ASTC Workshops
Make-A-Vis: Come Build a Data Visualization from the Ground Up
Date:
September 20, 2019
Time:
1:30pm - 4:30pm
Meeting Place:
Metro Toronto Convention Center
ASTC Annual Conference
255 Front St W, Toronto, ON M5V 2W6, Canada
Schedule:
Visualize your world! During this hands-on session come play with the xMacroscope, an open-source tool that supports the design of compelling data visualization experiences for the museum floor. This is a hands-on session; bring your laptop and use your data or ours. Limited to 40 people. Preregistration required.
Friday, September 20, 2019
| 1:30pm | Welcome and Introductions Click to download slides |
| 2:00pm | Project Overview and the Data Visualization Literacy Framework (Katy Borner) |
| 2:30pm | • Make-A-Vis
• Setting the Stage: Video overview of xMacroscope (Bryan Kennedy) • Make-A-Vis Demonstration (Bruce Herr II) |
| 3:00pm | Break |
| 3:15pm | xMacroscope in the Museum Context (Bryan Kennedy)
Click to view Talk #1 Click to view Talk #2 |
| 3:45pm | What learning sciences research is performed with the xMacroscope? (Anna Keune) Click to download presentation |
| 4:00pm | MAV applied to Connected Worlds at the New York Hall of Science (Stephen Uzzo) |
| 4:15pm | Build a Visualization (Bruce Herr II) |
| 5:30pm | Adjourn |
Attendees:
Katy Börner
SICE, Victor H. Yngve Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Information Science
Director,
CI for Network Science Center (CNS)
Bruce Herr
Senior System Architect / Project Manager at CNS
Elizabeth Record
CNS, School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering
Indiana University
Curator Places & Spaces: Mapping Science
Bryan Kennedy
Science Museum of Minnesota, Director, Exhibit Media
Kylie Peppler
University of California Irvine, Associate Professor
Stephen Uzzo
New York Hall of Science, Chief Scientist
Thank you to our generous sponsors:
