Isabella's Weekly Reports

[isachira]

Weekly Report 2021-02-13

Summary of accomplishments.

Project/Task	Status
Independent work	Ongoing
Tutorials	0/8 completed
Client meeting	Started
Esri Credits	800.40/1000

Independent Work

Here you can itemize and/or describe the work you did this week, including:

• Formed and met with consultancy group (.75 hours)
• Searched for papers to use (and selected one with group) (.5 hours)
• Started Special Works Project 1 (listened to MP3 file, researched for possible article/datasets) (1.5 hours)

Be sure you include a little summary with each task completed. It will help you write your final report. Also, try to estimate (or account) for the amount of time you spent on each activity.

Projects

Here you can discuss the current status of your projects. You may create headings to organize your project. Note the hierarchy with the hash level, # (heading lv 1), ## (heading lv 2), ### (heading lv 3), #### (heading lv 4)

Consider also including a time table for each project you are working on. See below for an example.

Time Table.

#	Milestone	Description	Status	Deadline
1	Form consultancy	I got my team together.	COMPLETE	2/8/21
2	Choose a paper	We have met as a team and selected a paper to use for our project.	COMPLETE	2/11/21
3	Create website and schedule for project	Talking over w/ team on who's doing what	NOT STARTED	2/11/21

This week's challenges

• Further familiarizing myself with ArcGIS Pro and introducing myself to Modelbuilder
• Developing a mutually advantageous schedule with my consultancy group to develop our project and find a hard deadline

If you are up to the task, create separate issues for these challenges and link to them here. Remember, issues can be commented on by anyone, including your instructor. This is a great way to reach out for help or poll the class for advice.

For example, maybe you are having trouble finding data for the Client Meeting.

You can drag-and-drop images (such as screenshots) into the comments section to help provide context. You can also link to any media on the web. See here for instructions on linking to images on Wikipedia, Dropbox, and Google Drive.

To-do items

• [x] Finish Special Works Project 1!
• [ ] Finish Geoethics slideshow and listen to a podcast
• [x] Develop schedule for project with consultancy group

Of course, replace the "#" marks in the markdown with real weblinks.

[dt-woods]

Looks good, Isabella. If you get the chance to delete out the placeholder text from the example report, it would help me with reading your reports.

[isachira]

Weekly Report 2021-02-21

Summary of accomplishments.

Project/Task	Status
Independent work	Ongoing
Tutorials	0/8 completed
Client meeting	Started
Esri Credits	800.40/1000

Independent Work

• Met with consultancy group to establish name, logo, website, and tentative schedule (1 hour)
• Caught up on Youtube Videos (Course Evaluations, Weekly Check-ins, Time Management etc.) (1 hour)
• Worked on Special Projects 1 (1.5 hours)
• Found and shared Method of the Week (.5 hours)

Projects

Time Table.

#	Milestone	Description	Status	Deadline
1	Analyze paper	Get deeper into the paper my group has chosen	NOT STARTED	2/21/21
2	Start looking into replicability	Begin to assess methodology and replicability of paper.	NOT STARTED	2/21/21
3	Consultancy Project Deadline	Get it all done by the deadline!	STARTED	3/25/21

This week's challenges

• I had a busy week and didn't get as much done as I would have liked. I think next week I'd like to focus on honing my GIS skills through tutorials and maybe SWP2. My consultancy group did make good progress on starting our project, however, and I'm excited for us to continue our work next week!

To-do items

• [x] Begin working through tutorials (try to get 2 done by next week!)
• [x] Finish Geoethics slideshow and listen to a podcast
• [ ] Start Special Works Project 2
• [x] Start concrete work on Consultancy Project

[isachira]

Weekly Report 2021-02-28

Summary of accomplishments.

Project/Task	Status
Independent work	Ongoing
Tutorials	1/8 completed
Client meeting	Started
Esri Credits	800.40/1000

Independent Work

• Met with consultancy group to establish schedule and begin working on website & video (1.5 hours)
• Listened to Podcast (Episode 648) (1 hour)
• Completed tutorial (Query a Feature Layer) (.5 hours)
• Thought about and shared Question of the Week (.5 hours)

Projects

Time Table.

#	Milestone	Description	Status	Deadline
1	Developed Schedule	Created a tentative schedule to follow with consultancy group	STARTED	2/26/21
2	Start blog post & video	Develop blog post and script for first video	STARTED	2/27/21
3	Consultancy Project Deadline	Get it all done by the deadline!	STARTED	3/25/21

This week's challenges

• Learning the most efficient way to write down my work process so that I can convert it into a user-friendly blog format.

To-do items

• [ ] Continue working through tutorials
• [ ] Start Special Works Project 2
• [ ] Continue work on Consultancy Project/film introduction video

[dt-woods]

I look forward to hearing about how you address this week's challenge. Is your team working together on the blog or will you each be responsible for your own entries?

[isachira]

Weekly Report 2021-03-07

Summary of accomplishments.

Project/Task	Status
Independent work	Ongoing
Tutorials	2/8 completed
Client meeting	Started
Esri Credits	800.40/1000

Independent Work

• Worked on consultancy project, developing presentations for video, writing script and blog (1.5 hours)
• Completed tutorial (Add a Vector Tile Layer) (.5 hours)
• Started work on Special Work Project 2 (1.5 hours)

Projects

Time Table.

#	Milestone	Description	Status	Deadline
1	Keeping on Schedule	Created a tentative schedule to follow with consultancy group	ONGOING	2/26/21
2	Start blog post & video	Develop blog post and script for first video	ONGOING	2/27/21
3	Consultancy Project Deadline	Get it all done by the deadline!	STARTED	3/25/21

This week's challenges

• Time management! Maintaining this class's work with midterm season has definitely been a challenge the past two weeks.
• Beginning to think about how my group is going to present our article during our client meeting.

To-do items

• [ ] Continue working through tutorials
• [ ] Continue working on Special Works Project 2
• [ ] Continue work on Consultancy Project/film videos

[isachira]

Weekly Report 2021-03-14

Summary of accomplishments.

Project/Task	Status
Independent work	Ongoing
Tutorials	2/8 completed
Client meeting	Started
Esri Credits	800.40/1000

Independent Work

• Worked on consultancy project: finished presentation, wrote script, recorded video and began gathering data files (2 hours)
• Continued work for Special Work Project 2 (1.5 hours)
• Found and wrote about Vocab Word of the Week (.5 hours)
• Wrote weekly blog for consultancy project (1 hour)

Projects

Time Table.

#	Milestone	Description	Status	Deadline
1	Keeping on Schedule	Continued to follow schedulewith consultancy group	ONGOING	2/26/21
2	Start blog post & video	Develop blog post and script for second (data) video	ONGOING	2/27/21
3	Consultancy Project Deadline	Get it all done by the deadline!	STARTED	3/25/21

This week's challenges

• Time management! Finding a time that works for everybody's schedule is difficult, and so is staying on long-term tasks when there are more pressing deadlines occurring. This is my last week of midterms, however, so I think I'll have an easier time in the coming weeks.

To-do items

• [ ] Continue working through tutorials
• [ ] Continue working on Special Works Project 2
• [ ] Continue work on Consultancy Project/film videos

[isachira]

Weekly Report 2021-03-21

Summary of accomplishments.

Project/Task	Status
Independent work	Ongoing
Tutorials	2/8 completed
Client meeting	In Progress
Esri Credits	800.40/1000

Independent Work

• Processed data for project and filmed data video for Client Meeting (1.5 hours)
• Continued work for Special Work Project 2 (.5 hours)
• Found and wrote about Data Share of the Week (.5 hours)
• Began working on geoethics section of project (1 hour)

Projects

Time Table.

#	Milestone	Description	Status	Deadline
1	Keeping on Schedule	Continued to follow schedule with consultancy group	ONGOING	2/26/21
2	Start blog post & video	Film second data video	COMPLETED	2/27/21
3	Consultancy Project Deadline	Get it all done by the deadline!	STARTED	3/25/21

This week's challenges

• Preparing a script/what we want to say for our client meeting to best articulate how we want to present our project/article.

To-do items

• [ ] Continue working through tutorials
• [ ] Continue working on Special Works Project 2
• [ ] Finish consultancy project and do well in the client meeting!

[isachira]

Weekly Report 2021-03-28

Summary of accomplishments.

Project/Task	Status
Independent work	Ongoing
Tutorials	2/8 completed
Client meeting	Completed!
Esri Credits	800.40/1000

Independent Work

• Wrote Geoethics section for website (1 hour)
• Worked on progress script section for website with consultancy group (2 hours)
• Wrote script for client meeting and practiced with group (1 hour)
• Successfully executed client meeting! (.5 hours)

Projects

Time Table.

#	Milestone	Description	Status	Deadline
1	Keeping on Schedule	Continued to follow schedule with consultancy group	COMPLETED	3/25/21
2	Finish Special Works Project 2	Finish SWP2 and start other project	ONGOING	3/26/21
3	Start Metadata	Start going through metadata on ArcGIS Online	STARTED	3/26/21

This week's challenges

• We had some technical challenges right before our client meeting, but thankfully we figured them out minutes before the meeting started! Overall, I think we did a really good job explaining our progress to our client as well as answering the questions she had. I'm really proud of our group for the work we did and I'm excited to start on the podcast soon!

To-do items

• [ ] Continue working through tutorials
• [ ] Finish working on Special Works Project 2
• [ ] Start metadata!

[isachira]

Weekly Report 2021-04-04

Summary of accomplishments.

Project/Task	Status
Independent work	Ongoing
Tutorials	4/8 completed
Client meeting	Completed!
Esri Credits	800.40/1000

Independent Work

• Completed two tutorials (1 hour)
• Continued working on Special Works 2 (1 hour)
• Started Special Works 3 (1.5 hours)

Projects

Time Table.

#	Milestone	Description	Status	Deadline
1	Continue with Special Works Projects	Continue working on SWP	ONGOING	4/4/21
2	Finish Special Works Project 2	Finish SWP2 and start other project	ONGOING	3/26/21
3	Start Metadata	Start going through metadata on ArcGIS Online	STARTED	3/26/21

This week's challenges

• I got exposed to COVID this past week and felt pretty overwhelmed because of that, and I didn't get to do the work that I wanted to. I tested negative, however, and am feeling much more confident now! I've had to shift my schedule but I still think it's pretty manageable. I hope you had a great Easter weekend!

To-do items

• [ ] Continue working through tutorials
• [ ] Continue Special Works 3
• [ ] Start metadata!

[isachira]

Weekly Report 2021-04-11

Summary of accomplishments.

Project/Task	Status
Independent work	Ongoing
Tutorials	4/8 completed
Client meeting	Completed!
Esri Credits	800.40/1000

Independent Work

• Started working on notebooks - completed first three (2 hours)
• Listened to student podcast (30 minutes)
• Catch up on Youtube videos (1 hour)

Projects

Time Table.

#	Milestone	Description	Status	Deadline
1	Continue with Special Works Projects	Continue working on SWP	ONGOING	4/4/21
2	Finish Special Works Project 2	Finish SWP2 and start other project	ONGOING	3/26/21
3	Start Metadata	Start going through metadata on ArcGIS Online	STARTED	3/26/21
4	Work on Notebooks	Start working on notebooks, developing python skills	ONGOING	4/11/21

This week's challenges

• I had a pretty good week. Getting back into Python is super exciting! I've been putting Special Works Projects on the backburner though, so I need to start getting back into them to prepare for the final meeting.

To-do items

• [ ] Continue working through tutorials
• [ ] Continue Special Works projects, developing solutions
• [ ] Start metadata!
• [ ] Continue working on notebooks

[isachira]

Weekly Report 2021-04-18

Summary of accomplishments.

Project/Task	Status
Independent work	Ongoing
Tutorials	6/6 completed
Client meeting	Completed!
Esri Credits	800.40/1000

Independent Work

• Completed two tutorials--all six completed! (2.5 hours)
• Completed three more notebooks--three left (2.5 hours)
• Read about metadata, started assessing items on AGOL in preparation for updating metadata (45 mins)
• Started considering geoethics podcast, considering what I want to talk about (30 mins)

Projects

Time Table.

#	Milestone	Description	Status	Deadline
1	Continue with Special Works Projects	Continue working on SWP	ONGOING	4/4/21
2	Finish Special Works Project 2	Finish SWP2 and start other project	ONGOING	3/26/21
3	Start Metadata	Start going through metadata on ArcGIS Online	STARTED	3/26/21
4	Work on Notebooks	Start working on notebooks, developing python skills	ONGOING	4/11/21

This week's challenges

• It's very interesting to see how coding/Python is used in GIS/AGOL. It's kind of like an intersect of two skills I've only previously used separately, and it's really interesting to consider and learn to use them together to deepen my analyses. Also, prepping myself for a busy week in this class! My goal is to make some serious headway on SWP in the coming week in preparation for the final meeting!

To-do items

• [ ] Continue Special Works projects, developing solutions
• [ ] Start metadata!
• [ ] Continue working on notebooks
• [ ] Start podcast with group

[isachira]

Weekly Report 2021-04-25

Summary of accomplishments.

Project/Task	Status
Independent work	Ongoing
Tutorials	6/6 completed
Client meeting	Completed!
Esri Credits	800.40/1000

Independent Work

• Working on Special Works Projects (5 hours)
• Researching and posting Geoethics concern of the week (.5 hours)

Projects

Time Table.

#	Milestone	Description	Status	Deadline
1	Continue with Special Works Projects	Continue working on SWP	ONGOING	4/4/21
3	Start Metadata	Start going through metadata on ArcGIS Online	STARTED	3/26/21
4	Work on Notebooks	Start working on notebooks, developing python skills	ONGOING	4/11/21

This week's challenges

• I've been collaborating with my project group a lot for the SWP, which I've found to be super helpful! I am stressed about time management though, and finding solutions for the projects before the final meeting. I also know that I need to finish my metadata work and the notebooks, so that's my plan for this week.

To-do items

• [ ] Continue Special Works projects, developing solutions
• [ ] Start metadata!
• [ ] Continue working on notebooks
• [ ] Start podcast with group

[isachira]

Weekly Report 2021-05-02

Summary of accomplishments.

Project/Task	Status
Independent work	Ongoing
Tutorials	6/6 completed
Client meeting	Completed!
Esri Credits	800.40/1000

Independent Work

• Working on Special Works Projects (3 hours)
• Research for podcast/beginning of script (1.5 hours)

Projects

Time Table.

#	Milestone	Description	Status	Deadline
1	Continue with Special Works Projects	Continue working on SWP	ONGOING	4/4/21
3	Start Metadata	Start going through metadata on ArcGIS Online	STARTED	3/26/21
4	Work on Notebooks	Start working on notebooks, developing python skills	ONGOING	4/11/21

This week's challenges

• Last week of classes! Time management is a big struggle as the crunch for finishing the semester begins to build. I keep forgetting to work on my metadata--so that's what I need to do this week for sure.

To-do items

• [ ] Complete metadata
• [ ] Finish notebooks
• [ ] Record podcast

[isachira]

Weekly Report 2021-05-09

Summary of accomplishments.

Project/Task	Status
Independent work	Ongoing
Tutorials	6/6 completed
Client meeting	Completed!
Esri Credits	800.40/1000

Independent Work

• SWP (2 hours)
• Wrote script and recorded podcast (2 hours)
• Completed metadata (1 hour)
• Completed notebooks (1.5 hours)

Projects

Time Table.

#	Milestone	Description	Status	Deadline
1	Continue with Special Works Projects	Continue working on SWP	ONGOING	4/4/21
3	Start Metadata	Start going through metadata on ArcGIS Online	FINISHED	3/26/21
4	Work on Notebooks	Start working on notebooks, developing python skills	FINISHED	4/11/21

This week's challenges

• The special works projects have really been testing my GIS skills, but collaborating with other students has proven to be super helpful and I'm really grateful that this class encourages teamwork!

To-do items

• [ ] Record demo
• [ ] Finish developing methods for SWPs
• [ ] Fill out performance accomplishment sheet
• [ ] final meeting!