Announcements

• No break in this session. Please feel free to get up and use the restroom and/or get refreshments as needed.
• Reminder: Final Grade Checklist, see below
• Lower Eastside Girls Club looking for mentors in web programming, physical computing, and Unity/3d/Planetarium programming

Agenda

• 6:30-6:40 Announcements and Intros
• 6:40-7:05 Global Climate Change (Patrick & Neill)
• 7:05-7:30 Bangladesh Apparel Workers (Anneka)
• 7:30-7:55 Business Acquisitions (Sandra & Hovsep)
• 7:55-8:20 Voters & Elections (Sriya & Helen)
• 8:20-8:45 Prisons (Daniel)
• 8:45-9:10 How Smooth is Your Echo Chamber? (Sweta & Marijke)
• 9:10-9:20 Wrap-Up

Final Assignments

1. Final presentations today! Be prepared to present for 10-20 minutes, followed by 10-20 minutes of Q&A. I will issue a preliminary final grade on Monday, December 14.
2. Final Grade Checklist
   • Final presentation
   • URL to Interactive Visualization
   • Slideshow + 800 word paper + MLA bibliography of 5 works or more
   • 5 blog posts. If you have any unexcused absences, be sure to write an expanded post(s). Posts can include
     • Timeline.js experiments
     • Persona Design exercise and human-centered design
     • QGIS and threejs exercise
     • Your email about your final project (please post this to make it easier for me)
     • R exercise
     • Any physical computing experiments
     • Any other technical exercises
     • Any reflections on class and/or our guest speakers
3. Final Grades will be issued on December 21. You will have about a week to update your work between Dec 14 and Dec 21.