Blog Post due by Friday, June 14:
Video blog: Now that you’ve had a (brief) introduction to digital scholarship, record a 1-minute video about what the concept of digital scholarship means to you.
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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 10th
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 (HMH 113)
- Data Literacy with Ben Hoover, Agnes Jasinska, and Carrie Pirmann
- Video to watch together: Hans Rosling, “The best stats you’ve ever seen”
1:00 – 4:00 PM
- Independent work time
Tuesday, June 11th
Readings:
Friendly, Michael. “A Brief History of Data Visualization” from Handbook of Data Visualization. (alternate link)
Choose the Right Chart Type for your Data
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: Chapters 1, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14.
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM (HMH 113)
- Tableau Part 1 with Ken Flerlage, Assistant Director, Data Analytics
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- Independent work time
Wednesday, June 12th
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM (HMH 113)
- Tableau Part 2 with Ken Flerlage
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- Independent work time
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- BIPP Summer Picnic, Bucknell Farm
Thursday, June 13th
Readings:
Basics of Mapping for the Digital Humanities (you don’t need to do the geo-coding exercise)
Humanizing Maps: An Interview with Johanna Drucker
Wiseman, Andrew. “When Maps Lie.” (optional)
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Library Lab 025)
- Guest Speaker: Vanessa Massaro, Assistant Professor of Geography
- Timeline JS
- Storymap JS
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- Work Time
4:00 PM- 5:00 PM Science Quad near Brawley Memorial (Rain location: Humanities Center, Great Room)
- Weekly ice cream social for student researchers and mentors
Homework: Pick a project from this list of DH GIS Projects and analyze the project using our evaluation criteria.
Friday, June 14th
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Library Lab 025)
- Check in: be prepared to give us a 5 minute (or so) summary of your progress through Week 3
- Evaluation of DH/DS GIS-based projects
- ArcGIS Online with Janine Glathar, Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship Specialist for GIS
For Monday: Look at one of the digital storytelling projects listed below and evaluate it using our evaluation criteria: