[Informatics] [Yr11 Information Technology] Thoughts on the 2020 study

Wed Mar 20 21:43:40 UTC 2019

Four Corners did a report on Uber on Monday. Some of the visualisations of their ride tracking were spectacular. The screen shot attached (at 3:30mins in) is of Sydney traffic. The 'roman candles' to the bottom left are Sydney airport.
Cheers
Philip

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Ok, here is a site that I like as it has many well presented infographics which help promote discussion of the design principles.

https://mccrindle.com.au/insights/publications/infographics/

Enjoy. Matt

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   1. Re: [Yr11 Information Technology] Thoughts on the 2020 study
      design - 'Data Analytics' (Roland Gesthuizen)
   2. Re: [Yr11 Information Technology] Thoughts on the 2020 study
      design - 'Data Analytics' (Mark)
   3. Re: [Yr11 Information Technology] Thoughts on the 2020 study
      design - 'Data Analytics' (Russo, Frank R)

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 16:05:47 +1100
From: Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>
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OK, here is a fav infographic .. and some questions.

BY Information is Beautiful 2017-04-25
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/worlds-biggest-data-breaches-hacks/

Explore this visualisation and ask yourself the following questions:
• what hacks do you recall happening and what surprised you?
• what is the likely impact of a data breach and who will this hurt the most?
• what steps could a company or user take to prevent this from happening or minimise the impact?
• what is the value of visualisations like this?

> On 20 Mar 2019, at 2:33 pm, Mark <mark at vceit.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the input, Phillip.
>
> Infographics currently appear in unit 1. In 2020 they are promoted to unit 3.
> Is this dumbing-down unit 3 or smartening-up KK from unit 1?
> In 2020, unit 1 and 2 outcomes will be just as meaty as those in units 3 and 4.
>
> Speaking of which, days ago I asked if anyone had a favourite infographic they would care to send me for a slideshow.
> It turns out that no-one in Victoria has one.
> Not one.
> This is remarkable - and discouraging.
>
> As our great ex-leader Tony Abbot said in 2013, "No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom."
>
> I don't know everything, and only our collected contributions will make a really great suppository.
>
> I am willing to contribute to these magnificent lists, but if hundreds of practising teachers don't also contribute why should I?
> I will happily stroll back down to the beach and let you use your own suppositories.
>
> Love, as always,
> Grumpy Mark
>
> On Wed, 20 Mar 2019 at 13:36, Phillip Donald <milsendonaldp at gmail.com <mailto:milsendonaldp at gmail.com>> wrote:
> I'm sure my Informatics class is going to double in size now that it's called Data Analytics!
>
> I'm pretty disappointed with this new study design. Plenty of flaws have been left in, ie: 2NF and references. I'm at a loss of words about this fancy graph making infographics or "dynamic data visualisations"...
>
>
> --
>
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Thanks for the DDV (dynamic data visualisation), Roland.

The *dynamic* aspect of the DV does raise the question of how such graphics can be archived after the source site dies, or deletes your favourite visualisations (vizs?)

It would be unfeasible (and incredibly boring) to record the DDV as a movie and display the content of each node as it's hovered over...
So, how will we store DDVs for posterity?
And how can they be embedded into slideshows without live links to the internet?
Do any/some/all DDV sites like this offer a downloadable player for their dynamic data downloads?

Dynamically visible Mark

On Wed, 20 Mar 2019 at 16:06, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>
wrote:

> OK, here is a fav infographic .. and some questions.
>
> BY Information is Beautiful 2017-04-25
>
> http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/worlds-biggest-da
> ta-breaches-hacks/
>
> Explore this visualisation and ask yourself the following questions:
> • what hacks do you recall happening and what surprised you?
> • what is the likely impact of a data breach and who will this hurt
> the most?
> • what steps could a company or user take to prevent this from
> happening or minimise the impact?
> • what is the value of visualisations like this?
>
>
> On 20 Mar 2019, at 2:33 pm, Mark <mark at vceit.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the input, Phillip.
>
> Infographics currently appear in unit 1. In 2020 they are promoted to
> unit 3.
> Is this dumbing-down unit 3 or smartening-up KK from unit 1?
> In 2020, unit 1 and 2 outcomes will be just as meaty as those in units
> 3 and 4.
>
> Speaking of which, days ago I asked if anyone had a favourite
> infographic they would care to send me for a slideshow.
> It turns out that *no-one in Victoria* has one.
> Not one.
> This is remarkable - and discouraging.
>
> As our great ex-leader Tony Abbot said in 2013, "*No one, however
> smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository
> of all wisdom.*"
>
> I don't know everything, and only our *collected* contributions will
> make a really *great* suppository.
>
> I am willing to contribute to these magnificent lists, but if hundreds
> of practising teachers don't also contribute why should I?
> I will happily stroll back down to the beach and let you use your own
> suppositories.
>
> Love, as always,
> Grumpy Mark
>
> On Wed, 20 Mar 2019 at 13:36, Phillip Donald <milsendonaldp at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm sure my Informatics class is going to double in size now that
>> it's called Data Analytics!
>>
>> I'm pretty disappointed with this new study design. Plenty of flaws
>> have been left in, ie: 2NF and references. I'm at a loss of words
>> about this fancy graph making infographics or "dynamic data visualisations"...
>>
>>
>> --
>
> Mark Kelly
>
> mark at vceit.com
> http://vceit.com
> Twitter @vceitcom
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Here’s a quick one for you Mark

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Thanks for the DDV (dynamic data visualisation), Roland.

The dynamic aspect of the DV does raise the question of how such graphics can be archived after the source site dies, or deletes your favourite visualisations (vizs?)

It would be unfeasible (and incredibly boring) to record the DDV as a movie and display the content of each node as it's hovered over...
So, how will we store DDVs for posterity?
And how can they be embedded into slideshows without live links to the internet?
Do any/some/all DDV sites like this offer a downloadable player for their dynamic data downloads?

Dynamically visible Mark

On Wed, 20 Mar 2019 at 16:06, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com<mailto:rgesthuizen at gmail.com>> wrote:
OK, here is a fav infographic .. and some questions.

BY Information is Beautiful 2017-04-25
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/worlds-biggest-data-breaches-hacks/

Explore this visualisation and ask yourself the following questions:
• what hacks do you recall happening and what surprised you?
• what is the likely impact of a data breach and who will this hurt the most?
• what steps could a company or user take to prevent this from happening or minimise the impact?
• what is the value of visualisations like this?

On 20 Mar 2019, at 2:33 pm, Mark <mark at vceit.com<mailto:mark at vceit.com>> wrote:

Thanks for the input, Phillip.

Infographics currently appear in unit 1. In 2020 they are promoted to unit 3.
Is this dumbing-down unit 3 or smartening-up KK from unit 1?
In 2020, unit 1 and 2 outcomes will be just as meaty as those in units 3 and 4.

Speaking of which, days ago I asked if anyone had a favourite infographic they would care to send me for a slideshow.
It turns out that no-one in Victoria has one.
Not one.
This is remarkable - and discouraging.

As our great ex-leader Tony Abbot said in 2013, "No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom."

I don't know everything, and only our collected contributions will make a really great suppository.

I am willing to contribute to these magnificent lists, but if hundreds of practising teachers don't also contribute why should I?
I will happily stroll back down to the beach and let you use your own suppositories.

Love, as always,
Grumpy Mark

On Wed, 20 Mar 2019 at 13:36, Phillip Donald <milsendonaldp at gmail.com<mailto:milsendonaldp at gmail.com>> wrote:
I'm sure my Informatics class is going to double in size now that it's called Data Analytics!

I'm pretty disappointed with this new study design. Plenty of flaws have been left in, ie: 2NF and references. I'm at a loss of words about this fancy graph making infographics or "dynamic data visualisations"...

--

Mark Kelly

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