All readings are available either online or on the data drive, 301_s_22 subdirectory (the data library drive in the GIS lab. Yes, you must be in the lab to access the files. I suggest you download the lot early.) NOTE - crummy copies of all NY Times articles are also on the data drive if you can't get to them online.
If possible, please read online and don't print the articles- one of my objectives is to save photocopying/printing costs - AND you get to view the images in color! Further, please do not print large jobs in the GIS lab - head over to one of the campus labs. Your tech fee money pays for printing in public labs, but not in the GIS Lab. Printing elsewhere saves geography money and, in these budget cut days, will let us stretch our money farther and maintain services. In other words, if y'all print too much, you won't have the printer available (a classic case of the Tragedy of the Commons).
All readings are due by Friday at midnight in the mailboxy thing outside my office door.
Note, the NY Times requires a subscription. Fortunately, CWU now buys one for you! Seriously, this is awesome. Go here and follow the instructions.
1. Google Maps/Earth (due 30 Sept)
2. Tracking (due 7 October)
3. Nature of GIS (due 14 Oct)
4. Visualization (due 21 Oct): Do the first two and one of the second two.
5. GIS Data (due 28 Oct)
6. Politics (due 4 Nov). Do the first two and one of the second two
7. Science (due 11 Nov) (do the first and two of the next three)
8. GPS/Ethics (due 18 Nov)
9. Story Maps (Due 2 Dec)
10. Extra Credit. Turn in anytime before taking the final exam. 1 point (for all three)
Writeup format
For EACH paper/video, do the following:
1. Outline the paper (in outline format, about 1/2 a page). Examples of outline format at 1 or 3.
2. Summarise the main points of the article (at least one paragraph, depending
on the complexity of the paper) and how the info in the article might relate
to other papers, lectures, other readings, your own experience, etc… In
other words, show that you have thought about the article, not just rehashed
the last paragraph or two. About half a page.
When grading outlines, I ask the question 'did the student read the paper.'
When grading summaries, I ask the question 'did the student think about the paper.' In short, if all the information in the summary is in the paper, I cannot give full credit.
Note: to be accepted, the writeups MUST be typed. They are due by 5:00 on the due date (in my mailbox next to my office door). Late writeups (or emailed submissions) will NOT be accepted.
Grading: Each set of readings will be worth 1% of your final grade.
Also note: information pulled from the readings will be on the midterm and final exams.