Category Archives: Environmental Data in the Classroom

I have uploaded the complete PDF document to the plone site.

Here’s a rough timeline based on our conversation today: 29 July (Friday): Carly to provide comments on Introduction 3 Aug (Wednesday): Shan to send Steph/Carly link to revised complete document for final comments 8-12 Aug: ESA 16 Aug (Tuesday): Shan to provide slides, including notes for the instructor/presenter, for module Continue reading Timeline for project completion→

I took Carly’s tips and finally got the bibliography look right without manually changing anything! The Wikibook was also very helpful, although their explanations are kind of dry. Here is an outline of the lecture notes: context of the topic: infectious disease and mammal conservation key concepts and background theory: Continue reading Bibliography done and thoughts for lecture note→

I have modified the formatting and the text in box 1. I will work on the rest of the document today.

I’ve added this box into the document, providing explanations for some statistic terms for the students. Let me know if you think of other terms I should include here. HostEcologyAndParasiteDiversity_p7

Last week, I was making progress in learning how to create a document in LaTeX. I finished a complete draft of the main document, including a general introduction, instructions for students, and solutions for instructors. I have received feedback from Carly and will make modification based on her comments. There Continue reading Weekly update for Jul 18-22→

Just uploaded an annotated PDF of the module to the plone site. I only edited the instructor solutions of this document since that was the section I skipped last time. Let me know if you have questions- looks good!

I finally got the reference list look OK — I tried doing it somewhat automatically but it looks awful, so I manually modify the formatting a little bit. I would love to hear more tips on Thursday (chatting with Carly). I uploaded a document to the plone cite, which includes Continue reading new document→

Some possibilities: I can create a demonstration document (e.g. ppt) to go along with the lab activity in the first module. This will provide some theoretical background and the results from previous study. Some more advanced analytic methods could also be introduced such as other approaches to controlling for sampling Continue reading Second project→

sorry that I didn’t update the notebook last week due to a few sick days. I’m finishing up PART I, which is the general introduction of the module. I will work on the comments before I upload the file to the plone site again. update: part I done; most comments Continue reading PART I done→