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)
- Data Literacy with Jill Hallam-Miller, Ben Hoover, and Carrie Pirmann
- Video to watch together: Hans Rosling, “The best stats you’ve ever seen”
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:
- Chapter 1: Basic Data Types
- Chapter 6: Finding External Data
- Section 3: Preparing Data (especially chapters 7, 8, and 10)
- Chapter 12: Deciding Which and How Much Data to Illustrate
- Chapter 14: Anatomy of a Graphic
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
- Exploring other data visualization tools
- Dataviz.tools
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