Keywords: Metadata, Bit, API, Hacktivism
This module investigates how and why data is tracked in various forms of surveillance.
Featured Image: “Binary 1 0 Computer Code” by Pete Linforth on Pixabay.
| Th 10/27 | What is data? What is a moment? | Read / Discuss passage from Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway.
Think / Pair / Share: Discuss a time when you discovered something you knew was right turned out to be wrong. |
Rushkoff, “Fact” and “Complexity” Program or Be Programmed. | Pick data-tracking app for your final project. |
| 11/1-11/5 | NO CLASS, Professor at conference. | |||
| T 11/8 | Discuss Project 3.
Play: nGrams, Word Cloud Visualize: Data and Metadata / Twitter metadata..
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Kieran Healy “Using Metadata to Find Paul Revere”
Pamela Vaughan, “How Google Search Works” |
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| Th 11/10 | What do they know about us? | Watch in class: Mr. Robot “eps1.0_hellofriend.mov”
Discussion: Hacktivism. |
No Reading | Third Blog Due by Midnight. |
| T 11/15 | Present data-tracking update. | No Reading | Apply for your Facebook data for next week. | |
| Th 11/17 | How is data exchanged online? | Review: Look at your Facebook data. What surprised you?
Exercise: Facebook Privacy Audit. Discussion: APIs |
API Evangelist, “Personal APIs are Not Just a Local Destination…” | |
| 11/20-11/25 | NO CLASS, Thanksgiving Break |
| T 11/29 | Takeaways / DTC as Major. | Think / Pair / Share: Write out the 3 most important thinks you learned from Rushkoff.
Discuss: Computer Science and DTC |
Rushkoff, “Openness” and “Purpose” Program or Be Programmed. | |
| Th 12/1 | Prepare for the Final. | Present: Rough Drafts of Your Poster. | No Reading | |
| T 12/5 | Poster Session in the CMDC. Final Day of Class. | Digital File of Poster Due to Me by Midnight |
Project 3: Data Tracking
DUE: 10/25/2016
Choose: Decide which popular data-tracking application you want to use. Some examples include FitBit, 500 words, Strava.
Collect: Data for a week. Create visualizations of your data either in the app itself or on a spreadsheet program like Excel or Google Spreadsheets.
Design: Create a digital poster using PowerPoint or, if you know how to use it, Photoshop. The poster must include a reflection on the usefulness of the application, as well as your future plans with regard to what you want to improve.
Print: Use the poster printers in BCU or at CougPrints. Be sure to give yourself enough time to print properly (usually at least a weekend) and make sure of the prices before you decide to print.
Contextualize and Connect: to readings by either Healey, API Evangelist, or Rushkoff.
Grading: Grading is based upon individual projects and determined according to the rubric listed below.
Rubric (75 pts for Information, Data; 50 pts for Conventions)
| Needs Work | Criteria | Exceeds Standards |
| Information Literacy: Attentiveness to collecting and organizing data. | ||
| Data Awareness: Discussion of the usefulness of your application. | ||
| Conventions: Includes the design of the poster and the professionalism of the presentation. |