Below is a clean, structured walkthrough of White Paper – Version 03 (Oct 2021), staying close to the document’s own logic and language. Section-by-Sction Breakdown + Key Structures 1. Abstract Purpose Core idea Three project phases (Explicitly aligned with UN SDGs 4, 10, 13, 17) 2. The Problem This section frames ARK as a response […]
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A ChatGTP digest of the ARK white paper
During the last crew call, Hans Galliker said, that it is complicated to explain what the ARK really is. We had to agree. One needs to look at the vision first in order to understand the functionalities. All of them have organically evolved because of the mission laid out in the white paper. I asked […]
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Winter Solstice 2025 release
ahoi crew 🙂 ⛵ Our winter solstice objectives were “mindful” notifications, a “smart” questions database and “correct” school community numbers. But there is indeed much more waiting to be shared with you. Pls refer to below youtube timestamps and jump to the section you are interested in: https://youtu.be/3QvxYmnw1_o We have planned our next crew call just […]
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Fall Equinox release
ahoi crew 🙂 ⛵ the Fall Equinox release was a lot about fixing bugs and improving the user experience. The highlight of this release is without question the new notification system 🎼🪇 which has been on the radar for a long time. Notifications are important to give a project traction, however in a world of digital […]
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May Release
ahoi crew 🙂 ⛵ the May release expanded on the pedagogy of storytelling 📯🪘🪗 and introduced place-based posts 🥁🪘📍, a functionality which helps to ignite interest among students for the school environment, observe problems and suggest solutions. Place-based posts establish ecoregions as territories which help us to communicate beyond nation states. 🌍🏕🐜 This new functionality is […]
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Next Generation Internet
One of the most interesting albeit small grants we have applied for since the beginning of this project had its deadline on February 15th. We have sadly received notification on May 18th that our application for EUR 50k was rejected. We believe that failures need to be communicated and think that the grant application summarizes […]
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March release
ahoi crew 🙂 ⛵ the March release is all about the pedagogy of storytelling. 📯🪘 🪗Learn why stories turn our minds on and how we have integrated stories with nature experience: https://youtu.be/2qm7a-ILyh4?si=YI5MKJlHF6naegUy 00:00 Quiz02:05 Overview – what’s new?02:25 Storytelling08:05 Harry Potter in Sparkassen Park15:10 POI question database19:40 search field for questions33:00 chat in activities35:50 call recap37:50 […]
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February release
ahoi crew 🙂 ⛵ the February release makes the assessment of biodiversity richness 🐛🦚🦉🦗🍄 a great tree watching experience. Learn why trees are also called motherships of (land) biodiversity and why sick or damaged trees 🌳🌲🌴are worth being protected: https://youtu.be/XqmbXZENj2E 00:40 Quiz 03:00 Overview – what’s new? 05:50 Biodiversity richness 23:35 Learning Paths 30:36 Group […]
ahoi crew 🙂 ⛵ our last release really paved the way to make the ARK available all around the world by being able to smoothly integrate new lingos. 🗣️📢🔈️ Apart from this, we show you a few incremental innovations which – as always – make bioregional and place-based education easy – for everyone and everywhere. […]
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ARK Crew Call – November 2024
New Functionalities Empowering Your Work Making bioregional education easy, for everyone and everywhere. 00:00 check in 06:02 What does ARK stand for? 06:38 Quiz – Do you know this bird? 08:05 Overview of new functionalities 08:40 map view 15:20 MS login 18:30 verification reminder 20:00 recap 21:40 MediaWiki 24:08 Q&A 25:00 Trash Heroes (Rahel) 27:35 […]