Picher, OK, Lead Contamination

a. What went well? 
What I think went well was the amount of teamwork, and cooperation that we had. I think that as a group, we meshed our ideas together, and divided the work well and evenly.

b. What did not? Actually not too much didn't go well. But I guess the only thing was our file gave us a bit of problems, but we solved that.

c. What would you do differently next time? Next time, I would definitely change my timeline, and try to have less text on it. Perhaps changing structure of it.


d. Specifically comment on the 10 tips for effective infographics -

Be Concise- Make sure that fonts and colors remain the same, or complimenting through out.

Be Visual- Pictures and visuals are vital for showing information. Make sure that the main portrayal of information is from images rather than text.

Be Smarter- Divide work to save time. Make sure the theme of your info graph fits your topic well. 

Be Transparent- Don't beat around the bush and provide irrelevant information. Make sure that the point and information of you info-graph is clear.

Be Different- Be original! Be creative and make your info-graph stand out.

Be Accurate- Try to be precise with your dates provided. Have good and valid sources for your information.

Be Attractive- Be tasteful with the amount of words, or the colors.

Be Varied- Have different kinds of sources for you information! Provide images and statistics and anything that can easily transmit information. 

Be Gracious- Be neat and tidy. Try not to have information just scattered about, and lacking structure. Structure is key.

Be Creative- Have fun! Make your info graph something totally original and more importantly cool looking. Find cool and appealing ways to represent different types of information.

Which of these areas did you excel in? Which were not so well represented? Why do you think some elements of design were easier or harder to include in the end product? 

I think we excelled when it came to being smarter, transparent, varied, and attractive. I believe we excelled in there areas because our work was divided evenly, and we each shared an equal role in the design. I think we were very transparent will the point of the info graph, as well as having a nice supply statistics and images to further the understanding of the text. I think that it is attractive because of our colors that we chose, and how they relate to the drilling that happened in the town- hence, all of the brown. I don't think that being concise and visual was represented as well because not all of our fonts are exactly the same, and we had a lot of text. I think that we could have organized the text differently, and that would change the visual effect on the reader. I do think that it was harder/ easier to represent some of the elements of design because it vary depending on the type of topic that you have. I believe that visuals are used in specifics ways, and some ways may not be as universal as others. For us, I think that it was harder being completely visually creative.