CU Science Update
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Final Project Report
I. Title of the project and URL
CU Science Update
http://cuscienceupdate.coloradodjlabs.org
II. Members, classifications and emails
1. Ina Damm Muri: inadmuri@gmail.com, Grad Student
2. Haley Fritzen: haley927@hotmail.com, Undergrad
3. Heather Hansman: hhansman@gmail.com, Grad Student
4. Kylee Perez: Kylee.Perez@colorado.edu, Grad Student
III. Division of Labor (who did what?)
Ina-Dino dung stories
Haley-Chasing hurricanes stories
Heather-Site building and design
Kylee-River delta stories
IV. Resources (a list of sources with contact information, research materials, major electronic resources used, etc.)
CU Science Update
Podcasts
Chasing Hurricanes
- For the chasing hurricanes segment, the main focus was the video with Dr. Joshua Wurman. He is the President of the Center for Severe Weather Research in Boulder. He is also featured on the Discovery Channel's reality program Storm Chasers. Dr. Wurman provided the interview for the video and the pictures for the tornado photo gallery.
- The map of the United States features some of the most impacting tornadoes and hurricanes in US history. Information for the storms was mostly gathered on Wikipedia and from sites like this: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/history.shtml from NOAA.
- The photos in the gallery on Hurricane Ike were provided by Dr. Katja Friedrich, an ATOC faculty member at CU-Boulder.
- The following links also provide information on hurricanes and tornadoes:
Center for Severe Weather Research
CU Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
The National Center for Atmospheric Research
National Science Foundation
National Weather Service
River Deltas
Most of the information for this story came from Irina Overeem and her published papers.
-The map of River Deltas came from the paper LAND-OCEAN INTERACTIONS IN THE COASTAL ZONE (LOICZ).
-The major obstacle in this story is not being able to go to
any of these deltas to see firsthand what Overeem was talking
about, or to get any multimedia elements.
The Army Corps of Engineers
Irina Overeem's INSTAAR website
The Louisiana State Department of Natural Resources Office of Coastal Management Page
Dino Dung
CU Science Update
http://cuscienceupdate.coloradodjlabs.org
II. Members, classifications and emails
1. Ina Damm Muri: inadmuri@gmail.com, Grad Student
2. Haley Fritzen: haley927@hotmail.com, Undergrad
3. Heather Hansman: hhansman@gmail.com, Grad Student
4. Kylee Perez: Kylee.Perez@colorado.edu, Grad Student
III. Division of Labor (who did what?)
Ina-Dino dung stories
Haley-Chasing hurricanes stories
Heather-Site building and design
Kylee-River delta stories
IV. Resources (a list of sources with contact information, research materials, major electronic resources used, etc.)
CU Science Update
Podcasts
Chasing Hurricanes
- For the chasing hurricanes segment, the main focus was the video with Dr. Joshua Wurman. He is the President of the Center for Severe Weather Research in Boulder. He is also featured on the Discovery Channel's reality program Storm Chasers. Dr. Wurman provided the interview for the video and the pictures for the tornado photo gallery.
- The map of the United States features some of the most impacting tornadoes and hurricanes in US history. Information for the storms was mostly gathered on Wikipedia and from sites like this: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/history.shtml from NOAA.
- The photos in the gallery on Hurricane Ike were provided by Dr. Katja Friedrich, an ATOC faculty member at CU-Boulder.
- The following links also provide information on hurricanes and tornadoes:
Center for Severe Weather Research
CU Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
The National Center for Atmospheric Research
National Science Foundation
National Weather Service
River Deltas
Most of the information for this story came from Irina Overeem and her published papers.
-The map of River Deltas came from the paper LAND-OCEAN INTERACTIONS IN THE COASTAL ZONE (LOICZ).
-The major obstacle in this story is not being able to go to
any of these deltas to see firsthand what Overeem was talking
about, or to get any multimedia elements.
The Army Corps of Engineers
Irina Overeem's INSTAAR website
The Louisiana State Department of Natural Resources Office of Coastal Management Page
Dino Dung
Most of the information came from the interview with Dr. Karen Chin. Because she is a professor, I am a student, and the we were in the midst of finals it was difficult to schedule the interview. But after the interview it finally came together. Luckily Dr. Chin has a lot of her fossils in her office so I really got to see and get a detailed explanation of what her research is about. Otherwise, her web site, the CU Paleontology web site, and the CU's Museum of Natural History web site was very helpful.
All About Dinosaurs
Karen Chin's Website
V. Strengths of the Project
We managed to cover a lot of ground and provide multimedia content about a variety of interesting projects going on at CU. Our stories were diverse and detailed, and ranged from quizzes to videos to timelines. We presented them in an organized, clean, easy-to-navigate manner and made they interesting and interactive. Because we were each responsible for a separate segment we had very little conflict over direction and content. It came together pretty smoothly.
VI. Weaknesses of the Project
Because we were working autonomously there is some inconsistency in the content. The individual pages are a bit different from each other, so there is some visual and content-based disparity. Working in a group was difficult because we are all very busy and never actually found the time to meet as a whole group. Because we didn't have a lot of time with each other in person, most of our communication was through email. And communication via email isn't the best way to create a cohesive group project. Working autonomously also negated the idea that journalism is
becoming more of a collaborative effort. We didn't really bounce ideas or problems off each other but more just put individualized content onto the same space.
VII. Lessons Learned (positive and negative)
Start working way before you think you need to.
Communication is key.
Dreamweaver is complicated
Creating a map and a timeline was a lot easier than I first thought. What I thought would be the easiest turned out to be the most difficult. I wanted to have a rolling slideshow with a little text following the picture, and I figured out that I could do that in Adobe Fireworks. But somehow I could not figure out how to export the file and send it. I tried opening it in different other programs such as dreamweaver or flash, but these programs recreated the format of the pictures. Even though I did not get my slideshow I think the pictures look good where they are in the article.
All About Dinosaurs
Karen Chin's Website
V. Strengths of the Project
We managed to cover a lot of ground and provide multimedia content about a variety of interesting projects going on at CU. Our stories were diverse and detailed, and ranged from quizzes to videos to timelines. We presented them in an organized, clean, easy-to-navigate manner and made they interesting and interactive. Because we were each responsible for a separate segment we had very little conflict over direction and content. It came together pretty smoothly.
VI. Weaknesses of the Project
Because we were working autonomously there is some inconsistency in the content. The individual pages are a bit different from each other, so there is some visual and content-based disparity. Working in a group was difficult because we are all very busy and never actually found the time to meet as a whole group. Because we didn't have a lot of time with each other in person, most of our communication was through email. And communication via email isn't the best way to create a cohesive group project. Working autonomously also negated the idea that journalism is
becoming more of a collaborative effort. We didn't really bounce ideas or problems off each other but more just put individualized content onto the same space.
VII. Lessons Learned (positive and negative)
Start working way before you think you need to.
Communication is key.
Dreamweaver is complicated
