Jessica Gray
Briana Norman
Gabe Zambello
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
What science means to me
Science is the study of how things worrk and how it came to be. The goal of science is to ask a question and find the solutuion to that question through experiments.
A posotive experience for me with learning about science is when we were testing how different parts of you toungue have different sensitivities for certain taste such as sour, sweet, and salty. i enjoyed knowing what had to be done and working with other people with a hands on experiment. a negitive experience i had learning about science was jus reading an article and describing what we read and how it could help us with our experiment. i didnt understand the article so it was hard for me to describe it when i didnt understand what they were describing to me in the article. i think this is because i am more of a visual and hands on learner.
A posotive experience for me with learning about science is when we were testing how different parts of you toungue have different sensitivities for certain taste such as sour, sweet, and salty. i enjoyed knowing what had to be done and working with other people with a hands on experiment. a negitive experience i had learning about science was jus reading an article and describing what we read and how it could help us with our experiment. i didnt understand the article so it was hard for me to describe it when i didnt understand what they were describing to me in the article. i think this is because i am more of a visual and hands on learner.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
The Beauty of Data Visualization Group Discussion
Briana Duran, Lee Galbraith, Brenda Pedioncelli, Vanessa Sisneros
1.We liked the simplicity that he expressed in many ways, for example using/collecting something as available as facebook posts and the importance of using vivid colors.
2. As a teacher: The thought arose to use more colors for visual stimulation, to think out of the box as to what to display to our students (not just numbers). We had the idea to use children's interests to find certain trends (example from the video: fears). We know that children are more likely to remember things they actually see as a pose to things they only hear.
As a learner: We now feel that it is not as intimidating to collect and display data for projects. Science doesn't have to be so serious. We know the importance of visual stimulation to take information in ourselves.
3. When he used shapes to represent America v. other countries sizes/statistics, that stood out to us. The Columbine example also stood out: America's fear of violent video games increased around April every year in rememberance. We liked how he showed that data can be displayed as a map. The Balloon Race App: his example of "live data", how he can update information as he discovers more, anyone can access it and customize what it is they are searching for. We agreed that seeing the perspective instead of hearing it is much more effective.
4. We agree that our graphs (line and bar) could have been more effective if we used a candle-shaped design of some sort, or anything else more creative than the basic graph templates. Putting our own personalities into visual presentations is of course more time consuming. Using Prezi made the presentations more appealing to watch because everyone's were different v. only a verbal presentation (example: lecture classes where the teachers don't use any visuals).
1.We liked the simplicity that he expressed in many ways, for example using/collecting something as available as facebook posts and the importance of using vivid colors.
2. As a teacher: The thought arose to use more colors for visual stimulation, to think out of the box as to what to display to our students (not just numbers). We had the idea to use children's interests to find certain trends (example from the video: fears). We know that children are more likely to remember things they actually see as a pose to things they only hear.
As a learner: We now feel that it is not as intimidating to collect and display data for projects. Science doesn't have to be so serious. We know the importance of visual stimulation to take information in ourselves.
3. When he used shapes to represent America v. other countries sizes/statistics, that stood out to us. The Columbine example also stood out: America's fear of violent video games increased around April every year in rememberance. We liked how he showed that data can be displayed as a map. The Balloon Race App: his example of "live data", how he can update information as he discovers more, anyone can access it and customize what it is they are searching for. We agreed that seeing the perspective instead of hearing it is much more effective.
4. We agree that our graphs (line and bar) could have been more effective if we used a candle-shaped design of some sort, or anything else more creative than the basic graph templates. Putting our own personalities into visual presentations is of course more time consuming. Using Prezi made the presentations more appealing to watch because everyone's were different v. only a verbal presentation (example: lecture classes where the teachers don't use any visuals).
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