1. DAY 2 – SMALL AGENDA: How to use R, a GIS and Niche Modeling (Anyone felt bit overloaded?)

2. DAY 3 – LOTS OF TIME TO LEARN TOOLS
However you best work!

3. PROJECTS: We Still Want You To Do A Project and Short Report
And you are still on for a Friday “lightening talk”

4. WORK IN GROUPS THAT MATCH YOUR LEARNING STYLE Groups of One? Fine!
Group of
5? OK!
(we suggest
2-3)

5. WHOSE DATA? Answer: We don’t care. Data you brought along. Data
you have or will collate during workshop. Data we provided. BUT….

6. Required A short written project proposal (SHORT! 300 words max)
Explaining:
the biological question(s) of interest
The data you will use and sources
The methods you will employ
And what (if anything) you have already accomplished
Due by end of day today.
With constructive comments from us by tomorrow

7. PROJECT PRESENTATIONS:
Based on number of groups, we’ll determine length of time of presentation
(by Thur. morning)
(bigger teams get more time - longer doesn’t nec. mean better)

8. WE ARE HERE TO FACILITATE AND HELP: THIS IS OUR ROLE TODAY-FRI.
We encourage you to: actively learn; seek our help; be collaborative; try new tools; push boundaries; work together within and across groups; spend time learning outside of 9-5pm; make this something useful to you!