Field Activity #3
1. Prior to this activity, how would you rank yourself in knowledge about the topic. (1-No Knowledge at all, 2-Very Little Knowledge, 3-Some knowledge, 4-A good amount of knowledge, 5-I knew all about this)
I was a 2. I have worked in a team collecting data points with a GPS before, but to do the same task without leadership, directions, or a working GPS left me with little knowledge of how to tackle the situation.
2. Following this activity, how would you rate the amount of knowledge you have on the topic:
I am now a 4. If I had known the class was going to suffer so much without leadership, I would have led us in finding a strategy for data collection ahead of time. If we are put into this situation again, I will be an effective attribute recorder and ensure that there are no information gaps.
3. Did the hands-on approach to this activity add to how much you were able to learn?
In hindsight, the hands-on method did help me learn, but it was not nearly as effective as it would have been had I known what the expectations were ahead of time.
4.What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
I would recommend giving more clear instructions prior to the day of data collection. Maybe have the class look at common professional data collection methods so that we have a clear idea of what needs to be done while we are in the field collecting data. Also, assigning a student leader to come up with a strategy for dividing the headstones for attribute collection would have been helpful. No one felt they had enough authority in week two of the class to assert that their idea was best, so we had no leadership.
Field Activity #4
I was a 3. The concept was simple enough, but it was difficult to visualize certain nuances of it before trying it.
2. Following this activity, how would you rate the amount of knowledge you have on the topic:
I am now a 5. I could definitely correct the errors and achieve much higher quality data if we were to do this again.
3. Did the hands-on approach to this activity add to how much you were able to learn?
Yes. I am a visual person, so seeing the actual terrain helped me understand the data sheet much more fully.
4.What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
I would recommend maybe having more sandboxes. Jesse and I only had last Wednesday as an option to work on this together, so we had to waith several hours for a box. We helped another group collect data during the class time and then we ended up staying after class for a few hours. It was getting dark by the time we finished and that may have hindered our data collection slightly because we had to rush. Also, it was a large setback only having two people. I would recommend not allowing groups of two in the future; add them to another group.
Field Activity #5
I was a 4. We had an excellent unit on interpolation methods in GIS II and it was also covered in Remote Sensing with Dr. Wilson.
2. Following this activity, how would you rate the amount of knowledge you have on the topic:
I am now a 5. I feel very confident with this.
3. Did the hands-on approach to this activity add to how much you were able to learn?
Yes. I am a visual person, so seeing the diagram explanations on the ESRI help online was great.
4.What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
This part went very smoothly, I think it was helpful being able to do make the maps immediately after class while there were other students from the class to figure things out with.
Field Activity #6
I was a 3. I had never done an azimuth survey before but I was familiar with the concept.
2. Following this activity, how would you rate the amount of knowledge you have on the topic:
I am now a 5. I feel very confident with this.
3. Did the hands-on approach to this activity add to how much you were able to learn?
Yes. The fact that we took data for ten trees helped me out too. Repetition is key!
4.What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
I think doing this earlier in the season before the leaves drop would make it easier to save face for self-appointed tree ID experts.
Field Activity #7
I was a 4. I had taught an orienteering class with similar compasses at a Nature Center but never relied so heavily on pacing for measurements.
2. Following this activity, how would you rate the amount of knowledge you have on the topic:
I am now a 5. I feel very confident with this.
3. Did the hands-on approach to this activity add to how much you were able to learn?
Yes.
4.What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
I liked it. I think the data distribution was a little bit rough, and people who had never taken GIS I were disadvantaged since they had no exposure to event layers.
Field Activity #8
I was a 3. I had never heard of a portable weather station before, and I don't have a smart phone or any mobile devices, so I am unused to using devices to collect data on the run.
2. Following this activity, how would you rate the amount of knowledge you have on the topic:
It didn't take long to catch on though. I am now a 5.
3. Did the hands-on approach to this activity add to how much you were able to learn?
Yes.
4.What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
Give more instruction on how to collect wind azimuth.
Arc Collector Individual Project
I was a 3.
2. Following this activity, how would you rate the amount of knowledge you have on the topic:
I am now a 5! That was a lot of points to collect, but I am happy with the amount of data I got and what I did with it.
3. Did the hands-on approach to this activity add to how much you were able to learn?
Yes.
4.What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
This was a good amount of instruction for an individual project.
Field Activity #11 (TopCon Survey)
I was a 4. I had used GPS units before, but never with a tripod like this.
2. Following this activity, how would you rate the amount of knowledge you have on the topic:
It didn't take long to catch on though. I am now a 5.
3. Did the hands-on approach to this activity add to how much you were able to learn?
Yes.
4.What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
Have a more extensive data collection. 19 points was not enough.
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