I'll be teaching a course in the fall on data communication.

One of the assignments I hope to put together is a lesson on how data is manipulated. I want to show how easy it is for climate change deniers, anti vaxxers, etc to crop data, stretch or flip an axis and suggest the opposite of what the data is actually showing. Still thinking through the assignment and I'm thinking of having them make an honest representation and one less so.

I think there's value to such a lesson given how much downright lying we have from not just randos but even political circles these days.

Was just going to use publicly available data sources but then I am thinking that there must be researchers here who have awesome data they wouldn't mind seeing put into visual form. If you do have data you'd be willing to let me use, please drop me a comment or PM and let me know how to access it. Thanks!

(P.S. would appreciate a share for wider reach)

#academicChatter

We've been using Reflection as our daily collaborative note-taking software since getting back to work after the holidays and it's awesome!

There are, of course, still some lingering bugs to iron-out but it's really stable overall and bounces back nicely after connectivity outages.

Have any of you tried it out yet? We'd love to hear your thoughts!

You can learn more about the project, including installation instructions, in Modal's latest blog post:

https://modal.cx/blog/reflection-winter-update/

#p2p #notetaking