San Jose, CA: We're coming at you with a TON of #citizenscience!

Are you planning to attend the Citizen Science Association's Conference and/or the American Association for the Advancement of Science Conference and Family Science Days in San Jose, CA? Let's meet up! Here's where you will find SciStarter: All events are at the San Jose Convention Center. Citizen Science Association Conference 2/11 11:50am The Crowd & The Cloud - Using Broadcast and Social Media to Advance and Support Citizen ScienceAbstract: A November 2013 workshop on "New Visions in Citizen Science" at the Wilson Center concluded with a series of recommendations as to next steps, including (1) raising the visibility and impact of citizen science (CS); (2) broadening participation and lowering barriers to entry; and (3) developing and deploying training materials, including "success stories." THE CROWD & THE CLOUD project (C&C), supported by NSF, is an ambitious transmedia initiative addressing each of those challenges. C&C includes 4 hour-long public television programs to ...