Sense & Scale

A site to explore cultures, cities, and computing at varying senses and scales. Updated by Ar Ducao, with content from classes at NYU, MIT, CUNY and more.

Contact: see syllabi

Category: NYU

  • Announcements If I forget to start recording when a guest speaker begins, please remind me to press “RECORD!” Thanks in advance. The TCS department is asking students to fill out this survey on asynchronous learning options for future semesters: https://nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0jmCuZC2cEavqjX Guest speakers from Session 18 (Multi-sensory reading) have sent a…

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  • Job Training and Job Placement Many of these programs are completely free. Some take a percentage of your salary if it meets a certain threshold (e.g. $60k or more). The Knowledge House Innovation Fellowship is designed to promote technology-based career opportunities for NYC residents in the areas of web development,…

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  • Summer 2019Prof. Arlene Ducao, arlduc [at] nyu.eduWednesdays, 12:15-3:15 PMWallkill State Correctional Facility Overview This course will prepare students to write basic software and web pages, and it will introduce a full foundation of computer science and design coding concepts that can be applied to many kinds of technical projects. Students…

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  • WORKSHOP: Computer Code ConceptsThis workshop will introduce basic computer coding concepts that can be applied to a wide range of applications, from web development, to systems administration, to data science. Concepts include data types, data structures, syntax, tags, elements, attributes, functions, variables, expressions, inheritance, statements, and version control. No computers…

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  •  CSforAll, Group 1: Member Orgs CSforAll, Group 2: Commitments MIT CREATE Multimer / Associated Press BrainPOP  Extra Credit Group Project: NYU Activism 2017 Extra Credit Group Project: Boston Housing Authority 2007.08 (Arlene, demo map) 2008 (Evelyn) 2009 (Evelyn) 2010 (Steven) 2011.01 – 2011.06 (Zhenwen) 2011.07 – 2011.12 (Zhenwen) 2012 (Simin) 2013 (Simin) 2015 (Richelle) 2016_01 (Emilie,…

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  • Announcements The Extra Credit Post has been corrected with the right ESRI Map link. Spring 2019 Research Assistant Posting:  The Artist Archive Initiative at NYU seeks a graduate student Research Assistant for the Spring of 2019. The student will perform research on the artist Joan Jonas to develop information regarding curating and conserving her…

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  • Two Extra Credit Opportunities (will give you up to 5 extra points on your final grade) Successful completion of each opportunity will give you 2.5 extra credit points on your final grade–so completing both will give you almost half a letter grade! Please email me if you start working on…

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  • Announcements Story Map: Please request to join this ArcGIS group–we will try to get our Story Map up and running today: https://arcg.is/1ub1CS CARTO: If you haven’t already, sign up for a CARTO NYU account: https://nyu.carto.com/signup Access this map of Boston Housing Authority 2007 data Download this data set. Internship opportunity: The Metropolitan…

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  • Announcements If you haven’t already, please accept the invitation called “An invitation to join an ArcGIS Online organization, New York University – Data Services” in your mailbox. This will allow you to work in our class’s collaborative StoryMap today. Internship opportunity: The Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) is currently accepting…

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  • Announcements If you haven’t already, please accept the invitation called “An invitation to join an ArcGIS Online organization, New York University – Data Services” in your mailbox. This will allow you to work in our class’s collaborative StoryMap next week. Please take a look at your classmates‘ Phase 2 project…

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