Multimedia room lesson, week 3

Hi Students,

Today, you'll be looking at a few 'infographics' and summarising their important information. The task is to express, in words, some of their most interesting facts.

(1) How students use technology.

Write 4/5 sentences about the data this graphic presents.

http://holykaw.alltop.com/how-students-use-technology-infographic

(2) Then choose one more infographic and write 4/5 sentences about it.

e.g.

Mortality statistics:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jan/14/mortality-statistics-causes-death-england-wales-2009?mobile-redirect=false 

OR

The British in trouble abroad:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/aug/05/fco-trouble-abroad-britons

The interactive map can be viewed full-screen.)

OR

Recent UK riot incidents:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2011/aug/09/uk-riots-incident-map

OR

Media scare stories:

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/play/mountains-out-of-molehills/

OR

Scientific evidence for health supplements:

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/play/snake-oil-supplements/

OR

Types of university degrees earned, by gender (in thousands, in USA):

http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/visualizations/degrees-earned-by-gender-over-5-de

EXTRA TASK

Browse the same websites and find another infographic, not listed above.
Make a few notes to explain it to the class. 
Please send a link to the graphic to my email, so we can look at the page together on the SmartBoard.