The new menu section “Resources” includes a page with the first global map generated by students in eosc114. The page outlines some ways of having fun exploring this map.

This is part one of a 6 part “mini-project”. The final part, towards end of term, will entail choosing one event from a previous short post and augmenting the information with “real” references and a short write-up emphasizing either “processes”, “consequences”, “forecasting”, or “mitigation”.

Students take an average of 32 minutes to generate their information, and the global map is generated in roughly 1/2 hour by …

• downloading data from our learning management system,
• anonymizing and translating results for input to a Google Fusion table with prepared information display formatting,
• transferring as a KML format into a new Google “MyMap”,
• making a few minor edits and formatting choices before “publishing” the map.

After refining this exercise and processing sequence, we will be adding a peer-review step. The plan is to have students assess the work of several of their colleagues, recommend adjustments (such as correcting lat/long errors, etc.), then resubmit their data before the final map is generated.

Our first result can be seen here.