Let's talk infographics!

The amazing tools we have...

The past two weeks, I have been struggling to get as much painting done in our house as I possibly can. With a busy toddler, that is very difficult to do (actually impossible).. but, I've managed to get my dining room (finished), living room (finished), and a first coat of my kitchen painted. I also decided to paint all of the wood trim white, which has really made each room of my house pop! A new idea, that I found on Pinterest, but had previously seen on social media sites (actually a blog group I follow on Facebook) had inspired me to paint the brick of my fireplace. Before, I had to scrub that sucker, as the previous owners did not take good care of the beautiful brick. Even as beautiful as it was, I figured it was a fun idea and would make the room POP a bit more! Aside from painting, this week's new learning tools are Infographics and creating surveys!

How Not to Be Ignorant About the World: Hans and Ola Rosling

Personal bias - Outdated bias - New bias - Skewed info - intuition

Teach outdated worldviews..because, well, that's what they "major" in! -Teachers

If you can understand today, you will have a viewpoint of the future! You can figure out the outcomes of what the future will bring -Hans

The vaccination against measles survey was mind boggling to discover only 17% of US public believe and 8% of Sweden Public believe 80% of children (specifically one-year olds) are vaccinated.

Hans presented some great information, that we can review and use to our advantage (when presenting)! Offer your information in words, rather than presenting it in front of them..

Hans offers his information by showing it

Hans also used a new tool ..new to him, at least: Animating data! I'm not sure I could ever do half as good of a job as he did while using this new innovative tool, however he did a fantastic job! Animating data is a tool to expose your data (animated), while offering your audience a formulated argument that can be understood by your provided data..It is actually, very interesting!

How to present data

-Garr Reynolds-

Words & Images...

Why present the data you are about to offer? ..Doesn't make sense, does it?

Offer a simple statement that can offer your audience so much more aside an attractive photo...watch their curiosity grow!

What would you make your own infographics on?

Here are some options available to create infographics:

Visual.ly: Offers infographic creations (focuses on sharing and social atmospheres)

Dipity: Multimedia Timelines

Easel.ly: Easily create charts!

Venngage: Create data and track through analytics

Infogr.am: Import your data to create your infographic

Tableau Public: Offers a live Dashboard; Can create interactive infographics

Photo Stats: Analyzes photos on cellular devices and creates infographics (fees involved)

What about me: Uses social media apps

Gliffy: Similar to Prezi

Piktochart: Offers easy ways to create themes with ready-tools

Here is my very first Infographic! I chose "Breastfeeding" and researched statistics on medical support. In 2014, these are the statistics below: Breastfeeding mothers in 7 states out of 43 influence a mothers choice (one of those pro-breastfeeding states being Vermont)! Yay! I also browsed a chart of statistics that enlightened me to more information regarding mothers who introduce their infants as early as two days of age to formula.. The highest percentage I found was 28.8-28.4% Between New York and New Jersey, with the lowest being 8.2% North Dakota (Vermont: 8.5% one of the lowest percentages of introducing formula rather than choosing to breastfeed). Here is the link I received most of my data from:
http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/pdf/2014breastfeedingreportcard.pdf

I decided to insert my survey in my blog this week for those of you who are unable to view (or haven't viewed) my survey and can include your data if/when viewing my blog posts!