Course Schedule
Color Codes | Presentation & Discussion | Technology Workshop | Project Work | Travel | Outdoor Activity |
Week 1 | ||||
Day | Time | Where | Activity | Staff |
1/5 Mon | 9:00 | Seeley Mudd 014 | Orientation | Scott, Greg, Andy |
9:30 | ||||
10:00 | ||||
10:30 | ||||
11:00 | Going Wild! Presentation by Jan Dizard | Andy | ||
11:30 | ||||
12:00 | Valentine | Lunch | ||
12:30 | ||||
1:00 | Travel | Visit to Quabbin Park & Visitors Center | ||
1:30 | Quabbin Park & Visitors Center (B'town) | Tour | Andy; Dave | |
2:00 | The Quabbin Ecosystem Presentation by Clif Read | |||
2:30 | ||||
3:00 | Quabbin Scientific Data Presentation by Thom Kyker-Snowman | |||
3:30 | ||||
4:00 | Travel | Return from Quabbin Park | ||
4:30 | End | |||
1/6 Tue | 9:00 | Seeley Mudd 014 | Project Discussion | Scott; Andy |
9:30 | ||||
10:00 | Seeley Mudd 014 & Campus | Geocache Experience: Quabbin and iPhone Students | Andy, Miodrag | |
10:30 | ||||
11:00 | ||||
11:30 | ||||
12:00 | Valentine | Lunch | ||
12:30 | ||||
1:00 | Seeley Mudd 014 | Working with GPS Data and Google Maps | Andy, Miodrag | |
1:30 | ||||
2:00 | Seeley Mudd 014 | iPhone Data Collection App Design Meeting with iPhone Students | Scott, Miodrag, Andy | |
2:30 | ||||
3:00 | Seeley Mudd 014 | Introduction to GIS 1: An Overview of GIS | Andy | |
3:30 | ||||
4:00 | End | |||
1/7 Wed | 9:00 | Delayed Opening Due to Inclement Weather | ||
9:30 | ||||
10:00 | ||||
10:30 | ||||
11:00 | ||||
11:30 | ||||
12:00 | ||||
12:30 | ||||
1:00 | Seeley Mudd 014 | Introduction to GIS 2: Creating Maps with Prepared Data (Quabbin Forestry Data) | Andy | |
1:30 | ||||
2:00 | ||||
2:30 | ||||
3:00 | ||||
3:30 | ||||
4:00 | End | |||
1/8 Thu | 9:00 | Travel | Visit to Harvard Forest (Petersham) | |
9:30 | ||||
10:00 | Harvard Forest (Petersham) | The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Presentation by David Orwig, Forest Ecologist Museum Visit with John O'Keefe, Museum Coordinator | Andy, Dave | |
10:30 | ||||
11:00 | ||||
11:30 | ||||
12:00 | Travel | Return from Harvard Forest (Petersham) | ||
12:30 | ||||
1:00 | Valentine | Lunch | ||
1:30 | ||||
2:00 | Seeley Mudd 014 | Introduction to GIS 3: Understanding and Using Named Data (Adelgids Town Data) | Andy | |
2:30 | ||||
3:00 | ||||
3:30 | ||||
4:00 | End | |||
1/9 Fri | 9:00 | Seeley Mudd 014 | Introduction to GIS 4: Working with Coordinate Data (GPS) | Andy |
9:30 | ||||
10:00 | ||||
10:30 | Seeley Mudd 014 | Discuss Field Work: Adelgid, Deer, Moose, Soils | Andy | |
11:00 | ||||
11:30 | ||||
12:00 | Valentine | Lunch | ||
12:30 | ||||
1:00 | Travel | Visit to Quabbin Reservation | ||
1:30 | Quabbin Reservation | Meet with Steve Ward, Forester; Using a GPS Receiver; Field Work | Andy, Dave | |
2:00 | ||||
2:30 | ||||
3:00 | ||||
3:30 | Travel | Return from Quabbin Reservation | ||
4:00 | End |
Week 2 | ||||
Day | Time | Where | Activity | Staff |
1/12 Mon | 9:00 | Seeley Mudd 014 | Videographic techniques and video equipment | John, Sara |
9:30 | ||||
10:00 | ||||
10:30 | ||||
11:00 | ||||
11:30 | ||||
12:00 | Valentine | Lunch | ||
12:30 | ||||
1:00 | Seeley Mudd 014 | Talk with Prof. Tanya Leise about Intelligent Agents | Scott, Andy | |
1:30 | ||||
2:00 | ||||
2:30 | Seeley Mudd 014 or 1st Floor | Project Work | ATS | |
3:00 | ||||
3:30 | ||||
4:00 | End | |||
1/13 Tue | 9:00 | Seeley Mudd 014 | Creating Web Sites 1 | Paul |
9:30 | ||||
10:00 | ||||
10:30 | Seeley Mudd 014 | Project Work | ATS | |
11:00 | ||||
11:30 | Seeley Mudd 014 | Project Discussion | Scott, Andy | |
12:00 | Valentine | Lunch | ||
12:30 | ||||
1:00 | Travel | Visit to USFWS | ||
1:30 | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service | Meet with Wildlife Biologists John McDonald and Paul O'Neil | Andy | |
2:00 | ||||
2:30 | Travel | Return from USFWS | ||
3:00 | Seeley Mudd 1st Floor | Project Work | ATS | |
3:30 | ||||
4:00 | End | |||
1/14 Wed | 9:00 | Seeley Mudd 002 | Introduction to Video Editing with Final Cut | Sara |
9:30 | ||||
10:00 | ||||
10:30 | Seeley Mudd 014 | Project Work | ATS | |
11:00 | ||||
11:30 | Seeley Mudd 014 | Project Discussion | Scott, Andy | |
12:00 | Valentine | Lunch | ||
12:30 | ||||
1:00 | Travel | Visit to Quabbin Reservation | ||
1:30 | Quabbin Reservation | Field Work | ||
2:00 | ||||
2:30 | ||||
3:00 | ||||
3:30 | Travel | Return from Quabbin Reservation | ||
4:00 | End | |||
1/15 Thu | 9:00 | Seeley Mudd 014 | Creating Web Sites 2 | Paul |
9:30 | ||||
10:00 | ||||
10:30 | Seeley Mudd 014 | Project Work | ATS | |
11:00 | ||||
11:30 | Seeley Mudd 014 | Project Discussion | Scott, Andy | |
12:00 | Valentine | Lunch | ||
12:30 | ||||
1:00 | Travel | Visit to Quabbin Reservation | ||
1:30 | Quabbin Reservation | Field Work | ||
2:00 | ||||
2:30 | ||||
3:00 | ||||
3:30 | Travel | Return from Quabbin Reservation | ||
4:00 | End | |||
1/16 Fri | 9:00 | Seeley Mudd 014 | Introduction to GIS 5: Using Raster Data (Quabbin Topographic and Terrain) | Andy |
9:30 | ||||
10:00 | ||||
10:30 | Seeley Mudd 014 | Project Work | ATS | |
11:00 | ||||
11:30 | Seeley Mudd 014 | Project Discussion | Scott, Andy | |
12:00 | Valentine | Lunch | ||
12:30 | ||||
1:00 | Travel | Visit to Quabbin Reservation | ||
1:30 | Quabbin Reservation | Field Work | ||
2:00 | ||||
2:30 | ||||
3:00 | ||||
3:30 | Travel | Return from Quabbin Reservation | ||
4:00 | End |
Week 3 | ||||
Day | Time | Where | Activity | Staff |
1/19 Mon | All Day | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | ||
1/20 – 1/23 Tue – Fri | 9:00 – 9:30 | Seeley Mudd 014 | Project Discussion | Scott, Andy |
All Day | Seeley Mudd 002, 014, or 1st Floor | Project Work | ATS | |
Quabbin | Field Work |