Difference between revisions of "ASB Un-Plugged - Infographics & Data Visualization"

[[File:Dfw.jpg]]<span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">Taking a second at&nbsp;''IBM's Many Eyes'', I've found that the problem there is more global, not the school's network filtering software. &nbsp;Trying, unsuccessfully, to find an alternative to the site's&nbsp;''Phrase Net''&nbsp;feature, I ran acros Voyant, a fairly rich free text analytical tool. &nbsp;It not only creates a an attractive word cloud, but it also enables the analysis of specific words, including their frequence along a time line of the text.</span>

[[File:Dfw.jpg]]<span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">Thanks, I didn't know about this one!</span>

[[File:Dfw.jpg]]<span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">Unfortunately, we didn't spend as much time doing the tools during the first day's workshop. &nbsp;Here is a link to the visualization tools I have collected over the years&nbsp;</span>[http://goo.gl/7XMk55 <span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">Visualization Tools @ Landmarks for Schools</span>]<span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">.</span>

[[File:Dfw.jpg]]<span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">This was very powerful, and a huge benefit to journalists</span>

[[File:Dfw.jpg]]<span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">Very cool. &nbsp;I just added this one to&nbsp;</span>[http://landmark-project.com <span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">Landmarks for Schools</span>]<span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">.</span>

[[File:Dfw.jpg]]<span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">Another one I didn't know about. &nbsp;It's saved on&nbsp;[http://landmark-project.com Landmarks for Schools]&nbsp;now.</span>

[[File:Dfw.jpg]]<span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">Thanks! &nbsp;This is why I do this backchanneling.</span>

[[File:Dfw.jpg]]<span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">Very Cool!</span>

[[File:Dfw.jpg]]<span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">This is one I use to show. &nbsp;It's one of many MANY examples of being able to see ourselves in ways that we never could before.</span>

[[File:Dfw.jpg]]<span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">Good to know!</span>

[[File:Dfw.jpg]]<span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">I played with it a few years ago. &nbsp;Here is a visualization I did years ago, using the data from the earthquake site I showed you earlier.</span>&nbsp;[http://youtu.be/Lm-qG1SgbRk Earthquake Visualization]

[[File:Dfw.jpg]]<span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">I hope that you did learn something new. &nbsp;I have certainly learned from yesterday's backchannel.</span>

[[File:Dfw.jpg]]<span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">Again, I never do this backchanneling when I don't learn something new. &nbsp;It's all about the learning. &nbsp;I would suggest that a school has adopted a true&nbsp;''learning culture''&nbsp;only when the professional conversations shift from bet teaching practice to best learning practice.</span>

[[File:Dfw.jpg]]<span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">In a sense, I agree with you. &nbsp;There are two differences. &nbsp;One is that the information environment has changed. &nbsp;Information is digital, networked and abundant now. &nbsp;Second, learning has changed. &nbsp;It's no longer something that you do in a classroom. &nbsp;It's a lifestyle. &nbsp;Not that it wasn't before. &nbsp;But it's different. &nbsp;We are constantly encountering new things, which require us to learn, in order to understand and adapt.</span>

[[File:Dfw.jpg]]<span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">That was probably done with some video production software. &nbsp;it could be done with iMovie or even Keynote.</span>

[[File:Dfw.jpg]]<span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">[http://landmark-project.com/index.php?lookupTag=&title=Visualizations Here]&nbsp;is a link to visualizations that I've collected over the years and made available through Landmarks for schools. &nbsp;Here are some&nbsp;[http://landmark-project.com/index.php?lookupTag=&title=Infographics infographics]&nbsp;links and links to&nbsp;[http://landmark-project.com/index.php?lookupTag=&title=Vsualization%20(Tools) tools].</span>

[[File:Dfw.jpg]]<span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">Cool! &nbsp;thanks!</span>

[[File:Dfw.jpg]]<span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">Too True!</span>