Data Visualization Activity
Submitted by jtirrell on Thu, 01/10/2008 - 20:43.
The purpose of this visualization activity is for students to gain experience working with data maps. Select one of the choices below and create a data map based upon the respective information. The maps students produce should be posted to this blog entry as file attachments by the beginning of class on Monday, Jan. 14. This activity is a 2 point homework grade.
I feel that this is a very organized and easy to read data map. The map flows from left to right and from top to bottom on the page. This is easy to follow since it is how we normally read text on paper. The windows around each section help to block out all the other information on the page while we are reading that one section. All the extra data is organized away from the main 6 points and helps to minimize clutter.
Submitted by aculp on Mon, 01/14/2008 - 13:24.How Children Lost the Right to Roam in Four Generations data map
Submitted by aalbert on Mon, 01/14/2008 - 12:04.While maybe not the best visually, this data map is one of the best at providing the data and information to the user the quickest. Through the use of the horizontal bars, you get a sense of the actual distance each "era" could travel as a child....even though the 1978 category doesn't have an exact distance displayed on the x-axis, you still know that it's a little more than 300 yards but less than a mile and that the overall distance is still deceasing...nice work
Submitted by Soho on Mon, 01/14/2008 - 13:24.Personally, I'd switch the years with earliest on bottom, and latest on top, but otherwise it looks good.
Submitted by Silento on Mon, 01/14/2008 - 13:24.I think the bar graph approach does the best job at conveying distance and time. Although the spacing of the y-axis is even, it still gives a feel of length in between the generations. Great job!
Submitted by twykoff on Mon, 01/14/2008 - 13:29.This map shows how to clean DVD's...
Submitted by BobbyM3 on Mon, 01/14/2008 - 12:49.This map is of my high school career in the drumline. It maps each person in the marching percussion section, and what instruments they went to as the years progressed.
Submitted by lcsnare on Fri, 01/18/2008 - 03:54.