beyond the bar chart (blc10)
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Beyond the Bar ChartData Visualization with Many Eyes
Shelley Paul - BLC10 July 14, 2010Resources: http://manyeyes.posterous.com/
Disclaimer...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rltherichman/4357896793/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/4792919396/
Let’s collect some data...
http://moourl.com/whoform
Why are we here?
Learn a bit about Data Visualization.
Explore “Many Eyes.”
Dwell in possibility.
Be inspired!http://www.flickr.com/photos/helga/3952984450/
What is Data Visualization?
http://newsmap.jp/
What is Data Visualization?
Using pictures (commonly charts and graphs) to help people make sense of complex information.
It’s POWERFUL.
Why Data Visualization?
http://www.gapminder.org/
Hans Rosling’s 2006 TED Talk
UN Data
Why Data Visualization?
Story
Patterns & Relationships
Conversation
Questioning
Brain Rule #10: Vision Trumps all Other Senses
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kerneis/2505170265/
The optic nerve is constructed of about 1 million nerve fibers; That’s HIGH BRAIN BANDWIDTH (to paraphrase @djakes).
http://www.brainrules.net/vision
It’s about Story...
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/tag_clouds_of_obamas_inaugural_speec
h_compared_to_bushs.php
What’s the Story?
What’s the Story?
http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/visualizations/distribution-of-us-foreign-aid-ove-3
What’s the Story?
Jesus was a “super node.”
http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/visualizations/co-occurrences-of-names-in-the-new
It’s about Visual Literacy...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitecatsg/3623744135/
Geographically accurate...
http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/whos-ahead/key-states/map.html
...but visually misleading.
Massachusetts: 12 votesNew Jersey: 15 votes
Montana: 3 votesIdaho: 4 votes
Mass.
N.J.
The visual “fix...”
http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/whos-ahead/key-states/map.html
“Cumulative Oil Collected”
http://flowingdata.com/2010/05/26/bp-tries-to-mislead-you-with-graphs/
A clearer view...
https://www.swivel.com/charts/21190-How-much-oil-has-BP-diverted-from-the-spill-
What’s up with apricots?
It’s about Info Literacy...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/verbeeldingskr8/3638834128/
What’s true?
http://moourl.com/titanickids
What’s true?
http://moourl.com/titanickids
Name: Miss Helen Loraine Allison Born: Saturday 5th June 1909 Age: 2 years 10 months and 10 days 1st Class passenger First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 113781 , £151 16s Cabin No.: C22/26 Died in the sinkingBody Not Recovered
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-first-class-passengers/
And back to Story...
It’s about Curiosity...
Curiosity...
...and Passion.
Friedman’s Flat World “formula:”
CQ + PQ > IQ
http://www.aasa.org/SchoolAdministratorArticle.aspx?id=5996&terms=pink+friedman
Igniting my “CQ...”
Igniting my “CQ...”
My initial “CQ” questions...
Why is there so little “oil spill” content prior to 1967?
Why are these two spills the most “Google”-able?
How does the Exxon-Valdez spill compare to the current disaster?
My “CQ” discoveries...
? Less offshore drilling, spilling, news coverage, fewer archives?
It’s about where I live!
Not even close.
Lakeview Gusher 1910
Expand the Search
It’s about where I live!
http://www.infoplease.com/science/environment/largest-oil-spills-united-states.html
Not even close...
PBS Ticker | 10 Biggest
It’s about HEAT...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/piero/23712191/
Higher-order thinkingEngagementAuthenticityTechnology use
http://loticonnection.com/HEATframework.html
http://moourl.com/sc_engage
2-Minute Tour(a la Web 2.0 Smackdown)
http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/
‣ Gallery‣ Data Sets‣ Viz Types
Activity: Why “Many Eyes?”(You Tell Me!)
“Buddy up” and explore Many Eyes (take turns driving). Check out something that interests you. Consider:
Interaction / ExperimentationStory / Questions / Curiosity Make/break something!
What did you discover?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutterhack/3109603395/
Why “Many Eyes?”
‣ Democratic / Social / Collaborative‣ Free, browser-based (no download)‣ Innovative/Experimental (esp. text)‣ Invites play and discovery!
http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/
So, who’s in the room?
http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/
http://moourl.com/whodata http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/visualizations/new/matrix-chart/whos-in-the-room-at-blc/1
Where do you find data?
Collect your own!Online!‣ Govt sites, Research/Edu, NGO, NPO‣ DASL, Swivel, Many Eyes libraries‣ Search: filetype:xls, “data,” “statistics”‣ Text: Project Gutenberg, Bartleby, full-text
news, journals, poetry‣ Wikipedia (gateway tool)
Activity: Bring the HEAT!
Small group brainstorm: considering your own context, how might you use Many Eyes to...
‣ Increase students’ critical thinking?‣ Engage learners in work that has value?‣ Connect beyond the classroom?‣ Support your own PD or passions?
Hot Ideas: http://moourl.com/hotideas
Other places to “play” with data...
‣ Swivel Public - http://www.swivel.com/public ‣ Gapminder - http://www.gapminder.org/‣ Tableau - http://www.tableausoftware.com/public ‣ Google Chart Tools - http://moourl.com/gchart
An Invitation...
http://gapingvoid.com/2007/04/09/the-network/
Join the BLC10 Topic Center.
How can we use Many Eyes to support student thinking, learning and curiosity?