Dear Data Discovery (ST) (LA)

$15.00

Members of your team are tasked with collecting and characterizing personal data concerning five topics of your choice. Create a video presenting your data visualizations and explaining what this process taught you about a) the role of data in our world; and b) yourselves.

Description

We don’t realize it, but we create the potential for vast amounts of data each day. You can collect data from each action you perform, thought you think, emotion you feel, and more. Each time you hear music – Where are you? What kind of music is it? Are you with people or alone? Each time you reach for your phone – What caused you to check your phone? What time is it? How long did you use your phone for? Even though we often don’t think of this type of “personal data” as data, these all create data points that you can reference and analyze. Members of your team are tasked with collecting and characterizing personal data concerning five topics of your choice. Create a video presenting your data visualizations and explaining what this process taught you about a) the role of data in our world; and b) yourselves.