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  Clash of Cultures Questioning

Posted by Diana Laufenberg in American History - Laufenberg on
1.  Using the sources contributed to the shared google spreadsheet of primary documents, decide on a question you would like to explore related to Manifest Destiny and the impact on the Native American people as a result.

2.  Scan the list of sources, identify 5 that you would like to analyze as they relate to answering your chosen question.  Choose as least one visual source (map, poster, photograph, cartoon)

3.  Register for an account with thinglink.com and scoop.it.

4.  Using thinglink, analyze one of your visual sources.  Drop tags on the image to analyze the information.  When you are done editing tags, do "View Image"

5.  Log in to your scoop.it account.  Install the bookmarklet for adding links.  When you create your page, title it with the question you are answering.  Then add in your thinglink image and 4 additional primary document sources.  The scoop.it should include writing that analyzes the source.

Goal is for you to utilize a new way of presenting information, that is shared, and interactive - while investigating the clash of cultures that transpired when the colonists and American citizens started pushing West.

American Dream Transition

Posted by Malik Tlili in American History - Laufenberg on

The modern day generalization of the American dream consists of Home own-age, financial stability, and luxurious materials. . 

The transition from the modern day american dream and future american dream will be the effect of a brutal war that causes all of technology to be destroyed. the people of the future will live like the first people who roamed earth. This will cause the dedication to finding religious explanations to their existence. The new American dream is to prolong knowledge of the human existence. 

Tennessee Coal/Ash Spill

Posted by Ronald Jackson in American History - Laufenberg on

​a.) The final project went well. It is visually appealing and informative. 
b.) My group and I never really had the chance to collaborate. It seemed that during each period, one group member was not present.
c.) Next time, I would make time after school for my group and I to collaborate. The reason is because I felt like we didn't collaborate as long as we could have. This would have resulted in a better final project.
d.)
  • Be Concise
    My group and I were very concise. We kept the text to a minimum.
  • Be Visual
    Our info-graphic contained colors that were attractive and eye catching.
  • Be Smarter
    Our project was informative as it explained the assigned topic.
  • Be Transparent
    In the info-graphic, we showed how the disaster affected those that lived near it.
  • Be Different
    We could have made our info-graphic more unique. I feel like it was good, but nothing really made it stand out from others.
  • Be Accurate
    My group and I did a lot of primary document research to make sure that all of the information that we used was accurate.
  • Be Attractive
    Out project was attractive as it used eye-catching colors.
  • Be Varied
    Our project was not very varied. We stuck to the typical components that needed to be included in the project. Nothing was really out of the ordinary.
  • Be Gracious
    We didn't really add an emotional tone to the info-graphic. We just made it informative.
  • Be Creative
    My group and I were creative with the certain colors that we used.

CPagan,MFerry,ZCastro- Garbage Patch Q3

Posted by Cheyenne Pagan in American History - Laufenberg on

Mferry_CPagan_ZCastro_Inforgraphic
Mferry_CPagan_ZCastro_Inforgraphic
​Coming up with what aspect of the garbage patch we were going to focus on went smooth and we quickly came to conclusion that we were we going to use both the size of the mass and compare it to well known countries. We also included the most common animals that are affected and killed due to the land mass. The process that went along with coming up with the theme went really well as well as putting together the simplicity of the info-graphic. Something that didn't work well is coming up with a design that accurately depicts all of the necessary info. This is difficult when trying to keep a simple and visual theme intact. I would pre-set different sections of my info-graph to different information that is required or useful for the visualizer to understand about the info-graphic's topic. jmyj7

Be Concise- When using sizing to represent a size visually the ratio of the object's sizing must have the same ratio to the numbers.Example: if country A has 100,000,000 people and country B has 200,000,000 then the image that represents country B should be 2x bigger than country A's image. 

Be Visual- Use images and visual representation to resemble the information. Do not not use many words. Any words that are used need to have NO way to be resembled visual and must be important enough to be used. 

Be Smarter- Use space and words smartly make sure any image, word, info that you use is completely necessary and used smartly. 

Be Transparent- The info-graph should be clear and easy to understand explaining any abstract representations. 

Be Different- Be inspired by other graphs but think differently about your own design and how your information can be applied visually.

Be Accurate- Do lots of research and make all info accurate. 

Be Attractive- Use attractive colors and shapes. Use techniques that are known to attract people to read or understand more. 

Be Varied- Try different representations and forms of presentations. 

Be Gracious- Be bold without being to cliche bold. 

Be Creative- Use all creative tools that are available to you. Don't take th easy way out and don't be afraid to try creative things. 

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?



I think we excelled in the attractive aspect, we made our info-graphic visually appealing and easy to understand but I think we could've improved on the varied aspect of the project only for the fact we didn't really take advantage of all the different resources that were available to us. I feel like it was harder to incorporate ideas later on after we already had this idea of what we wanted it to be. 

Info Graphic: Tennessee Ash Spill (Yasmeen, Manna, Ronald, Maggie)

Posted by Yasmeen Brownlee in American History - Laufenberg on

​a. What went well? 
We had an idea, and once we fully understood how we were going to post it. Everything else flowed well enough.
b. What did not? 
Not everyone was there at each work period, nor was everyone on time for us to utilize the full time that we were given, we didn't upload it to moodle yet. And communication outside of class didn't work very well.

c. What would you do differently next time? 
Set up a timeline assign roles and make sure everyone sticks to there roles. Also making sure we were on top of everything as well setting a deadline so that we know how much to pace ourselves. 

d. Specifically comment on the 10 tips for effective infographics -
- Visually Appealing
- Not so wordy
- Statistically Sound
- Facts are true
- Colorful
- Interactive (optional)
- Big 
- Stands out 
- Makes sense 
- creative




CPagan,MFerry,ZCastro- Garbage Patch

Posted by Anonymous in American History - Laufenberg on

Poster
Poster
Coming up with what aspect of the garbage patch we were going to focus on went smooth and we quickly came to conclusion that we were we going to use both the size of the mass and compare it to well known countries. We also included the most common animals that are affected and killed due to the land mass. The process that went along with coming up with the theme went really well as well as putting together the simplicity of the info-graphic. Something that didn't work well is coming up with a design that accurately depicts all of the necessary info. This is difficult when trying to keep a simple and visual theme intact. I would pre-set different sections of my info-graph to different information that is required or useful for the visualizer to understand about the info-graphic's topic. jmyj7

Be Concise- When using sizing to represent a size visually the ratio of the object's sizing must have the same ratio to the numbers.Example: if country A has 100,000,000 people and country B has 200,000,000 then the image that represents country B should be 2x bigger than country A's image. 

Be Visual- Use images and visual representation to resemble the information. Do not not use many words. Any words that are used need to have NO way to be resembled visual and must be important enough to be used. 

Be Smarter- Use space and words smartly make sure any image, word, info that you use is completely necessary and used smartly. 

Be Transparent- The info-graph should be clear and easy to understand explaining any abstract representations. 

Be Different- Be inspired by other graphs but think differently about your own design and how your information can be applied visually.

Be Accurate- Do lots of research and make all info accurate. 

Be Attractive- Use attractive colors and shapes. Use techniques that are known to attract people to read or understand more. 

Be Varied- Try different representations and forms of presentations. 

Be Gracious- Be bold without being to cliche bold. 

Be Creative- Use all creative tools that are available to you. Don't take th easy way out and don't be afraid to try creative things. 

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?



I think we excelled in the attractive 

N.Harding Exxon-Valdez Oil Disaster Infograph Reflection

Posted by Naquan Harding in American History - Laufenberg on


Group Members

NaQuan Harding

Martha Robles

Keanu Farrow

1. What went well? 

No one in the group felt like deadweight. We all found a considerable amount of useful information, and all of our strength came out in terms of research and design of the infograph.

2. What did not?

We didn't do a very good job maintaining communication with each other, and as a result, only one of us had the original file, which meant that no one else could see and help improve the infograph.

3. What would you do differently next time?

We would definitely improve our communication between each other. We'd also spend more time discussing different types of graphs so that we could have a more concrete idea on what we'd create.

4. 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?

Environmental Info-GraphicRbah

Posted by Rugeiatu Bah in American History - Laufenberg on

 

 

a. What went well? Some of the things that went well were coming with the idea and making it to be creative yet clear. Also we worked together as a group and spilt up the work to get it done quicker and we also helped each other understanding their part of the project.

b. What did not? Some of the things that did not go well were, getting out pictures to be large on the slides and when we upload it. Also to connect the creativities with our ideas we had in mind and that our a audiences would be able to see the message clear.

c. What would you do differently next time? Some of the things we would like to do differently next time are, instead of using what we used to show our numbers on the mountain we could of more pictures and instead of the using the mountain, would could of used something different like hills etc.

d. Specifically comment on the 10 tips for effective infographics –our project wasn’t that creative to have all the 10 tips, however the mining people on the mountain is the notifies the creative’s that is in it because it stand for in OCK the area were very tight and many people had to make their way up by fighting and because of the oil spill it was hard. Our elements of designer were hard because of the image we had in our head kind of turned out the way we wanted it but still not exact, our pictures isn’t large enough and the 10 tips wasn’t in it as much.

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