Sprint #5
*CONTENT STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR SPRING 2025!!!!* |
Sprint Dates
Monday, March 11 to Saturday March 16: Spring Break (no Corporate Partner meetings/classes)
Lab (Mon/Tues) then Meeting (Thurs/Fri) |
Meeting (Mon/Tues) then Lab (Thurs/Fri) |
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Sprint Start Date |
Thurs 3/7 |
Mon 3/4 |
Sprint End Date |
Wed 3/27 |
Sun 3/24 |
Due Date |
Wed 3/27 by 11:59 PM ET |
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Sprint Tasks
✓ Professional Development
The Data Mine Corporate Partners program is a professional development program. We want to help you develop the skills you need to be successful in your career. We will have a variety of professional development activities throughout the semester.
Each sprint you will complete a few professional development-related tasks.
When: Due Wednesday, September 4, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET. Late work will not be accepted.
What: Watch the following video Implicit Bias: Lesson #6 - Countermeasures (5 minutes).
Where: Complete the reflection for this professional development training on Gradescope in the assignment "Sprint 5: Professional Development".
Why: The video discusses strategies to mitigate implicit bias, emphasizing mindset, debiasing, and decoupling. Mindset involves being humble and mindful of our biases. Debiasing focuses on reshaping biases through exposure to counter-stereotypical examples. Decoupling aims to implement structures and procedures that minimize bias in decision-making. These strategies are crucial for recognizing and addressing implicit biases, which are pervasive and impact behavior. Understanding and applying these methods is essential for promoting fairness and equity in various settings.
✓ Sprint #5 Report
When: Due Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET. Late work will not be accepted.
What: Answer the questions in Sprint #5 Report. You can draft your answers in a separate document then you will write your answers directly in the Gradescope assignment.
Where: Gradescope