<html><head><base href="x-msg://49/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Now that I'm finding out what data vis is, I'm also wondering how a database, or even programming languages, fit in here. Spreadsheets or some of the data vis software seems more appropriate.<div><br></div><div>A google search on data vis brings up so much info. The World Bank has a number of data
visualisation tools. You can see if there is a link between many things, eg life expectancy and things
like power consumption or GDP.</div><div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://devdata.worldbank.org/DataVisualizer/">http://devdata.worldbank.org/DataVisualizer/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://data.worldbank.org/products/data-visualization-tools">http://data.worldbank.org/products/data-visualization-tools</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">I've found applications for windows but need to find applications for macs.</div>
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<div><br></div><div>Rob</div><div><br><div>
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Robert Minato<br>Teacher</div><div>Arts and Technology Domain<br>Catholic College Wodonga<br>1 Bowman Crt<br>Wodonga Vic 3690<br>0260435546<br><a href="mailto:rminato@ccw.vic.edu.au">rminato@ccw.vic.edu.au</a></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: ArialMT; "><i>I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align: right; "><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: ArialMT; ">Martin Luther King Jnr</span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></span></div>
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<br><div><div>On 17/06/2011, at 4:17 PM, Bane, Janet A wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div fpstyle="1" ocsi="0"><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">I would like to do some database stuff, but I am not sure how the visualisation aspect fits in - are we talking about a switchboard that will display something (eg. a report/or maybe a chart made in Excel) when a button is clicked?</div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">It seems to me that some aspect of database should be examined in Year 11, otherwise students could go on to Year 12 ITA with no knowledge at all about databases (which would be a disadvantage, I think)</div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">I have looked up the study design and it says that databases are permissible, but can someone advise me on how they could be incorporated into the first outcome? </div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Otherwise, I will just use many eyes: <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/">http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/</a> if you haven't had a look, its well worth it.</div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">regards</div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Janet Bane</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Patterson River SC</div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> </p><div style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><hr tabindex="-1"><div id="divRpF892952" style="direction: ltr; "><font face="Tahoma" color="#000000" size="2"><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:yr11it-bounces@edulists.com.au">yr11it-bounces@edulists.com.au</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[yr11it-bounces@edulists.com.au] on behalf of Roland Gesthuizen [rgesthuizen@gmail.com]<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, 16 June 2011 3:35 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Year 11 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Yr11 Information Technology] U2O1 - Data Visualisation<br></font><br></div><div></div><div>Just FYI. Here are some of the things you can do with gadgets and lookups. I saw some of these demonstrated at GTASYD in Sydney last April. Impressive stuff.<div><br><div><div> <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/gtaresources/events/2010-07-29/spreadsheets" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/gtaresources/events/2010-07-29/spreadsheets</a><br><br></div><div>Regards Roland</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 June 2011 20:40, Travis Parker<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Travis.Parker@beaconhills.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">Travis.Parker@beaconhills.vic.edu.au</a>></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="padding-left: 1ex; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; ">That's a good idea. FYI the study design says you can use database<br>software, so that's why I was thinking it. However, you can definitely<br>introduce<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://VB.net">VB.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and use an image browser, even include scaling, zooming<br>etc for it as an intro to U2O2.<br><br>Definitely like the idea of Google docs spreadsheets too after looking<br>at them! Thanks YouTube!<br><br>Cheers<br><br>Trav<br><div class="im"><br><br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:yr11it-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">yr11it-bounces@edulists.com.au</a><br></div>[mailto:<a href="mailto:yr11it-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">yr11it-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] On Behalf Of Townsley, Andrew A<br>Sent: Thursday, 16 June 2011 1:38 PM<br><div class="im">To: Year 11 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List<br></div>Subject: Re: [Yr11 Information Technology] U2O1 - Data Visualisation<br><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br>I am using<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://vb.net" target="_blank">vb.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and controls and an image list of pictures for display<br><br>dont know about database for this though<br>________________________________________<br>From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:yr11it-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">yr11it-bounces@edulists.com.au</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:yr11it-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">yr11it-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] on<br>behalf of Travis Parker [<a href="mailto:Travis.Parker@beaconhills.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">Travis.Parker@beaconhills.vic.edu.au</a>]<br>Sent: Thursday, 16 June 2011 11:27 AM<br>To: Year 11 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List<br>Subject: [Yr11 Information Technology] U2O1 - Data Visualisation<br><br>Colleagues,<br><br>I'm just running through the software tools options for U2O1 (Yes, I do<br>have a whole day and a half to get it organised!) and was wondering what<br>people use for data visualisations? 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