#Scholarly Communications ##Workshop Series (Fall 2015)
###Sessions:
- 9/18, 25; 10/2, 9, 23, 30; 11/6, 13, 20; 12/4
###Introduction to GIS using ArcGIS Online ####Friday, DATE
- Lindsey Fox
A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a suite of mapping software and technology that is used to create, store, change, analyze, and display geographically referenced data. The first portion of this workshop will explore the basics of GIS including: types of data, analysis, and terminology. The second portion of this workshop will show you how to create a basic map using ArcGIS online.
###Introduction to Editing Wikipedia ####Friday, DATE
- Ed Warga
Wikipedia is the premier reference source of our era. But who writes its articles? How does the editorial process work? In this session, we'll teach you everything you need to know to become a productive editor of Wikipedia. Learn how to create an account, add to existing articles, comment and pose questions on talk pages, and even create your own articles. We'll also suggest how to incorporate Wikipedia into your pedagogy and scholarship.
###Introduction to Network Analysis using Neo4j ####Friday,
- Suellen Stringer-Hye
Networks are everywhere these days - Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter are all networks of one form or another. In this session, we'll teach you how to analyze networks using the open source graph database Neo4J. We will show you how to set up a sample social network, analyze the relations between its members, and visualize the results using a simple query language called Cypher. You'll leave with the ability to analyze simple networks and with the tools you'll need to develop more complex projects.
###Introduction to GitHub as an Educational Technology ####Friday,
- Cliff Anderson & Ramona Romero
Among other things, GitHub is a social network for computer programmers. But GitHub is also a fantastic educational technology. In this session, we'll introduce you to git, the distributed version control system that powers GitHub. We'll show you how to set up an account with GitHub and collaborate with others on projects. You will learn the basics of Markdown, the simple markup language used to communicate on GitHub. We'll talk about the uses of GitHub in the classroom, the sciences, and the digital humanities. If you're brave, we'll even get into advance topics like branching and forking. By the end of the session, you'll be ready to create repositories and collaborate with scholars around the interwebs.
###Working with Data Using APIs and Other Tools ####Friday,
- Morgan Daniels and ...
- There is an enormous amount of data available on the Internet to download, combine, and analyze. It can be difficult, though, to bring together data in different formats, from different sources, for analysis. In this session, we will try out tools for working with data from websites, in formats like .xls, .csv, and .pdf, using APIs and other tools.*
- Suellen
- Morgan Daniels
- Data visualization can help you turn your research data into an easily interpreted, compelling story. In this workshop, we will load datasets into several visualization tools to explore their benefits for different research needs.*
- Cliff Anderson
###Scholar WebSites..WordPress
*Suellen Stringer-Hye
###Automation, the Internet, and YOU!
- Ed Warga
- This workshop explores automating tasks. Receive alerts if it's raining. Post articles with certain tags to your blog or Twitter feed automatically. Control the Internet of things. We will test one particular automation application - IFTTT, discuss possible uses in various workflows (research, social media, personal), and practice using the app to create programs to automate tasks.
###Communicating Cryptographically with Public/Private Key Encryption
Zotero? JSON? Data MashUps? API? Maker -- Arduino -- Internet of things
Podcasting? -- three hour workshop?