-Social Explorer is an online research tool that provides easy access to demographic information and census data. I feel that this website will be very helpful for the research that the groups will be conducting on their chosen neighborhoods. For example, the website allows one to customize, save, and export the maps and data to a variety programs like Microsoft Excel or Microsoft PowerPoint that can be used for presentations. For my assignment neighborhood project, I would be able to look at the maps of Chinatown and the racial composition of the area. I can then save a map of the data and later use it for the video presentation.
-I enjoy that this tool is very user-friendly because most other programs are difficult to navigate through. In addition, Social Explorer provides very detailed information; not only can you look at the racial composition of different areas, but you can also view the differences in areas based on gender, divorce rates, and income.