The future of GIS in education and research (UCGIS, 2014)

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Kristin Bott

While proud families and supportive friends watched the Reed College Class of 2014 officially transition to alumni, I headed to Pasadena for the 2014 UCGIS* conference. As folks chatted at pre-conference workshops** and the opening reception, I slowly realized that Reed was the lone liberal arts college in attendance. The conference was the big schools, the big names, and … me. Continue reading →

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Workshop: Introduction to MATLAB

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Kristin Bott

As part of our spring Quantitative Research Skills Workshop Series, I held an introduction workshop for MATLAB this afternoon. The presentation was aimed at a completely näive audience — we covered some background of the program and its applications, walked through the interface, did some basic calculations, and heard from a Psychology faculty member who uses MATLAB on a regular basis as part of his neuroscience research. Some useful links, below. Continue reading →

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Workshop: LaTeX for Physics 202

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Kristin Bott

This afternoon I presented some basics of LaTeX (what is it, why would I not/want to use it, how do I use it) to Physics 200 students who were tasked with writing their lab reports using LaTeX.

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Workshop: Introduction to R

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Kristin Bott

Prepping for Paideia this year, I approached visiting professor Albert Kim about providing a quick one-hour introduction to R. R is the chosen platform for our introductory statistics course and is used by folks across all the sciences (social, physical, natural) across campus. Speaking with faculty and students over the past two years, I regularly hear requests for more R support.

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Workshop: Introduction to Stata

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Kristin Bott

My introduction to Paideia teaching was a grey Thursday in January 2013 — blessed be that first batch of students, for they were patient with the initial out-of-the-gates lecture, which I’ve since refined considerably. Continue reading →

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Workshop: Getting IN the map

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Kristin Bott

The more I work with all-things-spatial, the more I want to infuse this sort of work across campus — maps as data visualizations, spatial context as framing for questions and answers, spatial patterns as answers and questions.

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Meetups and language learning

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

Meetup is one of the websites that connect you with your neighbors. I have heard many students commenting on how they think having conversation partners or communities would help with their language acquisition, but they struggle to find people they could talk to using the target languages. Meetup is great in this sense, as “meetups are neighbors getting together to learn something, do something, share something” (quote from the Meetup website). Continue reading →

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Some Russian online resources

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

Here are a variety of online resources that may help you learn Russian.

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Learn Chinese with images

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

All about Chinese is unique. It is so special that I found myself scrolling through the pages, looking at the pictures and the words as if it had taken me back to my own college days. It has its innocence, simplicity, quietness, romance, cuteness, sweetness, and beauty. If you are also interested in painting and photography, I’m sure you will adore this site as much as I do. Below are some examples. (all images from allaboutchinese.tumblr.com) Continue reading →

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French Grammar Central

Posted on February 4, 2013 by

French Grammar Central is developed by Robert D. Peckham from University of Tennessee Martin. It is one of the most complete grammar study guides I have ever encountered.

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