Beauty of Data Visualization Discussion

1.We all agreed the video was really interesting, but Samantha and I think that without the explanation we would have a very hard time understanding it. It is very interesting to realize the correlation between the two things that when compared are easier to understand. It is helpful be able to accurately portray so much data with a picture.

2. The video effected us as a learner by showing that boring data can be made interesting. It was an eye opener to understand what information really means. Like the example with countries and war expenses compared with GDP and population and number of soldiers. It kind of revealed that when you take one of those facts out of context they can be very skewed but when you see the big picture it is easily understood and it provides a less biased conclusion. As a teacher, we need to understand that we have to present the big picture and show a good perspective of the facts to the best of our abilities because we are potentially effecting the kids understanding.

3. The video said that instead of showing kids or even adults "hard" graphs or facts that do not correlate we need to soften them. Create a story or a path with the incredible amount of data.

4. Prezi is a perfect example of this visual learning. We noticed even in our own presentations that some groups effectively told the story of the data and though some were slightly too much. I consider myself to have the same attention span of a child and there were some presentations that truly grabbed my attention and some, the sequence of events could be followed but it was less attention grabbing. The most important thing is to understand how to give data in a relative fashion, and it must be engaging. We found that Prezi is a valuable  resource to use in this quest to visualize information.