June 2 – 6, 2025
Blog Post
Due Friday, June 6:
Post your project plan (or a portion of it). This should describe the components of your project and how you plan to complete them. Your plan can take any form: a paragraph, a to-do list, an image, a journal entry, a project management tool (for example a Trello board), or something entirely different.
Monday, June 2
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, HMHC 115
- Reading: Module A1: What is the scope of your project? (from the The Socio-Technical Sustainability Roadmap)
- Reading:Module A5: Project Documentation Checklist
- Introduction to project planning and project charters
- Reading: Stewart Varner’s blog posts “Project Proposal Form” (alternate link) and “Project Charter.” (alternate link)
- Project management tools and resources
- Project planning group work session
1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
- Independent work time
4:30PM Optional Workshop
- “Reading in the Distracted Digital Age” with Ghislaine McDayter (Bertrand Library, Traditional Reading Room)
Tuesday, June 3
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, HMHC 115
- Independent work time
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, HMHC 115
- 1:00 PM Datawrapper workshop with Katie Akateh
- Guide to Using Datawrapper
- TimelineJS with Carrie
- Black History at Bucknell timeline
- Group photo!
Wednesday, June 4
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM, HMHC 115
- WordPress workshop with Claire Cahoon
- Sample text and images for placeholders
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Traditional Reading Room (Library)
- Coffee & donuts for Library / IT Summer Researchers
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, HMHC 115
- Independent work time
- Campus-wide summer research ice cream social! Everyone is welcome for frozen treats, cookies, and candy.
Homework: Find Data Visualizations
Due by Friday, June 6:
Next week we’ll be discussing data visualization. To be able to create effective data visualizations, it’s important for you to develop your visual literacy skills.
Please be prepared to share three data visualizations that you’ve found. Your visualizations may be on websites (have the URLs!) or they may be printed copies of something you found in a book, magazine, or newspaper. Then write a brief summary for each visualization (2-3 sentences) that addresses: What do you think this visualization is describing? What do you notice? What do you wonder?
Your visualizations do not need to be related to your projects, but they can be about topics that are of interest to you. You can add your examples to this slide deck.
Thursday, June 5
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM, HMHC 115
- 10:00 AM ArcGIS StoryMaps workshop with Claire Cahoon
- Resource: How to Make an Awful ArcGIS StoryMap
- Resource: Getting started with accessible storytelling
- Resource: Finding Open Access Images
- Google Sites workshop
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM, Traditional Reading Room (Bertrand Library)
- HASSM (Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, Management) Summer Researchers Lunch
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM, HMHC 115
- Peer-to-peer progress sharing session
4:30PM Optional Workshop
- “Reading Academic Literature,” with Ramona Fruja, Associate Professor of Education (Bertrand Library, Traditional Reading Room)
Friday, June 6
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Library Lab (Lower Level 1)
- 10AM: Introduction to Data Literacy with Katie Akateh
- Readings : Data + Design: A simple introduction to preparing and visualizing information, “What not to do”
- Data Literacy Slides
- Data Visualization Examples
- Data Visualization Examples (collected by the DSSRF students)
- Sample Dataset
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, HMHC 115
- Independent work time
Prepare for Tableau Workshop
Due by Tuesday, June 10th:
- Create a Tableau Public account
- Watch the nine “Getting Started” videos from Tableau