Blog Post due by Friday, June 15: 

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 11th

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)
1:00 – 4:00 PM HMH 115
  • Project Charter discussions and feedback

Tuesday, June 12th

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 115
  • Tableau Part 1  with Ken Flerlage, Business Intelligence Functional Architect
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM HMH 115
  • Guest Speaker: Vanessa Massaro, Assistant Professor of Geography

Wednesday, June 13th

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

Thursday, June 14th

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM HMH 115
  • Tableau Part 2  with Ken Flerlage
4:00 PM- 5:00 PM Science Quad near Brawley Memorial
  • Weekly ice cream social for student researchers and mentors

Friday, June 15th

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

Building a Thoreau Timeline

Wiseman, Andrew. “When Maps Lie.” (optional)

Pick a project from this list of DH GIS Projects and analyze the project using our evaluation criteria.

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM HMH 115