by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 30, 2010 | Blog, Citizen Science
Before we get to the story about the incredible cell phone application, let me introduce our newest contributor and author of this blog post, Thomas Burnett. That’s Tom pictured on the left, doing a mighty fine stunt known as the Liberty, back when he was a...
by Darlene Cavalier | Feb 8, 2010 | Blog, Citizen Science, Events
Philly NetSquared , a local chapter of the national organization, NetSquared ,brings together web innovators and social changemakers to socialize, strategize, learn from and inspire one another. Last week, I had the opportunity to share the vision of Science...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 19, 2010 | Blog, Citizen Science, Events, In the News
Hot diggity-DOG! After years in the making, my partner, Michael Gold, and I–with generous support from Science House–have officially unveiled the beta version (that means this is still a work-in-progress) of ScienceForCitizens.net . Science journalist,...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 14, 2010 | Brain Makeover, Citizen Science, Dr. John Reports, Events, Science Education
Posts have been less frequent because I’ve been prepping for the ScienceOnline 2010 conference in North Carolina where I’ll be speaking on the topics of Science in the Media (with Dr. Kiki); Adult Science Literacy; and Citizen Science. Exciting news to...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 8, 2010 | Blog, Citizen Science, In the News, Science Education
In prepping for the ScienceOnline 2010 conference, I dug up this TV report. Don’t know why it took five months for me to catch this but check out the closing banter between the anchors. Love this line “Education can be entertaining.”
by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 31, 2009 | Blog, Citizen Science
2009 was a thrilling year for citizen scientists (you know, those “average citizens” who volunteer to lend their brains to science). It wasn’t that long ago, when as a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, I’d inevitably be met with blank...
