This lesson doesn't yet have any exercises. We will need to insert exercises about the content at several points (at least once in each episode).
Some suggested places for exercises (not all of these need to be used!):
The Introduction to Spatial Data episode has some bulleted lists of advantages and disadvantages of raster and vector data. These could be converted into a single discussion / exercise where a brief introduction to both data formats is given and then learners are paired and asked to compile a list of advantages and disadvantages of each. There would then be a full group discussion to compile the full list. This would be similar to the first exercise in the Ecology spreadsheets lesson in getting discussion going early in the workshop.
The sentence "Orange Peel Analogy: a datum is your choice of fruit to use in the orange peel analogy. Is the earth an orange, a lemon, a lime, a grapefruit?" could be converted into a short exercise / discussion.
The "Describing Coordinate Reference Systems" section contains information about three different CRS systems and interconversions among them. Could this be followed by an exercise/discussion in which learners identify which CRS would be most useful for different types of maps (e.g. I know that @annefou mentioned specific CRS constraints when working with data for Nordic countries).
In the third episode, the "GUI vs CLI" section could be framed as a discussion/exercise. Learners might be asked to list software that they use that is a GUI or to identify if they have used CLI tools. Then discuss advantages / disadvantages.
ErinBecker
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6 years ago
This lesson doesn't yet have any exercises. We will need to insert exercises about the content at several points (at least once in each episode).
Some suggested places for exercises (not all of these need to be used!):
The Introduction to Spatial Data episode has some bulleted lists of advantages and disadvantages of raster and vector data. These could be converted into a single discussion / exercise where a brief introduction to both data formats is given and then learners are paired and asked to compile a list of advantages and disadvantages of each. There would then be a full group discussion to compile the full list. This would be similar to the first exercise in the Ecology spreadsheets lesson in getting discussion going early in the workshop.
The sentence "Orange Peel Analogy: a datum is your choice of fruit to use in the orange peel analogy. Is the earth an orange, a lemon, a lime, a grapefruit?" could be converted into a short exercise / discussion.
The "Describing Coordinate Reference Systems" section contains information about three different CRS systems and interconversions among them. Could this be followed by an exercise/discussion in which learners identify which CRS would be most useful for different types of maps (e.g. I know that @annefou mentioned specific CRS constraints when working with data for Nordic countries).
Could we add an exercise around metadata? Similar to the exercise here: http://www.datacarpentry.org/spreadsheets-socialsci/01-format-data/#metadata.
In the third episode, the "GUI vs CLI" section could be framed as a discussion/exercise. Learners might be asked to list software that they use that is a GUI or to identify if they have used CLI tools. Then discuss advantages / disadvantages.