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Catherine D’Ignazio and I have launched a new DataBasic tool and activity, Connect the Dots, aimed at helping students and educators see how their data is connected with a visual network diagram. By showing the relationships between things, networks are useful for finding answers that aren’t readily apparent through spreadsheet data […]

This is a live-blog from the Data on Purpose / Do Good Data “From Possibilities to Responsibilities” event. This is a summary of what the speakers at the talked about, captured by Rahul Bhargava and Catherine D’Ignazio. Any omissions or errors are likely my fault. Human-Centered Data Science for Good: […]

I’m just back from the first UN World Data Forum in Cape Town, South Africa. I presented there on my creative, hands-on approach to building empowerment through data literacy. I liveblogged a number of sessions while I was there.  Read some of these to get a sense of how non-profits, […]

(This is not my post; it’s a group effort with contributions from Catherine, Cindy, Emilie, Jing, Natalie, Nicole and Willow) Some of the best lessons in technology, media and civics come from shared offline experiences in that intersection, and the weekend of January 19-21, 2016, brought plenty of that for […]

This is a liveblog written by Rahul Bhargava at the 2017 UN World Data Forum.  This serves as a summary of what the speakers spoke about, not an exact recording.  With that in mind, any errors or omissions are likely my fault, not the speakers.    This panel has four speakers […]