Introducing iSpot - helping people learn about wildlife

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    1. www.ispot.org.uk
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    3. What is iSpot?
      • iSpot is the place to learn more about wildlife and to share your interest with a friendly community.
      • Take a look at the latest spots, start your own album of observations and get help identifying what you have seen.
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    5. What can you do on iSpot?
      • Share your wildlife observations, and get help with identifications if needed
      • Include a photo (if you have one) or description of what you’ve seen, and where and when you saw it
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    8. Join in the discussion
      • You can see which identifications have been suggested and why, and join discussions about the wildlife you’ve seen
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    10. Gain a reputation!
      • iSpot has a ‘reputation management’ system – this means that if you can name a species on iSpot, and someone else agrees with your identification, you gain ‘points’ that show up against your name
    11. An active iSpot user:
    12. Helping others
      • If you know about wildlife you can help others by providing identifications, or agreeing with those already suggested
      • You don’t have to be an expert, just to know something about some wildlife!
      • If you’re involved with a wildlife recording group or society we can give you a badge that links to your website
    13. British Lichen Society link
    14. iSpot extras
      • Neighbourhood Nature is a new course from the Open University that provides an introduction to local wildlife
      • Part of the course involves making use of iSpot for wildlife observations
      • Anyone can take the course, and financial help may be available
      • A course book and DVD are provided (this image is from the DVD section on monitoring seabirds)
    15. iSpot extras
      • Another project is developing new online identification keys for wildlife
      • These are designed to help anyone identify what they’ve found
      • The keys use an innovative Bayesian approach, making the keys easier to use
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    17. Get involved with iSpot
      • Go to www.ispot.org.uk
      • Browse the site to see the latest spots
      • Register to use the site and join the discussions – it’s free and simple
      • There are links on iSpot to Neighbourhood Nature, the online keys, and the rest of the OPAL projects
    18. Acknowledgements
      • iSpot is part of Open Air Laboratories (OPAL), and is funded by the Big Lottery Fund

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