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Katie Hawkins wrote a new post, Redesign Seminar, on the site DataViz

Fri, 02 May 2014 23:10:36 -0400

My recommendations for this course in a future semester would be similar to the third option. I think the semester the way it was this semester was great, keeping in my this semester was the first and thus a trial […]

Katie Hawkins wrote a new post, Transition Plan, on the site DataViz

Mon, 21 Apr 2014 03:56:44 -0400

The data I used to create my visualization was simply found on the internet. These useful locations and points in West Hartford can be changed and others can be added or removed. The goal and intention was simply to find useful resources for children 8 and under. This visualization show’s these location in the West Hartford boundary.

I imagine a map such as mine can be used or maps that are specifically used for solely one of the types of locations. Such as a map of only day cares or dental care.

I first used google fusion tables that can be located through this link.

Polygon data

Point data

And finally I used github to create the two layer map, that can be found here.

Katie Hawkins wrote a new post, Greatby8: The easy way to find early childhood resources, on the site DataViz

Sat, 19 Apr 2014 03:45:03 -0400

Throughout my semester of data visualization I worked with the partnership named Great by 8. Great by 8 “is a community collaborative focused on improving access to high quality services in the areas of early childhood education and health. Great by 8 is a combined Graustein Discovery Community Board and the Town of West Hartford’s School Readiness Council. [They] have a formal board comprised of parents, teachers, public school administrators, private program directors and other community members to ensure that all West Hartford children are Great by age 8.”

In my data visualization I used a polygon outline of West Hartford and found useful locations to place on the polygon layer. The useful locations are there in order to make finding resources, such as health care units, dental care, recreational facilities, day cares, clothing stores etc. for children 8 years and under, easy to find and more widely known.

Click here to access my data visualization.

Katie Hawkins wrote a new post, Lying with Maps, on the site DataViz

Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:58:03 -0400

Katie Hawkins commented on the post, Update Assignment 6b, on the site DataViz

Sun, 09 Mar 2014 03:37:18 -0400

Hi Ray- The fact that you are able to utilize all these different types of interactive data visualizations to illustrate your data is great! I’m not sure whether the two bar graphs are suppose to be showing […]

Katie Hawkins wrote a new post, Assignment 6- Updated A4/5 Google wizard layer, on the site DataViz

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 05:02:02 -0500

Katie Hawkins wrote a new post, Assignment 4/5- Google Fusion Table , on the site DataViz

Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:36:07 -0500

Katie Hawkins wrote a new post, Sample map 2, on the site DataViz

Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:01:17 -0500

Katie Hawkins wrote a new post, Assignment #3- Great by 8 dataviz priorities, on the site DataViz

Sun, 16 Feb 2014 02:44:28 -0500

I had my first meeting with my partnership coordinator, Julia Rusert this week. Julia and I began figuring out where a good starting point is and what I can begin working on. Julia had a student who did some asset […]

Katie Hawkins wrote a new post, Assignment 2b Great by 8, on the site DataViz

Sun, 09 Feb 2014 04:46:03 -0500

For the beginning of this semester I will be working with West Hartford Great by 8.
Great by 8 is an early childhood education and health community organization that focuses on bridging the gap between those that […]