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