If all of the powers of ten were written out in a sequence on a spreadsheet, I know that my mind would be blown! Knowing how to work with powers of ten in a math problem compared to actually being able to grasp the reality of what it means are two totally different things. I’ve also had a hard time grasping math concepts visually, so this video gave me a new perspective. Actually being able to see what multiple powers of ten look like in real life in the YouTube video greatly helped me grasp an understanding of what powers of ten mean.<\/p>\n
What do these three sources have to say about some of the positives, negatives, and challenges of visualizing data?<\/p>\n
From the reading “The Trouble with Timelines,” one of the challenges of Priestly’s timelines was that his was hard to understand with how little context there was behind it. One positive about this though was that he set the stage for timelines to come in the future. The idea that time could be shown visually caught on with a lot of people. Because we can’t touch or feel time, a lot of people liked the way something like this could be visualized. The biggest negative from this source was that time was never shown in a visual linear fashion before, and it was almost too simple. Bergson said that Priestly’s timeline was a “deceiving idol.” A negative to Sterne’s timeline was that it became too elaborate and complicated. They didn’t have the means of technology to make it simple and easy to read back then, so scrolls were 54 feet long with lots of information. This wasn’t easy to edit or change either. I think with our advanced technology now, timelines are much more useful and can help us visually grasp time.<\/p>\n
As for the reading “The Mapping of Massacres,” one of the positives from this is that it brings awareness to a controversial subject. It shows evidence, and not opinion. When you hear about something you may think, “Oh that’s really sad,” but then the information doesn’t really stick with you. But when you see an actual visualization of something, it resonates much deeper and stays with you. I believe this is the case in this reading, and that there were mostly good things that came out of this visualization.<\/p>\n
The quote\u00a0\u201cLiteracy in information analysis requires a willingness to grapple with data in all its untidy forms, including missing, incomplete, and contradictory entries. [This] involves moving through layers of abstraction, using visualization to summarize, and drilling down to the supporting information structures. Good tools…must always include ways to view the underlying assumptions, to visualize and examine alternative interpretations, and to expose the degree of uncertainty,” from Maureen Stone reminds me most of the Powers of Ten YouTube video. When we think about this idea, it is nearly impossible to understand what it means from our standpoint. But when we have a visualization of it, we are more willing to understand what it means and put more effort into analyzing things from this point of view. We can assume what our view would be from 10^7 meters away, but actually being able to see the real view point can broaden our perspectives and help us learn more precisely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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