You should pick something that has not been presented in the class
before, or if the concept has been presented before it should be
presented in a new way or from a different perspective. Choosing a
visualization from the last year increases your odds of it being new.
Visualizations and data sources related to other countries would be much
appreciated as those would give me a wider variety of visualizations to
show future classes.
Once you have chosen a visualization email Andy with its location so it
can be approved and we ensure that everyone is doing something
different.
You should create a web page with a link to the original visualization
and your discussion about the good features of the interactive
visualization, and things that could be better about the visualization.
Based on what we have talked about in class and what you have
experienced in creating these kinds of applications, apply that
knowledge to critique this visualization. This should be a critical discussion of
the value of the visualization: what is the data? how was it
collected? what works and what needs improvement? who are the users
that this visualization was made for? what questions do people want to
ask? how can they find the answers with this tool? This discussion
should include plenty of screen shots to back up your comments. In the
past about 10 screenfulls of good text and images have been about
right for an A in the critique,
Once you have your web page done, email its location to Andy and
include a screen snapshot so we can link all the pages into the class
webpages.
Each person will have 5 minutes to
present the visualization and their critique in class.