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Context: Why Learn Data Visualization from Du Bois?
Instructor Note
We find that this lesson site is pedagogically very effective when used as lecture notes and learning activity instructions. We do not recommend lecturing with a screen share of the lesson site or projection of the lesson site. This combination of text, activity prompts, and verbal narration tends to exceed effective cognitive loads for learners.
But this lesson works best with slides that include 1) photos from the production of the Du Bois charts and the Paris World Expo, and 2) examples of Du Bois charts. We provide these images within the lesson site so that you can open them in separate browser tabs for display while you lecture.
Alternatively, you can copy and modify this Google Slides deck with all of the images for this episode.
Subsequent episodes will have links to separate Google Slide Decks with their images.
Using R with R Studio
Instructor Note
- The main goal here is to help the learners be comfortable with the RStudio interface.
- Go very slowly in the “Getting set up” section. Make sure everyone
is following along (remind learners to use the stickies). Plan with the
helpers at this point to go around the room, and be available to help.
It’s important to make sure that learners are in the correct working
directory, and that they create a
data(all lowercase) subfolder.
Recreating a Black Literacy Bar Graph
INSTRUCTOR NOTE (on creativity in this exercise)
Part of this work will invovle creative attempts at making changes to data visualizations. While the first few exercises are intended to help students become familiar with the basic steps, the final independent exercise is meant to introduce more gaps. If possible, emphasize to students that if they struggle on the final independent exercise it is not about making a perfect graph, but learning how to make changes on their own terms.