ORGANIZING GIVEN INFORMATION: MINDMAPS, TIMELINES

ORGANIZING GIVEN INFORMATION:MINDMAPS, TIMELINES,

INFOGRAPHICS

Information literacy curricula

Workshop number 3

VISUAL ORGANISING AND REPRESENTING INFORMATION

Data organizing

Your problems while learning...

Hard to memorize and conect data?

Hard to organize data you collected while doing

your research?

Brainstorming…

• talk about how you learn and organize your

information given via a new learning material

• write down your key activities during data

organizing and learning

• discuss the pros and cons of the most often

methods

Conclusion

Do you see how important is proper data

organization and communication of ideas with

others?

What kind of teaching materials do you like the

most and why?

Why is visualisation of content usefull and

important?

How can visuals help?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlqkjH3iSQo

Using visuals

• Have you already used the visual

representation of organized information?

• Do you think they can be useful in learning or

organizing given information?

• Ever heard of mind maps, timelines and

infographics?

Let us see how they can help!

MIND MAPS“Mind Maps are the meta-language

of the human race.”

– Tony Buzan

What is a mind map?

• a diagram used to visually organize

information

• a visual thinking tool

• it maps out your thoughts and ideas in a

brain-friendly way

• created by Tony Buzan

What is it made of?

• combines colour, visual-spatial skills and imagination to trigger your brain

• hand-drawn on paper or produced using mind mapping software

• brainstorm ideas quickly and easily

• take fast and effective notes in classtime or meetings

• make concise notes from printed material

• study better and remember more

• prepare and present information or ideas

• memorize facts more effectively and meaningly

It can help you...

You can use it for...

• thinking (brainstorming, decision-making and

project planning)

• learning (note-taking, note-making, studying)

• communication (presentations, meetings,

speeches)

How to mind map?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztjf8ksehvI

Mind mapping rules

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76Roy4E4ZbE

EXERCISE 1

• make a mind map of the topic that your teacher gave you – teamwork

• use the printed materials

• follow the rules

• use the „How to make a mind map” guide

• switch your mindmap with another team

• use the „How to read mind maps” guide and try to read and explain it

Digital mindmapping tools

• Mindmeister

https://www.mindmeister.com

• Mindomo

https://www.mindomo.com

• Popplet: https://popplet.com

• Bubbl.us: https://bubbl.us

• Wikimindmap:

http://www.wikimindmap.org

• SpicyNodes:

http://www.spicynodes.org

• WiseMapping:

http://www.wisemapping.com

• Mind42: https://mind42.com

• . . .

EXERCISE 2

• Create an account on the mind mapping tool of

choice

• Follow your teachers demonstration on the

online mind mapping tool

• transfer the mind-map you created on paper into

s digital form

• share it with classmates and the teacher

TIMELINES

EXERCISE 3

• devide into teams

• box on the main table with pictures with date and

info

• hang the pictures in date order on stretched

string or wall, alternatively use table

• What have you created? Can you read the

information from others?

What are timelines

• picture of events that happened in history

• displaying a list of events in chronological order

• helps visualize data over time

• long bar labelled with dates alongside

• events labelled on points where they happened

Types of timelines

• can be linear or parallel (comparative)

• linear - one subject and time frame

– horizontally, vertically or curved

• parallel - two or more subject areas at the same time and compares them

• might compare

– historical events

– two or more subjects

• handdrawn or digital

Timeline creating tools

• Tiki-Toki: http://www.tiki-toki.com/Timeglider: http://timeglider.com/

• Timetoast : http://www.timetoast.com/

• Timeline Js: http://timeline.knightlab.com/

• Capzles: http://www.capzles.com/

• Ourstory: http://www.ourstory.com/

• Myhistro: http://www.myhistro.com/

EXERCISE 4

• watch demonstration

• devide into teams

• transfer the timeline you created manually

into a digital form

• share it with classmates

• try to read and explain work of others

INFOGRAPHICS„Human brain processes visual information at a rate of 60 000 times faster than text!”

What are infographics?

• visual representations of information, data or

knowledge

• complex information explained simply, quickly

and clearly

• eases creation and communicating conceptual

information

What is it made of?

• universal symbols, pictures, visual elements

• signs, charts, maps, diagrams

• telling „a story“

• get the message and point

• take away textual data

Infographics types

• various types and combinations

• statistically based

• timeline based

• comparison based

• process based

• map based

The good and the bad

• uses pictures, graphics, symbols and icons

• no overloading with text or details

• focus on the main message

• use clean design

• simple colour scheme

• too much data

• draws away the focus of the keypoint

• poorely created graphs

• bad combination of elements

• overcrowded

• lack of simplicity

• hard to read

EXERCISE 5

• examples of infographics

• reflect on the criteria

• judge each of them

• which are designed good and why?

• which are designed badly and why?

• discuss please!

Good job!!!

Infographics tools

• Piktochart: https://piktochart.com/

• Canva Infographic Maker:https://www.canva.com/create/infographics/

• Vizualize: http://vizualize.me/

• Google Developers: https://developers.google.com/chart/

• Easel.ly: https://www.easel.ly/

• Infogr.am: https://infogr.am/

• Venngage: https://venngage.com/

EXERCISE 6

• create an infografics on the digital tool

• prepare materials given by the teacher or choose a topic

• organize the informations from the materials and those found online

• take care of the suitable design

• create an infographics

• represent your work

CONCLUSION

Do you think visualisation tools are usefull to

you?

How can they help you get better grades and

improve your skills?

Can you represent it with a mind map?

Evaluation please!

Thank you!

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