Announcements

• Now in D&T menu: schedule for rest of semester
• Reminder: Peer Review 1 is due today. Four people still need to send their reviewed document.
  
• On Shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs and Processing Space
  • Wed. Nov 23 at 12:00 p.m. ET
  • For the NYU community—OGI is hosting a processing space with the Center for Global Spiritual Life and Division of Student Affairs to be in community with one another and share reflections on how this attack is impacting us. (Virtual) Read Full Statement

More extra credit opportunities around NYU

• Book talk: Disabilities of the Color Line
  • Thurs. Dec 1 at 4:00 p.m. ET
  • The Center for Disability Studies is hosting a reading of the book Disabilities of the Color Line: Redressing Antiblackness from Slavery to the Present (NYU Press, 2022)(Virtual) More Info & RSVP
• NYU Stolen and Found Poetry Contest
  • Deadline: Sat. Dec 10 at 11:59 p.m. ET
  • All undergrad students are invited to vocalize and reflect on the contemporary effects of colonialism today. Up to $600 in awards. More Info & Apply

Agenda

Research Paper Notes

• Discussion section: unless you have a clear reason to do so, don’t introduce any new sources in this section or subsequent sections.
• Peer Review 1 Confirmations
• Peer Review 2 Partners
• Reminder: The class book list has resources you can use. See the syllabus.

Intersectionality

• Guest speaker: Kavin Wyatt
• Intersectionality concepts arose from technology issues!
  • Feminist Frequency video
  • Lafayette College interview with Kimberlé Crenshaw (10 minutes)
  • America’s Assembly Line: Discontent, a chapter on the era in which “Intersectionality Theory” was coined.
  • Why Intersectionality Can’t Wait (Crenshaw)
  • Intersectionality Explainer (Vox). Links to the three cases involving technology companies:
    • DeGraffenreid v. General Motors
    • Moore v. Hughes Helicopter, Inc.
    • Payne v. Travenol

Assignment

Due December 5: Writing Center summary due at the bottom of your Google Doc. In two or three paragraphs, please include

• The name of the WC staff you met, and the date of your meeting.
• The main suggestions from the WC staff.
• Any additional notes or thoughts that you took away from your session.

Due December 7: Peer Review 2

• At least 20 written comments are required.
  • When you’re reviewing your peer’s paper, please edit in or leave comments.
  • After you write the 20 comments, you can earn extra credit by making bold/italic/underline edits (in SUGGESTION MODE) using the code I used (cultural/hyperbole/research issues). 
  • Please focus on Research Competencies in your review, using
    • Checklists: Cultural and Research Competencies
    • Final Project Gradesheet
    • The Research Competencies section in the Diversity & Tech Project Resources page.
  • However, if any cultural competency issues stand out to you, please do highlight these in your comments.
  • When you download and send your Peer Review 2, please add your name to the end of the document name. For example: “D&T Doc – Parker,Peter – reviewed by Miles Morales”

Announcements

• Follow-up links from the Disability Zone
  • Eli Clare: genderqueer disability activist
  • Is COVID-19 a mass disabling event? (UCLA Disabilities & Computing Program)
• Follow-up from LGBTQ+ training
  • Is “fellow” a gender-neutral term?
    • Definition from Merriam-Webster
    • Etymology from Online Etymology Dictionary
• November is Indigenous Heritage Month
  • Indigenous Cinema Online Festival – NYU Hemispheric Institute
  • Indigenous Residential School links in Walking Tour spreadsheet

FINAL IN-PERSON SESSIONS: Nov 30 and Dec 14

Agenda

• Poll: Maker Garage? Popcorn finals in a special space?
• Writing Center and Peer Review check-ins: breakout rooms
• Note the class book list
• Data Ethics continued
  • New report: Where Technology Meets Ethics – The Humanitarian Principles and Their Problematic Relationship to Technology
    • Case study on the pitfalls of offering solutions based on limited understanding
  • From Ruha Benjamin talk: “Computational depth without social and historical depth is a superficial learning.” (Pushing back on the term deep learning)
  • Structuralcompetency.org “explores a new clinical politics for understanding the relationships among race, class, and symptom expression”
  • Coalition to end racism in clinical algorithms (NYC.gov)
  • Cultural Humility: PubMed article, Wikipedia overview

Assignment

Reminder to use your Zoom profile pic on Monday (we have another guest speaker). Thanks!

Due next Monday, November 21: Peer Review 1. 

• At least 20 written comments are required.
  • When you’re reviewing your peer’s paper, please edit in or leave comments.
  • After you write the 20 comments, you can earn extra credit by making bold/italic/underline edits (in SUGGESTION MODE) using the code I used (cultural/hyperbole/research issues). 
• Please focus on Cultural Competencies in your review. Use the Cultural Competency Guide section of the Project Resources post to guide your review. Specifically, use:
  • Final Project Gradesheet
  • APA 7 Bias-Free Language Guidelines (See the full chapter here).
  • Diversity Style Guide or any other guides (e.g. Dart Guide for Trauma-informed Journalism, Fortune Society guide for prison communities) that may be relevant. If you’re not sure, please ask!
• IMPORTANT: When you’ve finished your review, download your partner’s Google Doc as a Word file, then send me the Word file. You must do this to earn credit for Peer Review 1.
• PLEASE don’t resolve any of your peer reviewer’s comments, or accept/reject any of their suggestions, until they’ve sent me the Word file of their comments.

Announcements

• Tech check
• No seating check (remote)
• Giveaways! 
• Last chance for Outside Ideas.
• Now in the Diversity menu of this site: Resources, Due Dates, Class Recordings.

More interesting orgs and events

• NYU Institute of African American Affairs
• NYU Veterans Future Lab
• Asian American / Asian Research Institute @ CUNY
• Acknowledgement to Land Back: The Path to Justice for Indigenous Peoples (Brooklyn Public Library)
• Global Grassroots Leaders Climate Summit
• RSA Cybersecurity Event with Secretary of US DHS and CEO of Girl Scouts (past event)

Agenda: Hour 1

• What terms should you use to describe socioeconomic status (SES)?
  • If You Shouldn’t Call It The Third World, What Should You Call It? (NPR)
  • Third World Definition – investopedia.com
  • The World by Income and Region (World Bank) – with animation!
    • World Development Report 2021 (World Bank)
    • UN Human Development Reports (multidimensional)

• NYU: Capstone Project Guide
  • And what is PICO?
    
• Citing statistics: see Davy’s article in Resources From/For Community Partner Projects
  
• Resources for Lit/Tech Review projects
  • Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA)
  • Covidence (cloud software)
    
• More resources for Qualitative Analysis projects
  • NYU: Text Analysis in Digital Humanities
  • NYU: Text Data Mining (I started looking at OpenRefine)
  • Analyzing Qualitative Data: With or Without Software? (Boston University)
  • If you’re interested, try setting up a Taguette account so I can add you to the HAART Taguette project

• More useful guides
  • PEN America’s Guide on COVID-19 and Disinformation and PEN resources

Agenda: Hour 2

• Questions 1-on-1.
• Inside since it’s rainy.

Assignment: First Checkpoint

• Please aim for those 1200 words by Thursday! I will start leaving comments soon.
• We will do spot checks in class.

Announcements

• All projects are still due today, but I will accept extra credit until Monday 5/24 at 4pm. If you need me to submit your grade today, let me know if you haven’t already.
• AAPI Forum on May 26 (see bottom of page for poster)
• Books for Students
• Internship/job ops & thoughts

Agenda

• Reminder: for Unity Project 5s, please submit all the project subdirectories as a zip file.
• Reminder: for Unity Project 5s, please fullscreen your environment and minimize the Unity UI.
• Project 5 Presentations and Critiques
  • Everyone can share their screens today.
  • For each student presentation, I’ll ask two other students to speak: one student will offer a short appreciation and another student will offer a brief suggestion. All students can type additional thoughts in the chat.
  • Please limit your comments to one of the following attributes:
    • AUDIENCE: would this animation potentially serve or not serve specific people(s)?
    • INFORMATION: is a narrative or important data clearly conveyed?
    • MOOD: how do the pacing, movement, form, & color establish an environment?
• If we have time: Internship/job ops & thoughts
• If we have time: books

Assignments: only extra credit can be submitted after today. EC cannot replace projects.

• Check the Projects + Extra Credit page for EC options. For any extra credit option, please write up 3+ paragraphs to have your EC count as a full assignment. Three or more fully completed EC assignments can help to raise your grade significantly.

Announcements

• Contacting Prof this week
• AAPI Forum on May 26 (see bottom of page for poster)
• Books instead of microcontrollers?

Agenda (not recording today)

• 1-on-1s. I’ll speak with each of you 1-on-1 while you work on your project. I’ll give you an update on your grade and make suggestions if needed.
  • Please indicate in the chat if you need to leave immediately at 6PM so I can prioritize you during class.
• If you need or can provide help on the tech topic, you can pop into a separate breakout room; I’ll make 4 multipurpose breakout rooms that anyone can go into.
• If you help another student and they verify that you significantly helped them, you get 1 pt of extra credit added to your overall grade.
• If you haven’t already, please fill out an anonymous Teacher Evaluation for Prof D. Thanks!
  • Smartphone: www.hunter.cuny.edu/mobilete
  • Computer: www.hunter.cuny.edu/te
• Want extra credit ideas on Audre Lorde?
  • Africa-Asia Conference (discussed in her “Notes on the Trip to Russia”)
  • Contemporary Woman Poets video: Audre Lorde reads her work
  • Recent Audre Lorde exhibit

Assignments

•  Project 5 is due before class next week. Please come to class ready to share and say farewell! ?
  • The project must be submitted on time. NO EXCEPTIONS without an official accommodation from the Office of Accessibility (accessability@hunter.cuny.edu or call (212) 772-4857).
  • Like with Project 3, we will prioritize a more formal critique in the first part of class, in which I’ll ask folks for “appreciations” and “suggestions” for the parameters of AUDIENCE, INFORMATION, and MOOD. I’ll ask for more feedback on AUDIENCE this time.
• If you owe any previous project(s), get them in next week or please discuss an alternate plan with Prof! I will submit grades immediately after class for most students.

Announcements: Extra Credit

• Follow and make up a write-up of 1 or more of the tutorials used by your classmates:
  • Tutorials/resources shared in last week’s breakout rooms
  • First Person Controller: Spherical Worlds (Nelson)
  • Making BREAKOUT in 10 MINUTES (Jorge) 
  • How to make Fireflies in Unity (Rubin)
  • FIRST PERSON MOVEMENT in Unity – FPS Controller (Ken)
  • ZenvaAcademy_TheCompleteProceduralTerrainGenerationCourse.pdf (Michelle)
  • First Person Camera using Cinemachine (Michelle)
    • Follow up to the previous video
  • Making a Realistic Environment with Unity in 1 Hour! (Brian)
  • Brackeys Game Dev Tutorials (Doris)
  • Low Poly Tree Modeling Tutorial (Cathy. Note the discussion of Level of Detail at 15:45)
  • Artstation Learning (Franky)
• Check the Projects + Extra Credit page for more EC options. If any of your projects are late, I strongly encourage you to submit extra credit work.