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All UTF class-related emails will be posted here for easy reference. They are listed in reverse chronological order, with the most recent first.
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Thursday, September 27; Subject: Schedule! and use wikis!
Hi Team 5,
It's been a whole week since my last email!
Upcoming Schedule:
Friday Sept 28- All teams at 26-100 - BE ON TIME!
Talk by Paul Rago from NOAA, on "Technical challenges and tradeoffs of managing
multispecies fisheries in the Northeast US".
Friday Sept 28- Alumni Mentor Dinner, 4-6 PM - Terrascope Room
There will be food. You know you want food.
There will be alumni mentors from previous years around. They are awesome.
Seriously. Paul Rago will also be available to talk about his presentation.
Saturday-Sunday, Sept 29-30
Library and GIS assignments due on Saturday.
Small meetings to prepare for Wednesday's presentation.
Monday October 1 - Teams 1, 2, 5 in 36-155
Building 36 is next to building 32. It will be much easier to hear one another,
etc.
Wednesday October 3 - Everyone at 32-123
Groups 1 and 2 presenting
Friday October 5 - Everyone at 32-123
Group 3 presenting
Wikis: (Wikis.mit.edu)
Try to get used to putting things up and using and commenting the wiki. I have
used wikis in several different contexts and they make sharing and editing
documents much easier, and I can try to help you out if you have questions.
From now on, I will be posting all of my team emails to the Wiki for easy
reference.
The wikis are easier to use if you set up a structure to them; either each
person with their own page(s) that they update, or different sections that each
person posts similar materials to (one page for current solution, one page for
recommended references, etc.). Anyone motivated should set this up for the
team; I won't be doing it for you. It is highly likely that the UTFs/staff
will be looking at the wikis to judge your individual participation, so get in
the habit of posting things. More details on this as they are decided.
If you have pages or test pages you want deleted, either shoot me an email with
the page title and location or change the page title to "Delete this" or
something.
Good luck and see you all tomorrow,
Kristin
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Wednesday, September 19; Subject: Friday - Wikis
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Cool article I came across on Yahoo! - It's a plan to help protect Hawaii's
coral reefs.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070918/ap_on_sc/debris_monitoring
Below is the description of the mini projects, also listed on the syllabus page
of the website (http://web.mit.edu/12.000/www/m2011/syllabus-class.html). Note
that the use of Powerpoint is encouraged, and you should focus on solutions.
The topics are purposely open-ended to encourage creative solutions.
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