Blog Post due by Friday, June 16: 

Required prompt: Draft a few paragraphs of text for the front page of your site. This should be an overview of your topic and include background leading up to your research question(s). Think of this as a more academic piece of writing in which you should cite outside sources.

Monday, June 12th

Readings:

Become Data Literate in 3 Simple Steps from the Data Journalism Handbook

Basic Steps in Working with Data from the Data Journalism Handbook

Optional:

What Not to Do (chapters 17 & 18) from Data + Design: A Simple Introduction to Preparing and Visualizing Information

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Library Lab 025 (Lower Level 1)

Tuesday, June 13th

Readings:

Friendly, Michael.  “A Brief History of Data Visualization” from Handbook of Data Visualization. (alternate link)

Which chart or graph is right for you?  This document provides more in-depth information about the various types of charts found on the “choose the right chart” page.

Additional Resources:

These are recommended resources/readings from Data + Design: A Simple Introduction to Preparing and Visualizing Information for those who are working on more data-intensive projects:

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Library Lab
  • Tableau Part 1  with Ken Flerlage

Wednesday, June 14th

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM  Library Lab
  • Workday Wednesday
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM  DSC

Thursday, June 15th

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Library Lab
  • Tableau Part 2  with Ken Flerlage

Homework for Monday, June 19th: Pick a project from this list of DH GIS Projects and analyze the project using our evaluation criteria.

Friday, June 16th

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM  Maker-E  (Dana 111) tour / playtime
  • Meet in the Library Lobby – we will walk to the Maker-E  together

For next week: Install Gephi on your computers