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David Bloom

Data in a human context - 0 views

  • Data in a human context March 6, 2012 to Data Art  •  Comments (3)  •  Share on Twitter Jer Thorp, a data artist in residence at The New York Times, shows off some of his work (like this and this) and speaks about the connection between the real world and the mechanical bits we know as data. Worth your 17 minutes.
  • a data artist in residence at The New York Times, shows off some of his work (like this and this) and speaks about the connection between the real world and the mechanical bits we know as data.
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    Gets to the human context at ~13:30 mins. Great illustration of how to make meaning from the seemingly meaningless, or at least from data that we don't usually connect to our daily experience.
Steve Windhager

The Case for Sustainable Landscapes_2009.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

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    A little old as reports go, but this program will likely be as popular as LEED in the future in terms of how we design and assess our landscape design.
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    A little old as reports go, but this program will likely be as popular as LEED in the future in terms of how we design and assess our landscape design.
Garry Golden

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/attfig/attfig11.pdf - 0 views

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    how do we rethink data / output measures here?  Futures artificat? 
Paul Spitzzeri

The Museum of the Future » Reflections on the museum(s) of the future, 2 days... - 1 views

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    Qatar Museum Authority's vision of the future and digital engagement strategy
Garry Golden

Makerspace | Creating a space for young makers and educators - 3 views

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    In March, our mobile outreach program is participating in the LA County Science Fair. In their exhibit area for hands-on participating, they've planned a "Mini-Maker Fair."
Ariane Karakalos

NCCP | The Changing Face of Child Poverty in California - 0 views

  • Despite the national decline in child poverty and low-income rates in the United States since the early 1990s, the rates in California have surpassed those of the nation.
  • a large and growing majority of poor children live in working families, and as many of California’s poor children live in two-parent as in single-parent families.
  • Almost half of all California’s children are immigrants, and the large majority of these immigrants are Hispanic.
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  • Poverty rates for Hispanic children increased from 30 to 34 percent, an increase of 14 percent. Poverty rates for African-American children went from 32 to 24 percent. At the same time, the poverty rates for white children stayed nearly flat at about 11 percent.
  • The poverty rate for Asian-American children was 19 percent during 1996–2000.
  • Children in two-parent families in California are more likely to be poor than they were two decades ago, but they continue to have much lower poverty rates than children living with single mothers.
    • Garry Golden
       
      all relevant stats for our Domain work... have noted this file in Dropbox as well as a resource
Steve Windhager

Environment takes back seat for today's youth, report finds - 1 views

  • Despite their green reputation, the report suggests today's young people are far less environmentally minded than previous generations.
  • In fact, three times as many Millennials - those currently in high school or college - than baby boomers at the same age said they made no personal effort to help the environment: 15 per cent versus five per cent.
  • xperts say the problem may be that our kids' green education has been too thorough, ingraining the notion of a dying planet to such a degree that many believe th
    • Garry Golden
       
      interesting; seen various studies on 'green' values across generation; most shift w/ times (good vs bad economy); but this could suggest being green for museums is less value add to brand association for Millennials?
Steve Windhager

Flipboard vs Zite as a Personalized Learning Magazine on an iPad - 21nnovate - 1 views

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    We might want to also check out Zite for additional ways to keep on top of content.
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