Schedule of Camp Activities

5-Jul Orientation

• Introduction
• Design
• Problem Statement
• Bird facts
• Bird impressions vs. facts
• Bird types (migratory birds, endangered birds)
• Major flyways
• Design issues
• Word/Web/Power Point
• Prepare presentation
• Prepare group Web page

6-Jul Data collection

• Make inventory of birds (NJ Meadowlands birds, birds from other areas)
• Text descriptions
• Images
• Audio
• See how users search
• CAMPUS TOUR
• Excel/Web
• Update presentation and group Web page

7-Jul Data Organization, Representation and Analysis

• User search criteria
• Organize and prepare birds metadata
• Use of Excel
• Excel chart for data analysis
• Avian abundance study
• Update presentation and group Web page

10-Jul How Data can be Visualized

• Methods of navigation of contents
• What is GIS?
• Vector/Grid data
• Google Maps/Earth
• GIS/Interactive maps
• Update presentation and group Web page

11-Jul Google Maps

• How to specify location markers
• How to specify polylines
• GIS
• Update presentation and group Web page

12-Jul Field Trip

• Capture bird data (images, sounds) using mobile prototype
• Blog, mobile devices/GPS
• Update Presentation and Group Web page

13-Jul Multimedia data presentation

• Image data
• Audio data
• Basics of images
• Image mapping and hyperlinking
• Link the speech generation to the Web for text description
• Speech generation tool
• Update presentation and group Web page

14-Jul Integration

• Trail information in English, Spanish/others
• Record texts in a foreign language and make it available on the Web, and via PPt
• Language translator
• Update presentation and group Web page

17-Jul Integration/Wrap up

• Finalize group Websites
• Practice presentation
• Update presentation and group Web page

18-Jul Final Presentations

• Certificate award ceremony