Hey all, Here''s where I post my mightly plea for a developer; also where I gush the wonders of these two educational, open-community youth projects. --- They''re both the product of some wonderful minds and have attracted the attention of interesting and unique organizations. A RoR developer would gain stardom as well, the lead web developer involved. Maybe not the same stardom as (fill in your favorite big-name band)... and so... The first is the Internet Radio Project; current site located at http://www.projectkir.org. Basically, we offer a free internet radio broadcast service to youth in schools and after-school organizations. Our partners include the Brooklyn Technology High School, the Cape Cod Technology Council and about a dozen schools across the country. Our advisory team is equally impressive. Our site is WOEFULLY underdeveloped and WAY out of date. As you might imagine, the potential of the project is far greater than what we''re able to coalesce in the online entity. --- The second is Explorify!, a project motivated by three related recognitions: 1) the need to increase students? self-efficacy for thinking like a scientist 2) the value in engaging students in exploring and learning about the ?smaller majority? underfoot (the scientific work of Piotr Naskrecki at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology) and 3) the value in providing ways for students to playfully and tangibly explore their world, and share their valuable products with others. So this project is designed to engage kids in building instruments they could use to explore the natural world, and to facilitate the sharing of their valuable discoveries with others. As with the Radio Project, we''ve got a number of interesting partners lined up. --- What don''t we have? Funding... yet! But no matter, we''re not paid either. It''s all out-of-pocket and in-kind time/effort, because we beleive in the potential for our work to make a difference. Hopefully, a wonderful coder out there in the RoR world will see the value in our work, and want to join us to make an even greater contribution... Thanks, --Dave http://www.bitculture.org -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.