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I really liked the research aspect of this project, because even though sifting through so much information was hard, it sort of had that lazy-fun-ness of when you're reading something on Wikipedia that links to another article so you start reading that, and you end up somewhere totally unexpected.  It was especially fun because it was something I already had some interest in education, even though I hadn't really expected to be doing a project about education reform.  I knew that changing Bill Gates' childhood would have a huge impact on the computer industry, but it was strange to see how that effect carried over to the realm of politics and public education.  It was also weirdly interesting to look pictures of really, really old computers, and to see how many other people had made their own predictions of what 2011 would look like without Microsoft.
If I did this project again, I would make sure I started with a clearer idea of exactly what I wanted the project to be.  I had ideas for my fake primary sources when I started, but I didn't really think about how I would put them together into a single project, and I feel like it's a bit awkward to just have a bunch of random papers.  I also found the graphic organizer really helpful.  I think if you do this project again, you should have some additional organization tools for students, because with a project like this it's really easy to just get totally lost.

After the initial infographics we made were proven to be completely incorrect, we worked quickly and hard to get the second set finished, and I believe that that went well. We were not very organized, but overall, we overcame that problem. If i could go back and change things around, I would have made sure we understood the project description before hand. 

a. What went well? 
Nothing really except that we turned in the project.

b. What did not? 
We barely worked with it each I felt completely useless for this project

c. What would you do differently next time?

I would rather we worked together and actually listened to each other. 

And as for these,

Be Concise

Be Visual

Be Smarter

Be Transparent

Be Different

Be Accurate

Be Attractive

Be Varied

Be Gracious

Be Creative

We were average in all of them except with creativity because our info-graph was nothing but words and pictures.

a. What went well?
My group really worked well and was very productive during class time and time when we did research on our google doc at home. We also gathered a lot of information in order to complete the project thoroughly.
b. What did not?
After looking at a project with a perfect score I feel like we didn't do well with the visual aspect. We were going to create a picture timeline put we didn't have time because we spent so much time gathering facts an information to incorporate into our final project.
c. What would you do differently next time?
Timeline of images going around the oil spiral
Chart of oil levels
Timeline of what the spill was the size of

a. What went well?
-We, as a group, did our part as individuals. We worked well as a group.
b. What did not?
-We all did not read the directions correctly that resulted us into making the correct infograph.
c. What would you do differently next time?
-Read the directions carefully
d. Specifically comment on the 10 tips for effective infographics -

Be Concise

When you view our infograph, you can easily see the contamination of what the mine has done and process of trying to clean the mine.

Be Visual

There's not too much going on. It's not crowded on our infograph. . Everything is well organized

Be Smarter

You can see the historical population throughout the years and the decreasing of numbers, as well as the a bar graph to visually see the differences.

Be Transparent

We were very transparent when it came down to sources and much more. We did a great job in that category and gave the reader/viewer a chance to explore more into the topic.

Be Different

We have data charts but we weren't as different honestly.

Be Accurate

Our data is accurate as well as our research. We've sited different helpful sources.

Be Attractive

-Falls into visual, we did a good job making it presentable and organization.

Be Varied

Important info. is only needed into the infograph. Easy for viewers to view.

Be Gracious

-We only put the important facts, enough information where our viewers can understand what the lead contamination is is and few images to back up our info.

Be Creative

-creativity falls into visual and we've made it easier for viewers to read rather than paragraphs but important points. As long as attractiveness with the style of how things were set up.

a. What went well? 
The research and getting everything together.
b. What did not? 
Talking about our research and deciding what to drop in terms of information.
c. What would you do differently next time? 
I would speak up about the decisions for our infographic, because I feel that we could have done a better job in the visualness. 
d. Specifically comment on the 10 tips for effective infographics -

Be Concise

Be Visual

Be Smarter

Be Transparent

Be Different

Be Accurate

Be Attractive

Be Varied

Be Gracious

Be Creative

Which of these areas did you excel in? Which were not so well represented? Why do you think some elements of design were easier or harder to include in the end product?

Some well represented were Transparent, Different, Accurate, and Varied. I feel like creatively we could have done much more and that we didn't add all the information that we could have so that things made more sense.