Reflection on Lesson One:
In lesson one, Professor advised us to create a Blog. Blog is kind of reflective journal and platform for us to develop a portfolio that demonstrates our learning progress. We can write reflection, discuss changes in thinking, provide artifacts and useful links in our Blog. We can create a Blog by Blogger (http://www.blogger.com/), Xanger (http://www.xanga.com/) or Edublogs (http://learnerblogs.org/).
Meanwhile, Professor introduced interactive and visual displays of Information and Knowledge. We call these "representations”. In lesson one, I have learnt how to conceptualize and develop interactive visual representations. It is possible to create dynamic and animated displays and to add audio to visual displays through technology.
In lesson one, Professor advised us to create a Blog. Blog is kind of reflective journal and platform for us to develop a portfolio that demonstrates our learning progress. We can write reflection, discuss changes in thinking, provide artifacts and useful links in our Blog. We can create a Blog by Blogger (http://www.blogger.com/), Xanger (http://www.xanga.com/) or Edublogs (http://learnerblogs.org/).
Meanwhile, Professor introduced interactive and visual displays of Information and Knowledge. We call these "representations”. In lesson one, I have learnt how to conceptualize and develop interactive visual representations. It is possible to create dynamic and animated displays and to add audio to visual displays through technology.
Here are the examples of the interesting visual representations.
1. Reponsive Face http://mrl.nyu.edu/~perlin/facedemo/
We can create a responsive face animation in the website. Information can be presented by animation and flash.
1. Reponsive Face http://mrl.nyu.edu/~perlin/facedemo/
We can create a responsive face animation in the website. Information can be presented by animation and flash.
2. BBC News (How the Bird Flu has spread)
This website shows that visuals might include maps, pictures, flash, images, icons, symbols and signs.
2. BBC News (Animated guide: Hurricanes)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4588149.stm
This website shows the animated guides to the world's most devastating phenomena, such as tornadoes, earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunami.
3. News map http://www.marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm
This website shows the colourful visual representations.
In lesson one, I was impressed by the Google Earth (http://earth.google.com/). In this interesting website, Google Earth combines the power of Google Search with satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings. We can search for our houses, schools, parks, restaurants, streets and hotels. We can also rotate the view to see 3D terrain and buildings. Google Earth is a good example of visual representations. Its has good techniques to integrate a variety of information
Reflections on Infographics:
"Infographics are visual representations of information, data or knowledge. The types of infographics include signs, maps, flowchart, histogram, concept map and mindmap.” Inforgraphics are extensively used in our daily life. For example, in newspapers, infographics are used to show the weather, maps, site plans for events, and statistical data. Infographics are also used in the modern maps, route maps for transit systems, local landmarks, Traffic signs and technical manuals.
Reference:
1.Meyer, Eric K. (1997). Designing Infographics. Hayden Books.
2.Tukey, John Wilder (1977). Exploratory Data Analysis. Addison-Wesley.
3.Tufte, Edward R. [1983] (2001). The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd Edition, Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press.
4.Cleveland, William S. [1985] (1994). The Elements of Graphing Data, 2nd Edition, Summit, NJ: Hobart Press.
5.Information graphics:From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infographic
1 comment:
Very colourful!
Work hard!
Happy Chinese New Year!
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