Category: Digital Technologies
Blog post titled “What to Consider When Planning a Digital Project” for Tagging the Tower
Image Credits: Alexas_Fotos via pixabay.com When proceeding with a digital project, it seems that a lot of emphasis is generally placed on learning the ins and outs of using the tool or method. Certainly, this is important. However, this is but one planning consideration among many. Additionally, there is much…
Collaborative Project titled “Mapping Arts, NYC”
As a Data for Public Good Fellow with the GC Digital Intiatives in Spring 2019, I along with a team of 9 other fellows and a faculty advisor brought a digital project from brainstorm phase to conception, to roll out and presentation in a matter of months. More than the…
Blog post titled “Community Wireless Networks Address Missed Connections: “Access” as Digital Insurgency (Pt. 2)” for Tagging the Tower
Introduction This is Part 2 of a two-part blog post series exploring the efforts of 3 urban-based community wireless networks (CWNs) – NYC Mesh, Equitable Internet Initiative (Detroit), and PeoplesOpen.net (Oakland). The aims of these grassroots efforts are provide neighbors with internet access. Part 1 explored the expanded notions of…
Blog post titled “Community Wireless Networks Address Missed Connections: Expanded Notions of “Access” (Pt. 1)” for Tagging the Tower
Introduction to 2 Part Series: As of June 2017, about one quarter of the US population did not have access to broadband internet. This includes 16 million or 28% of rural residents, and 62 million or 23% of urban residents (1). Rates of connection vary widely by city; for example,…
In the Spotlight – OpenLab
In the Spotlight is a blog series on our OpenLab Community Team site, The Open Road. This weekly series 'spotlights' different courses on the OpenLab with the aim of sharing the abundance of interesting work being done on the OpenLab and at City Tech more broadly, some of which may be…
Open Pedagogy on the OpenLab
Open Pedagogy on the OpenLab is a open digital pedagogy project of the OpenLab team. In our own words, "forum where we can ask questions, stimulate discussion, and share teaching materials, resources, and ideas related to teaching and learning on the OpenLab." An important part of this project are our semesterly…
Contribution to Journal Article on “The InQ13 POOC: A Participatory Experiment in Open, Collaborative Teaching and Learning”
In 2014, I participated in a unique class-based learning experiment that attempted to intentionally contrasted with the emerging MOOC model. Using a POOC model, or Participatory experiment in Open, Collaborative teaching and learning, students in the course examined political and economic inequality through course material and a community-based project, both…