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?