Resources and tools to connect educators and students interested in exploring capstone/community service projects with D4D.
This project centers around a website, currently at https://data4democracy.github.io/educational-hub/. This website is built from the gh-pages branch of this GitHub repository, and contains sample syllabi, assignments/course modules, projects, and capstone/thesis ideas. To contribute, fork this repository, make a new MarkDown file in the appropriate folder, layout your ideas in that MarkDown file (following the patterns set in the other files/templates in that folder), and send a pull request. Contact @kris.shaffer for more information.
We are looking for resources from educators, as well as D4D project leads/participants, that engage publicly available data and have been designed to help students grow in their data science skills while also contributing to the goals of D4D.
Even if you're not an educator, please get in touch with us if you have an idea. The best contributions will likely be collaborations between those with deep knowledge of the needs of a project and educators with curriculum development experience, not necessarily individuals who possess both. Reach out to Kris or to the #teaching channel on Slack if you have questions or need help framing your idea.
"First-timers" are welcome! Whether you're trying to learn data science, hone your coding skills, or get started collaborating over the web, we're happy to help. (Sidenote: with respect to Git and GitHub specifically, our github-playground repo and the #github-help Slack channel are good places to start.)
We believe good code is reviewed code. All commits to this repository are approved by project maintainers and/or leads (listed above). The goal here is not to criticize or judge your abilities! Rather, sharing insights and achievements. Code reviews help us continually refine the project's scope and direction, as well as encourage the discussion we need for it to thrive.
This README belongs to everyone. If we've missed some crucial information or left anything unclear, edit this document and submit a pull request. We welcome the feedback! Up-to-date documentation is critical to what we do, and changes like this are a great way to make your first contribution to the project.
Get involved! Browse our help wanted issues. All of our current discussions, proposals, and active projects are kept there and it will be the fastest way to determine how you can jump in and start helping. See if there is anything that interests you, start commenting here or in the Slack channel, and you can start contributing right away!