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Open Workshops Schedule and Registration for Spring 2017

This Spring I will be offering expanded versions of the text-mining and digital mapping workshops I’ve offered in the past.  These 8 sessions are part of the Library’s Open Workshop series, which includes a wide variety of interesting and useful topics, from introductions to project management software, to hands-on experience creating meaningful infographics.

The text-mining series will focus on Python and meet on Tuesday afternoons in March.

The mapping workshops will focus on R and meet on Tuesday afternoons in April.

The link below contains a more detailed description of my sessions, as well as those taught by my colleagues.  If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me, beales@hawaii.edu, and if I cannot answer your questions, I will put you in touch with the faculty members who are running the workshop you are interested in.

http://uhmlibrary.libcal.com/calendar/openworkshops/?cid=5881&t=d&d=0000-00-00&cal%5B%5D=5881

Don’t wait to register!  Seats are already filling up!  We look forward to seeing you in the Library!

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(Three exclamation points in a row…  Prepare for punctuation police!)

Teaching at Rutgers

I’ve taught college classes in photography before, but after joining the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers I branched out to teach other subjects that, at their best, are also an interesting blend of the arts and sciences.

I’ve advised student groups on their Information, Technology and Informatics (ITI) capstone projects and I’m also teaching E-Commerce and Web Design classes for the department.   In addition to the ITI program courses I’m also teaching Public Speaking for the Department of Communication, which is one of the core courses for the College Avenue general education program.

 

 

Creative Writing Classes at the Library!

Several years ago I taught several fantasy/sci-fi creative writing classes at ASSETS Middle School in Honolulu.  Now that I’m back in NJ,  I’ve decided to begin offering the writing workshops at a few NJ public libraries starting this spring.

This image is all over the web, and I don't know who created it, but it is a great visual tool and basis for a graphic organizer.

There were two classes I really loved to teach.  The first was a broad literature review based upon the Hero’s Journey narrative structure that Joseph Campbell used to demonstrate the common themes in human mythology.   We read/watched selections of everything from The Hobbit to Princess Mononoke.  (We also read some actual mythology.)  Students then used their understanding of the story structure to write their own hero’s journey, and we all had a lot of fun using our imaginations.

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