Announcements: Class

• Intro Jamboard: PLEASE add your thoughts!
• Please remind me to press “RECORD” if needed.
• Midterm evaluation so far
• Phase 2 Suggestions
• Soul of Reason: Episodes that interest you?

Agenda

• U.S. Election Tech 2020: A Systems Approach, a voter/volunteer-eye view on election tech, cybersecurity, algorithmic bias
  • Your Turn: Jamboard on Election Tech
• If there’s time:
  • Resource of the day, Medical Bias Clips
  • Student Blog Spot Talk (chosen at random) 
  • Diversity and Design and accessibility

Assignments

• Due Thursday, 11/5: Phase 2, Blog Post #5. 
  • Please discuss the election technologies that most interest you. You can use the Election Tech resources discussed today and/or resources outside of class–just be sure to cite or link to any external resources. How do these election technologies impact issues of diversity?
  • Our guest speaker on Thursday is going to talk about remote work guidance for social justice, and anti-pollution advocacy work in Africa, Asia, and beyond. Please read her short piece on Remote Work Guidance before class.

Announcements + Extra Credit

• Events: 
  • 11/4: UN Internet Governance Forum: Safe digital spaces, a dialogue on countering cyberviolence
    • More upcoming UN IGF events on their YouTube channel
  • 11/4 – 11/6: CMD-IT Grad School Fair
  • 11/5: A Post-election Conversation on Race and Racism (NYU Libraries)
  • 11/9: Growing Resiliency Through Challenging Times: A Narrative Bridge Activity for NYU community members
• Reading:
  • Post-Election Programming and Resources (NYU Office of Global Inclusion)
  • Election night marks the end of one phase of campaign 2020 – and the start of another (Pew Research data piece)

Opportunities

• Sesame Workshop Writers’ Room fellowship applications open soon. 
• NYU Pipelines in Quantitative Aging Research Summer Program
• NYU Makerspace $50 Mini-Grants