This may be of interest to some people. Itd be nice to see open data being
used around open education....may be a good opportunity to meet people and
chat to Nesta/ODI people, copying details from URL below
http://theodi.org/meetups/education-open-data-meet-up
Open Data Challenge Series: Education meet-up
Wednesday 29 January 2014, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Nesta, 1 Plough Place, EC4A 1DE
Join us for an evening of networking, exploration and information. Nesta and
the Open Data Institute (ODI) are working together to run the Open Data
Challenge Series
<http://www.nesta.org.uk/project/open-data-challenge-series> . Our second
challenge is focused on education.
Together, at this meet-up we will discuss the Education Open Data Challenge
<http://www.nesta.org.uk/project/open-data-challenge-series/Education-Open-D
ata-Challenge> , showcase the datasets, explore your ideas and have a few
drinks.
Book your place here
<http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/education-open-data-challenge-meet-up-tickets
-10166605591> .
The Education Challenge
How can open data be used to help parents make informed choices about their
childrens education in one (or more) of three key areas:
* Expressing a preference for a school
* Choosing a subject or other learning priorities
* Engaging with their childrens learning.
Whether helping parents to better understand how their child is performing
compared to others; enabling them to raise challenging issues at parents
evening, or supporting them to understand which local schools or GCSE
subjects are most suited to their child, this challenge has the potential to
ensure parents bridge the home education gap and ultimately improve
their childs chances of success in life beyond school.
Win
If youre interested in building innovative tools to solve this challenge -
submit your idea on our Collab Finder
<http://collabfinder.com/groups/education-open-data-challenge-series> page
to be considered and come to our meet up event. Ideas and teams will be
selected to attend our Creation Weekend on March 15/16th at which three
finalists will be chosen to receive £5,000 seed funding and support. The
final winning idea could receive up to £50,000 to launch their startup.