April | 2019 | Sense & Scale

NYU D&T Session 23: Social Justice Walking Tour of Metrotech

Announcements Tandon Evaluation for this class: You will have time in class to complete your course evaluation today, May 8, and May 13. This Wednesday, 5/1: We will NOT MEET IN THE CLASSROOM on WEDNESDAY 5/1. Please go directly to Civic Hall, located at 118 W 22nd St 12th Fl, New York, NY 10011. (Civic […]

Civic Hall Ethical Data Collection, Spring 2019

Participating Organizations NYC City Council Center for Employment Opportunities NCTC Collaborative Docs Data Policies: Good Bits Data Policies: Not-So-Good Bits Further Resources Sample dataset Further Resources HIPAA De-Identification Standards Differential Privacy Harvard Differential Privacy Project Dworkin Video: Differential Privacy Video (Mathematical definitions) Dworkin Paper: A Firm Foundation for Private Data Analysis Sweeney Paper: k-ANONYMITY: A […]

NYU D&T Session 22: Visit to Futureworks Makerspace, Brooklyn Army Terminal

Announcements Today’s class will be at the Futureworks NYC Makerspace, located in the Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th Street Building B, Unit 1C. Because it’s a little tricky to find this location, we will meet in our classroom at 4:30 SHARP and leave together for the subway. If you encounter issues, please text your instructor (see your email for […]

NYU D&T Session 21: Starting to Finalize the Final

Announcements Questions for External Speakers will now be for assignments only. Slides from the NYU Safe Zone and Faith Zone presentations are now available. Extra Credit opportunities have been updated. Please let me know if you have any questions. Course Books have been updated. The External Speaker calendar has been updated with new events: a […]

NYU D&T Session 20: NYU Safe and Faith Zones

Announcements Please open and use Questions for External Speakers for the first part of today’s class. Agenda Safe Zone training Faith Zone training Assignments Blog Post, due Monday 4/22. Start to answer the following questions towards your final. We will discuss on Monday: What is your research question or research problem? Why is this a […]

D&T Final Project Requirements. Due: May 13

Blog Post Your Final blog post should be labeled “Final Project: [Name of your project]” and should include A link to an explainer video (2-5 minutes) about your project. We will go over basic video recording/editing techniques in class. You MUST submit the video by 4pm on May 13 so we can watch it in […]

NYU D&T Session 19: Human-Centered Planning, New Books, Prep for NYU Safe and Faith Zones

Announcements Final Project Brief now posted. Recurse Center Lightning Talk Tomorrow. Further RC questions? Feel free to email Rachel Vincent, rachel @ recurse.com. Wednesday’s class will be at NYU MAIN CAMPUS: NYU LGBTQ Student Center Lounge, 60 Washington Square South Room 602. I will email you my mobile phone number in case you have issues […]

NYU D&T Session 18: Visit to Recurse Center

Announcements Please open and use Questions for External Speakers for the first part of today’s class. At 5:25, we will walk to Recurse Center, 397 Bridge Street. Next Monday, 4/15: Observation Take 2, by Jonathan Bain. Next class: checking in regarding your Human-Centered Plan and interviews so far (we will use your blogs for reference). […]

NYU D&T Session 17: Human-Centered Resource Planning (continued); Preparing for Recurse Center

Announcements Slideshow from Joshua Ogure NYU Ally Week: upcoming One Zone trainings (note the Disability Zone training) Prototyping: NYU Software Options Poll for Final: Does anyone plan to pursue the writing-only option (and not build a prototype)? To ensure that we get to every project in our final class, I am leaning towards requiring a […]

NYU D&T Session 16: Guest Speaker Joshua Ogure; Human-Centered Resource Planning

Announcements TCS Spring Writing Awards. Let me know if you would like to be considered before the April 8 deadline. Last year’s prize was $200. Extra Credit: Roll Red Roll Update: Film ends on 4/4 (Thursday). If you’d like to go, please use code NYUSTUDENT for a discounted ticket, add your name to this signup […]