A while ago, I mentioned that I wanted to get some school pupils together with some data analysts to see if we could organise a ‘data day’. The good news is that (with the kind help of Deloittes and the London Borough of Barnet) we did it a few months ago (it was picked up [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Schools’
Why would school pupils want to mix data up?
Firstly, a big thank-you to everyone who commented on the previous posting here on local data sources. Aside from the comments, I’ve been given loads of really useful pointers via email and Twitter, some of which I’ll acknowledge here, and some will come in subsequent posts. But here’s an overarching question to start with: If [...]
Finding all of the interesting data within one local authority area
A while ago, I posted here giving reasons why I thought it would be a good idea to start involving school pupils in the processing of public data. There are strong democratic arguments for doing this – ones that aren’t immediately obvious. There are also good ‘transparency’ arguments (but I’d make my usual point here [...]
Towards a local authority-wide schools data-hack project
It’s a regular theme of this blog that transparency and open data – while undoubtedly being good things – can often create situations in which democracy is diminished rather than enhanced. The other day, for example, I posted my misgivings about guerilla webcasting of council meetings. (Shorter version: can result in selective reporting, poorer press [...]
I'm a councillor – get me out of here!
Here’s a video clip about the ‘I’m a councillor – get me out of here’ project – and here’s a bit of background to the film. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCQH0HNqDO8] It’s a really brilliant project – where local authorities have any interest in being creative about the way councillors engage with young people (a learning experience – and [...]