Writing / Escribir
Escultura frente a la Casa Nariño, Bogotá, Colombia
Since I started becoming aware of my writing, I have collected the following written pieces that in one point or another have helped me. / Desde que
me volví consiente de mi escritura, he coleccionado los siguientes escritos.
Recommended books / Libros recomendados
Inspiring Editorials / Editoriales que inspiran
Related to Scientific Writing / Relacionado con escritura científica
Documentos desarrollados en el Semillero de Talentos Regionales de Colfuturo (solo en Español)
Recommended books / Libros recomendados
- Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writerby Roy Peter Clark
- Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
- The Elements of Style (4th Edition) by William Strunk and E.B. White
- On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser
- Writing Science: How to Write Papers That Get Cited and Proposals That Get Funded by Joshua Schimel
Inspiring Editorials / Editoriales que inspiran
- Want To Be Taken Seriously? Become a Better Writer (Dave Kerpen at LinkedIn)
- A 14-Minute Talk For Seniors: A Reflection on Spending Time (Lisa Baker)
Related to Scientific Writing / Relacionado con escritura científica
- The Science of Scientific Writing (American Scientist)
- Right your Writing (The Scientist)
- Guidelines for Writing Scientific Papers (Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, Canada)
- How to Write a Scientific Paper (Organization for Tropical Studies - USAP Course Book)
- Notes On Writing Papers And Theses (Ken Lertzman)
Documentos desarrollados en el Semillero de Talentos Regionales de Colfuturo (solo en Español)
Maps / Mapas
Given that I took my first GIS class in 2008, I have since then learned a thing or two about maps. I have collected the following documents to help in my map making skills.
- Color Brewer in Print: A Catalog of Color Schemes for Maps (Brewer, Cynthia A.; Hatchard, Geoffrey W.; Harrower, Mark A.) ... and they have a webpage: http://colorbrewer2.org/
- Fundamentals of Geospatial Analysis: Cartographic Design (John Fay and Pat Halpin at Duke University) PPT1 and PPT2
GIS for Fish and Wildlife Conservation
During the Fall 2012, Jane Argentina
(PhD Candidate with Dr. Paul Angermeier) and I taught an undergraduate course
titled "GIS for Fish and Wildlife Conservation".
Documents of interest
Stream Habitat Management
FIW 5814 "Course Description: Application of stream ecology, fish ecology, hydrology, and hydraulics to the protection, restoration, and enhancement of stream habitats and fauna. Major emphasis is on problem solving related to issues of stream habitat evaluation, inventory, instream flow, stream restoration, and watershed analysis. 3 credits" Instructor: Dr. Don Orth (http://fishwild.vt.edu/faculty/orth.htm)
For this class, I created a "State-of-Knowledge" Portfolio showing the major assignments that conduced to learning this semester. Continue here...
For this class, I created a "State-of-Knowledge" Portfolio showing the major assignments that conduced to learning this semester. Continue here...