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Picturing a Thousand W o R D SUsing Data Visualization Methods

as Teaching Tools

by Shannan [email protected]

St. Edward’s UniversityAustin, TX

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many eyes

Provided by IBM’s Visual Communication Lab

Their goal is to “democratize visualization and to enable a

new social kind of data analysis.”

Absolutely FREE!

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many eyes

90,000 user provided data sets

both textual and numeric

U.S. Gov, OECD, Employment, Climate, Income, Diversity, etc.

18 Visualization Types

Share data

Foster discussion

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data sets

Choose one

Create one

View raw data as table or text

Check validity & formatting

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visualize

Choose an appropriate visualization type

Play with your data!

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share

Create an account

Add your visualization

Solicit or share feedback

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of Tag Clouds& Word Trees

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Cluster Criticism

•Based on the work of Kenneth Burke

•Select key terms based on Frequency & Intensity

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Chart the Clusters•Identify terms that cluster

around the key terms

•Look for proximity, conjunctions, and cause-and-effect

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Iraqi People

www.many-eyes.com

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Construction of an Enemy in George W. Bush’s State of the Union Speech, 2003

by Nowlen, Jensen, Gibbs, Murphy, Taylor & Wang

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HusseinCharacter•Deceived•Dominated•Intimidate

Tools•Terrorist•Hijackers•Al Qaeda•Biological Weapons•Nuclear Weapons

Action•Kill•War•Death•Hiding

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Iraq Character•Evil•Enemy•Dictator•Regime

Tools•Biological Weapon•Illegal Weapon•Burning•Rape•Mutilation•Electric Shock

Action•Not disarm•Denying•Blocking•Intimidating

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United States / America

Character• Honorable• Resolute• Strong• Free• Brave• Innocent

Tools• Armed Forces• Military• Power• God• Allies• Friends• U.N.

Actions• Battle • Force• Risk• Peace

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•Character•Brave•Oppressed•Refugee

•Tools•Food•Medicine•Supplies

•Action•Freedom•Liberty

Iraqi People

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Terms

Devil

•Hussein

•Iraq

God

•America

•Iraqi People

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Tag Cloud

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Iraqi People

Word Tree

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Iraqi People

Word Tree

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Iraqi People

Word Tree

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Iraqi People

Word Tree

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Iraqi People

Word Tree