Presented this advocacy of Citizen Science at Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference (Fort Collins, CO) on 16 May 2011.

4. Citizen Science Sites Abound Investing in the deliberate benefits of distributed thinking www.zooniverse.org http://phylo.cs.mcgill.ca/eng/about.html http://www.priweb.org/mastodon/matrix_project.html

5. Mobile Phone with GPS + Photos + Notes = Data! Page credit: Eric Graham, CENS (UCLA)

6. Applications Within A Domain - Biodiversity Page credit: Bill Gail, Microsoft Inventory Validation Nature Mapping - UW Systematic Monitoring Picture Post - UNH Habitat Management Fire Alert System – Conservation International Invasive Species ID What’s Invasive! App - UCLA Detailed Assessment Coral Reef Habitat Mapping – U Queensland Forest Inventory World Forest Observatory - RFF Tool Validation Yaqui Valley Wheat Farming - Stanford Event Detection Air Twitter – Washington U

7. “ All first-year students will participate in this non-credit bearing program during their first year at Bard. Citizen Science was created to introduce students to the practice of the scientific method and promotion of scientific literacy . This program aims to expand student understanding of concepts and processes required for personal decision making and participation in civic and cultural affairs .” http://citizenscience.bard.edu “ Th e most terrifying problem in American university education is the profound lack of scientific literacy … while we ’v e found ways to educate scientists in the humanities, the reverse has never really happened.” Leon Botstein, President, Bard College http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/22/nyregion/22science.html (http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/361087/october-05-2010/leon-botstein) Citizen Science Requirement at Bard College Roger Hiemstra & Ralph Brockett (1994) “ From behaviorism to humanism…” http://www-distance. syr . edu/sdlhuman .html

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11. Walk-through Suzanne’s favorite Citizen Science sites Excellent summary of astronomy, earth science, ecology and biology sites: http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00003030/ MoonZoo: http://www.moonzoo.org/ Planet Hunters: http://www.planethunters.org/ Old Weather: http://www.oldweather.org/ Picture Post: http://picturepost.unh.edu/ Project BudBurst: http://www.neoninc.org/budburst/ http://science.nasa.gov/citizen-scientists/ http://www. scienceforcitizens .net/