Warm Up 4/7 - The Geography of Data

After adding a few things to our folders, we will read the warm up together to start:

For today's warm up, you will be doing an activity in pairs, to read in to and digest an information map.


We are going to start by browsing on your own at the Information Geographies at the Oxford Internet Institute



Part 1) Browse - and pick out three maps that interest you.
  - Some of the maps are more visually attractive to some than others, but let's pick the most interesting content based on what it is showing.  See if you start to pick out some of the basics and most important pieces of information even before getting to discuss as a group

Part 2) Group Discussion - tell the group which ones caught your eye, and why
  - Each person should be ready to talk about at least one.  You should be ready to give us maybe one or two things you noticed.

Part 3) Power Pair Presentations - partner up with someone who is also interested in your map.
  - Explain it to us!  Make a power point along with your partner (share the google presentation so you can both work on it at the same time!)
  - Use screenshots to illustrate particular places on the map you want to talk about
  - Goal: use the write-up they present us to highlight important things the map shows us about our world culture.

Last week of the session...lets finish strong!