project is their ability to engage with it. Ability here is defined in terms of resources and outcomes. The group is able to work on the project if:
The questions below will help you determine a group’s ability to work on the project. 1) Does the group have time to commit to working on the project?
2) Many tools require that users need to overcome barriers in the experience of learning the tool, gathering data and analyzing results. It takes energy to accomplish what tools require. Does the group have the energy the tool required for them to use it in a meaningful way?(Examples of barriers for tool use: participants must have access to private property to collect data, to process the data participants must be proficient at using computers, the tool costs money to use or analyze results, or participants need to know how to analyze graphs.)
3) Will a desired outcome of the group be met from them working on the project?(e.g.: they learn something they’ve been wanting to learn, they collect data they can take to their local government to put pressure on them or they gain the ability to monitor when there are changes in their environment.)
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