Today was a jammed packed day! We learned about IRB and the situations that would apply to the categories. We also downloaded Arduino and tested them so they would blink. Haley and Mr. Clawson went over their projects, they were interesting but I think I will keep an eye out for another project. A lot of things were repetitive since I already knew about Arduino and soldering and my box account. I created a card with soldering a LED to copper tape, it’s a cute lighthouse that has a light at the top. However, new things I did learn was Share LaTex and different aspects of mapping something, which we had to watch the same YouTube video four times in a row and apply the aspect to the video. I observed people outside of Wright’s food court and it is the same as everyone else I see. Other they are glancing at their phones, showing people what is on their phone, completely interacting with someone else or completely interacting with their phones. They look like zombies or smiling at something, probably memes or a text message. Phones were other the center of attention or not in someones attention at all, besides a quick glance when a notification came up, which was pretty weird, but I behave that way too.

In “Defining Through Expansion:Conducting Asynchronous Remote Communities (ARC)Research with Stigmatized Groups” Maestre et al, discusses issues with reaching out to communities with diseases such as HIV, which is a highly stigmatized disease and can be problematic if confidentiality is breached putting their information out in the public world. Because of stigmatized diseases people often go to the internet to find comfort and a supportive community. This lead to the development of Asynchronous Remote Community (ARC) method, which is basically like a group of people looking for the same support for similar reasons. This was also found helpful for other communities, such as pregnant women. The discomfort of face to face interaction then lead to a private Facebook page to be created, making the participants feel more secure. After gathering 19 participants after a reach out the participants were informed of the risk and incentive, which was 50 dollars. The project lasted 8 weeks, and in the end although it was a good community for support, the stigma still remained present within the participants mind.

Cite1:Maestre, J. F., MacLeod, H., Connelly, C. L., Dunbar, J. C., Beck, J., Siek, K. A., & Shih, P. C. (2018). Defining Through Expansion : Conducting Asynchronous Remote Communities ( ARC ) Research with Stigmatized Groups. https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3174131

In “Asynchronous Remote Communities (ARC) for Research Distributed Population”, Macleod et all attempt to find a solution to find remote communities as a group search. There was a private Facebook page to recruit people. This Facebook page consisted of 13 people and lasted 22 weeks. There was an incentive of 50 dollars, and with consent data was collected to study how effective this Facebook page approach was. There were some problems but in the end the Facebook group was left up to keep the people connected but there was no more research done within that group. This method is being used for other groups that would reach out for support. This was much like the previous article, with a lot of repetition.

Cite 2: MacLeod, H., Jelen, B., Prabhakar, A., & Oehlberg, L. (2016). Asynchronous remote communities (arc) for researching distributed populations. Retrieved from http://www.haleymacleod.com/Papers/2016-pervasivehealth-arcmethod.pdf