data visualization pgl12

Investigating the World with Data Visualization

Honor MoormanPartnership for Global Learning Annual Conference

June 29, 2012

Welcome!

Please join a content area table.

Participant Poll

What brought you to this session?

Session Overview

1. Introduction to Data Visualization

Worldmapper

Infographics

Gapminder

2. Brainstorming & Idea Development

3. Sharing, Q&A, and Next Steps

What is it?

“Data Visualization is the graphical representation of information.”

7 things you should know about . . . Data VisualizationEducause Learning Initiative

Data Visualization in Motionhttp://vimeo.com/30144927

“Online Communities 2” by xkcd, http://xkcd.com/802/

“The Most Widely Spoken Languages in the World and the Countries They Are Spoken In” by PS Translation,

http://www.pstranslation.co.uk/visualising-translation-services.html

“A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods” by Ralph Lengler and Martin Eppler,http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html

“Horizon Report 2010, K-12 Edition” from the New Media Consortium,http://www.nmc.org/publications/horizon-report-2010-k-12-edition

Wordle of “Visual Data Analysis” from 2010 Horizon Report, K-12 Edition,http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/5472502/2010_Horizon_Report_-_Visual_Data_Analysis

Worldmapperhttp://www.worldmapper.org/

World Population Atlas

http://www.worldpopulationatlas.org/

“The Human Shape of New York City” by Benjamin Hennig, http://www.viewsoftheworld.net/?p=2071

Infographicsincluding interactive and video

infographics

“The True Size of Africa,” http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/the-true-size-of-africa/

“The True Size of Africa,” http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/the-true-size-of-africa/

“The True Size of Africa,” http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/the-true-size-of-africa/

“The True Size of Africa,” http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/the-true-size-of-africa/

“Country Codes of the World,” http://www.historyshots.com/OtherArtists/4015.cfm

“A Day in the Internet,”http://www.onlineeducation.net/internet

“Learn Chinese?” http://asiasociety.org/node/20781

“Colours in Culture,” http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/colours-in-cultures/

“The World of 100: Our Global Village,” http://www.toby-ng.com/graphic-design/the-world-of-100/

“Virtual Water,” http://virtualwater.eu/

“Infographic of Infographics,” http://ivancash.com/Infographic-of-Infographics

7 Billion app, https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/7-billion/id473524096

7 Billion: How Did We Get So Big So Fast?youtu.be/VcSX4ytEfcE

Gapminderhttp://www.gapminder.org/

Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries,

200 Years, 4 Minutesyoutu.be/jbkSRLYSojo

Time to Explore

1. Collaborate with colleagues

2. Zoom in on Worldmapper, infographics, and/or Gapminder

3. Brainstorm a list of ideas for integrating data visualization

4. Develop one or more ideas into a plan

Worldmapperworldmapper.org

Custom Search for Infographicstiny.cc/infographicsearch

Tools for Creating Infographicstiny.cc/infographicreators

Gapmindergapminder.org

Aaron KoblinArtfuly visualizing our

humanity

Jer ThorpMake data more human

David McCandlessThe beauty of data

visualization

Alisa Miller shares the news about the news

Material World by Peter Menzel, http://www.menzelphoto.com/books/mw.php

Hungry Planet by Peter Menzel, http://www.menzelphoto.com/books/hp.php

Thank You!