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CSIG 2009 Recommended Reading Materials

“Informatics and the 2007-2008 Electronic Geophysical Year”.  Recommended reading for all participants.

Relationships between community actors in GIN (Geoscience Information Network), http://sites.google.com/site/usginhome/Home/documents.
Provided by Dr. Lee Allison, presenting on Community earth science informatics initiatives & their impact.  This lays out the vision and key elements of GIN.

Kepler website and getting started documentation,
https://kepler-project.org/users/documentation.
Provided by Ilkay Altintas, presenting on the Kepler Workflow System.

“Tectonic geomorphology of the San Andreas Fault zone from high resolution topography:  An example from the Cholame segment”.  Provided by Ramon Arrowsmith, presenting onEarthScope and LiDAR

“Final workshop report on Studying Earth Surface Processes with High-Resolution Topographic Data”, https://arrowsmith.blog.asu.edu/2009/04/15/final-workshop-report-on-studying-earth-surface-processes-with-high-resolution-topographic-data/
Provided by Dr. Ramon Arrowsmith (presenting onEarthScope and LiDAR),

“3-D Interdisciplinary Visualization:  Tools for Scientific Analysis and Communication”.  Provided by Dr. Debi Kilb, presenting on EarthScope data visualization and outeach.

“Research Methodologies in Science Education: Visualization and the Geosciences”, http://serc.carleton.edu/nagt/jge/columns/methodologies.html#v50p449
(Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 50, n. 4, p. 449).
Provided by Karin Kirk, presenting on Visualization Tools for the Classroom.
This article provides information about what methods are most useful in teaching students visualization skills, as well as what types of future research can ensure that accessible educational strategies will be effective for enhancing spatial and visualization skills.

“Teaching Geoscience with Visualizations:  Using Images, Animations, and Models Effectively”, http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/visualization/index.html
Provided by Karin Kirk, presenting on Visualization Tools for the Classroom.
This website from On the Cutting Edge contains pedagogic research about teaching with visualizations, tips for educators and extensive collections of geoscience visualizations and classroom activities that involve visualizations.

“Above the Clouds: A Berkeley View of Cloud Computing”,
http://d1smfj0g31qzek.cloudfront.net/abovetheclouds.pdf
Provided by Dr. Sriram Krishnan, presenting on Web Services and Catalog Services