1. Picturing a Thousand
W R D S
Data Visualization as a Teaching Tool
Shannan Butler, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Communication
St. Edward’s University
shannanb@stedwards.edu
Presented at the 2010 ELI Annual Meeting
2. many eyes
Provided by IBM’s Visual
Communication Lab
Their goal is to “democratize
visualization and to enable a
new social kind of data analysis.”
Absolutely FREE!
3. many eyes
94,000 user provided data sets
both textual and numeric
U.S. Gov, OECD, Employment,
Climate, Income, Diversity, etc.
18 Visualization Types
Share data
Foster discussion
4. data sets
Choose one
Create one
View raw data as table or text
Check validity & formatting
24. For More info...
Weisgerber, C. & Butler, S. (2009). "Visualizing the Future of
Interaction Studies: Data Visualization Applications as a
Research, Pedagogical, and Presentational Tool for Interaction
Scholars." Electronic Journal of Communication, 19(1-2) .
www.thedigitalrhetorician.com
www.many-eyes.com