week5

Monday 19 October

Visualisation Tools, Datasets and Data Stories
On the day, we agreed on the theme and park we wished to choose with the group members; following a vote, we selected the ‘birdwatching in the garden’ theme. On Monday and Tuesday, we explored several parks and ultimately selected Burgess Park, taking into account our project theme, the behavioural characteristics of the animals, ease of access, and the distribution of visitor activity. We planned to carry out our research there on Thursday and made a rough division of tasks: on Wednesday and Thursday, I would break down the project, organise related activities, and collect text materials from the official website and conduct preliminary research, whilst Chloe and Shayne would visit the park in person to observe it and carry out a preliminary survey of the local birdlife. On Friday, we would continue our discussions regarding the subsequent research.

Letterpress Induction

I learnt the basics of letterpress printing and had a great time with my classmates. I realised that, apart from simple letterpress printing, there are other techniques too, so I think I’ll go back to this workshop next time to try out more of them.

Tuesday 20 October

Language Development Data Visualisation Research and Practices

Learn how to use Power Query, how to convert data formats and how to merge data, and try to create a data processing spreadsheet that can be refreshed and used on an ongoing basis.
6. Power Query File

Thursday 22 October

Visualisation Tools, Datasets and Data Stories | Llewelyn Fernandes
Replace all colours with black. The current version has a slight issue where the layers above and below do not align properly, and there are also some minor errors in the map that need to be corrected.