Category: Journal (Page 1 of 6)

I found the final project presentations very fun and thought provoking, every group contributed to the end goal of coming up with ideas on how to improve the interaction between the students and the college. The activities presented had unique … Continue Reading

The work by DuBois was interesting to see and it demonstrated the artistic and engaging elements of its time and compared to contemporary times. They found it enlightening to explore how some of these crucial elements are missing in modern … Continue Reading

The reading showed how impressive the creativity and knowledge of makers of infographics and maps from the past was, considering they had to manually collect and illustrate data. They needed a deep understanding of the data, the intended audience, and … Continue Reading

Today’s lecture went great on the presentations of the final projects. It was great to work together with different departments. Talking and sharing our ideas made me realize how it is to work successfully in a team. Everyone did a … Continue Reading

We as a group talked, and I realized that since we are more experienced we kind of forgot how we struggled, so we took a while to think back, and found that we were lacking basic information such as what … Continue Reading

The presentation was informative. I didn’t expect that data visualization could be so helpful and convincing in emergencies. In other words, the individuals who created data visualizations for cholera are essentially saviors for many people. Without data visualization, it would … Continue Reading

Yimi’s Presentation was insightful and helped me reflect on a  project  I’ve worked on and how I would have adjusted some of the questions to make them easy for someone to answer and increase the amount of participation or the … Continue Reading

The 1st chapter of Meirelles’ Design for Information was an interesting Chapter leading into Structures and visual hierarchies. It clarified aspects of the class presentation and went more in depth on the subtle aspects overall: the reading and the presentation … Continue Reading

The introduction to Design for Information was an easy to understand reading that shows how graphs, maps, and diagrams although may not be directly showing data in a conventional view they merely are a translation from a written media form … Continue Reading

I was invited to work on this project by professor Anne Leonhardt with a brief description, I had a somewhat lacking idea of what exactly we will be responsible for and After reading the Information: a very short introduction and … Continue Reading