I really do not care for statistics, data, and information about poverty and wealth. It's confusing, depressing, and boring to me. This video, Hans Rosling shows the best stats you've ever seen, featuring Hans Rosling was all about statistics, data, and information about health and wealth in the world, but it was not confusing, depressing, and definitely not boring. I was thoroughly impressed with this video. He was able to use technology to make an exciting presentation. He used bright colors that were pleasing to the eyes, and fun shapes to keep the viewer appeased and interested. He also used colors that complimented each other and contrasting colors to bring significant points to attention.
He showed many graphs that weren't plain and boring. One example was a graph that changed the date (1970, 1971, 1972, ...) on its own while moving points on the graph so the facts would be in sync with the year. It made it so the viewer could see the drastic changes that would be taking place. He also formatted it so that the points on the graph could rise, move around, and split to give more detail and specific facts about different countries. This was very helpful.
There were multiple comparisons without clutter, Rosling made his points very clear, it was understandable, and it was enjoyable. I'm hoping to incorporate the bright colors, organized information, and enthusiasm that Rosling demonstrated to my own presentation this week.
Stacy I also wish I could make my presentation this week something like Hans Rosling's, but somehow, I don't quite think I'm there yet. I wonder what tool he used to accomplish this? Is it one of the apps we are exploring this week? It would be interesting to find out how he went about it.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.gapminder.org/ is the site where Rosling and his family offer his software free to anyone, it can be loaded with your own stats.
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