{"id":4739,"date":"2017-10-19T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/?p=4739"},"modified":"2017-11-08T14:11:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T21:11:31","slug":"spotlight-on-half-block-digital-tools-for-the-liberal-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/spotlight-on-half-block-digital-tools-for-the-liberal-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on Half Block: Digital Tools for the Liberal Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to our Spotlight on Half Block series!<\/strong>\u00a0Each week leading up to\u00a0Dynamic Half Block<\/a>\u00a0in January, we\u2019re featuring one of 2018\u2019s\u00a0non-credit offerings<\/a>\u00a0here on our blog.\u00a0Registration for all non-credit offerings is now open on\u00a0Summit<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Spotlight on\u00a0Digital Tools for the Liberal Arts<\/strong><\/h2>\n

What’s this class about?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

If you’re thinking about writing a thesis that has a digital component, or if you’re interested in wielding data for your research projects in new and exciting ways, this is the Half Block for you.\u00a0This course, a hands-on workshop, will provide you with exposure to a variety of different cloud-based platforms for the digital liberal arts. You’ll look at tools for data modeling, linguistic\/corpus analysis, text encoding, data visualization, and social network analysis.<\/p>\n

What are the times and dates?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The first week of Half Block: January 8-12, with class from 9am-noon.<\/p>\n

What kinds of skills will I learn?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

You’ll learn new platforms and software for data visualization and modeling; you’ll also learn how to\u00a0 simplify complex data into concepts and images anyone can understand.<\/p>\n

Sold?
\n<\/strong>Register on Summit.<\/a><\/h3>\n

All Half Block Spotlights:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Advertising Agency Immersion<\/a>
\nBuilding Your Freelance Writing Business<\/a>
\nComputer Language as a Language<\/a>
\nCreative Projects Masterclass<\/a>
\nDigital Tools for the Liberal Arts<\/a>
\nGlobal Debt: A common factor driving uncommon times<\/a>
\nJournalism Boot Camp<\/a>
\nManagement Consulting 101<\/a>
\nMoving, Thinking, Meaning<\/a>
\nRepresent Your First Client, Try Your First Case<\/a>
\nSoundance: Film Audio Blowout!<\/a>
\nThe Vocab: Critical approaches to spoken word writing and performing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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