a. We worked well together and everybody did their part. ​It was good that we did the work and got handed it in on time.
b. Even though we worked well the information we found was sort of the same so it wasn't that much information that was deep into it.
c. Try to use primary source documents to get the present point of view from that time.

We had a really solid research process where we found a bunch of resources and interesting background to the Oklahoma Lead Contamination. However when we went to make our infographic, we started on the wrong foot, we drew ours. We were supposed to digitalize our infographic. So what went wrong for us was transferring all of our hard work onto the computer. Next time we should stick to the guidelines, however I think we successfully make it concise, informative and interesting to look at. 

Aaron Johnson's Reflection

After an immense amount of research, Delesha, Sam, and I were able to create this info-graphic about the sludge spill that took place in the year 2000 and ruined properties in Kentucky and West Virginia. Something the three of us did well is that we were all able to display our ideas and the information we pulled and mix it together into one info-graphic. Instead of delegating the assignments, we decided to conduct all of the research as a team. This way, we did not have to take the time to present anything to each other because we learned every piece of information as a group. One thing I would change about our project is the photographs. I wish we were able to find more visuals to add to our project but since the sludge spill is so controversial with the Bush administration, there are not may pictures online. 

By: Trevor H
Sade S
Amber A
Alissa D

Trevor H
Sade S
Alissa D
Amber A

​This is a screen shot of our history project; our project consists of the governments handle of the situation, whats going on now and the who, what, where, when and why involved. Our topic was the worst man made disaster in US history the Tennessee Coal Ash Spill.


Reflection:

Our group had a slow start with this project but in the end we pulled through. I learned a lot about the Tennessee Coal Ash Spill and much about the disasters that other students presented. We had a few ups and downs, especially meeting deadlines we set for each other but we collaborated and found incredible amounts of information to learn from. I think if we could have been a little more organized if we practiced before presenting but it was a lot better the second time around.
Because most of us were doing individual research and it was all put together by one person, while presenting we were a little unorganized.  However by the second time we had everything together and could tell our story. 
I think that if everyone would be a little more creative during the infograph part it would have made our project much more attractive.  
Be Concise
Be Visual
Be Smarter
Be Transparent
Be Different
Be Accurate
Be Attractive
Be Varied
Be Gracious
Be Creative
I think we worked very well with being concise,  different, smarter, accurate,  visual, varied, creative, and attractive.  Maybe not so much in the transparent and gracious, because as I said before the first group we presented to was a little messy but got a lot better after the that. I dont think we put up enough information in order to be transparent and im not sure how we could have been gracious in this project.

By Marina Stuart
Group Mates: Elona M, Shi F, and Mustapha I.Elona Myftaraj
Marina Stuart
Shakeelah Finney
Mustapha Idriss

Natalie's Review:
I think that my group did a really good job of getting our information onto the graphic in a clean and attractive way. I definitely feel that our infographic is very C-R-A-Py. This is one of the things that we did very well: the organization and presentation of our infographic.  I think that we could have done a better job of communicating things amongst ourselves and getting things done in a timely manner. Next time, I would start researching our topic with my group a about a week before the visual is due. Though we did this individually, we had a hard time getting things done on time for the whole group because we were not working together when creating the infographics. This is because we divided the job up in three. Everyone in the group had to research one thing and create a visual with our findings. Though we completed these int he end, and were able to bring them all together on our final infographic, I feel that it would have been less stressful on all of us if we would have communicated a little more about our progress. 
Ten tips to effective infographics:
1.) Be concise: Try to represent your point through pictures/visuals more than you present it with your words. After a while, people are going to get tired of reading, so if you can get them to understand your point with a picture, this will be more interesting to them. 
2.) Be visual: Visuals catch a person's eye, so try to use pictures as your primordial means of presentation.
3.) Be smarter: Try to tell a story with your visual. If you can do this, you will have an effective infographic. 
4.) Be transparent: Tell the truth on your infographic. This is not the place to hide things or leave things out. Your should always put all of the most important information on your graphic. 
5.) Be different: Try to think of designs or visuals that other people have not thought of yet. Make it interesting and original. 
6.) Be accurate: Be sure that all of the facts that you put on the infograhic is correct. After seeing how professional your infographic is, people are going to believe the things on it, so make sure that the information you are feeding the public is true and accurate. 
7.) Be attractive: Though you want to use pictures as your primordial means of information, organize them in a neat way. You can't have too many or too little pictures on your infographic. You have to have a balance. Also, use attractive and bright colors or colors that mesh well. This will make your infographic pretty and enjoyable for other people to look at. 
8.)Be Varied: Use different kinds of graphics, use signs, and other kinds of visuals on your infographic, also, try to place the different visuals on your graphic in different locations to catch the reader's eye. This will catch their attention even more. 
9.)Be Gracious: Though you want to be concise with your information, you also want to give them enough information for them to know what is going on. Do this in a professional and kindly manner. 
10.) Be Creative: Try presenting your information in different types of ways like with cartoons or placing your visuals in way that they form the shape of something. Be creative with your information. 
I think that my group did really well in giving the public plenty of information and making the visual look organized and neat. I don't think we were as creative as we could have been. I think this had a lot to do with the fact that we did not have enough time to have fun with the graphic and we were trying to place our visuals together on one whole infographic in the neatest and most professional way that we could.