Meeting 3 Agenda

Meeting Info

• Zoom
• Monday, July 10 at 1pm

Objectives

• Concepts: Information/Data and Information Theory
• Define and discuss next Milestone

Activities

• Intern Reports:
  • Survey Questions / Google Doc for Collaboration
  • Suggestions/feedback in Draft Internship Communication \ Guidelines
  • Orientation materials collected / Dropbox
  • Mapping Exercise / Journal posts
• Discussion:
  • Information, Data, and Information Design
  • Chapter 2: The Language of Information, information in terms of data
  • Chapter 3: Mathematical Theory of Communication aka Information Theory
• Tools:
  • ArcGIS123

To-Do For Next Meeting

Re-Read: Floridi, Luciano. Information: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2010. Chapters 2 & 3 / PDFs here
* You will need your CUNYFirst login

Optional Reading: Dropbox Readings

Watch/Review (Suggested):

• Surveys and Questionnaires for UX Projects (Linked In Learning 1 Hour)
  • Sign in with your Public Library Card
• UX Foundations: Research Linked In Learning 1 Hour)
  • Sign in with your Public Library Card
• Silas Munro, “W.E.B. Du Bois’s Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America” (Vimeo 1 Hour)
  • “W. E. B. Du Bois’ Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life (1900)” The Public Domain Review, Source: Library of Congress.

Complete:

1. Finalize and test Survey Questions with your team
   • City Tech Orientation Experience – Questionnaire / Survey
   • Add survey to ArcGIS123
   • https://learn.arcgis.com/en/paths/try-survey123/
2. Week 3 Journal Entry: Create a Post using the Category: Journal. Your post will appear in the Journal category archive for review next week. If you need help, refer to OpenLab Help: Writing a Post, or reach out via Discord or email.
   Include the following:
   • Write a brief reflection on the readings/media
   • Finalize Mapping Exercise results
   • Share links to any web resources or tools you’ve found