Challenge & Selection:

A visualization is a tool for forming and expressing ideas and thoughts, and for me, it is also very  useful as for organizing and sharing ideas or identify elements or specific pieces of information or  perspectives, that otherwise would not have been possible using traditional and default ways of  processing and displaying information. For me, although I have not yet worked in a professional field, I  use the tool of Visualization frequently in my educational life as a student, whether for scholar projects  or just to help me organize myself in my studies. I use the tool of visual thinking to help me with the  process of thinking and organization when I work in teams for scholarly projects or to help me  organize ideas and data in my daily life. For example, one way I find the tool of visualization extremely  useful is for organizing data for my studies. I like to map ideas and information, as I find it more  effective to learn. When I have team projects, I share my ideas and information and together we like  to visualize the processes and steps, as well as organizing information and ideas for the project.

Application:

Some situations I find the tool of visualization very useful is when I have to do team projects. I use  visualization for both creating the process and also presenting the information and solutions. One  specific example is when I had to do a presentation for my English Class about an IRR I wrote  previously. My IRR was about the economic impact of pregnancy during the teen years. However, in  order to find what my research would be about, I had to do mind mapping to organize my ideas for  possible topics and lenses I could use in my research. I would first write some topics and issues I was  interested in researching (teen pregnancy, climate change, food marketing, school funding, etc) and  then, for each topic, write more specifically what aspect and lenses I would like to research to finally  end up with various research questions to choose from. After choosing my research question and  writing my research paper I had to do a presentation. For this, I did not use a mind map but decided to  rather organize my claims, sub-claims, and stakeholders in a template I created. This template was  just giant cardboard divided into 10 squares, each classifying a part of the presentation ( Intro,  Background, Problem, claims&subclaims, counterclaims, rebuttal, solutions, etc. ). I had written down  all the claims, counterclaims, stakeholders, and supporting data in a post-it and started placing the  post its where I thought they would be useful to have a strong and co-organized presentation. Finally,  this huge template had helped me classify all my data and organize it thoroughly into a strong and  organized presentation.

Insight:

By applying the tool of visualization to help me determine my research I was able to organize my  ideas more clearly, stating all my possible options and making my process of selection easier and  more effective for finding the best research question for me. Using visualization, I was able to  organize all the supporting data, claims, sub-claims, stakeholders among others in an organized order  that helped me create a stronger line of reasoning and therefore better presentations.

Approach:

Because I use the tool of visualization very often in my school life, I say it is an immense help for  organizing ideas and information for almost any work that contains information and organization.

However, as I mentioned before visualization can not only help with organization but can also be used  to help you with almost anything. Sometimes I do not use visualization because I am lazy about the  whole process and the time it takes, however I need to stop doing that and I know that I should apply  the tool of visualization more often as it almost always helps me improve my work and results.


Challenge & Selection : A visualization is a tool for forming and expressing ideas and thoughts , and for me , it is also very useful as for organizing and sharing ideas or identify elements or specific pieces of information or perspectives , that otherwise would not have been possible using traditional and default ways of processing and displaying information . For me , although I have not yet worked in a professional field , I use the tool of Visualization frequently in my educational life as a student , whether for scholar projects or just to help me organize myself in my studies . I use the tool of visual thinking to help me with the process of thinking and organization when I work in teams for scholarly projects or to help me organize ideas and data in my daily life . For example , one way I find the tool of visualization extremely useful is for organizing data for my studies . I like to map ideas and information , as I find it more effective to learn . When I have team projects , I share my ideas and information and together we like to visualize the processes and steps , as well as organizing information and ideas for the project . Application : Some situations I find the tool of visualization very useful is when I have to do team projects . I use visualization for both creating the process and also presenting the information and solutions . One specific example is when I had to do a presentation for my English Class about an IRR I wrote previously . My IRR was about the economic impact of pregnancy during the teen years . However , in order to find what my research would be about , I had to do mind mapping to organize my ideas for possible topics and lenses I could use in my research . I would first write some topics and issues I was interested in researching ( teen pregnancy , climate change , food marketing , school funding , etc ) and then , for each topic , write more specifically what aspect and lenses I would like to research to finally end up with various research questions to choose from . After choosing my research question and writing my research paper I had to do a presentation . For this , I did not use a mind map but decided to rather organize my claims , sub - claims , and stakeholders in a template I created . This template was just giant cardboard divided into 10 squares , each classifying a part of the presentation ( Intro , Background , Problem , claims&subclaims , counterclaims , rebuttal , solutions , etc . ) . I had written down all the claims , counterclaims , stakeholders , and supporting data in a post - it and started placing the post its where I thought they would be useful to have a strong and co - organized presentation . Finally , this huge template had helped me classify all my data and organize it thoroughly into a strong and organized presentation . Insight : By applying the tool of visualization to help me determine my research I was able to organize my ideas more clearly , stating all my possible options and making my process of selection easier and more effective for finding the best research question for me . Using visualization , I was able to organize all the supporting data , claims , sub - claims , stakeholders among others in an organized order that helped me create a stronger line of reasoning and therefore better presentations . Approach : Because I use the tool of visualization very often in my school life , I say it is an immense help for organizing ideas and information for almost any work that contains information and organization . However , as I mentioned before visualization can not only help with organization but can also be used to help you with almost anything . Sometimes I do not use visualization because I am lazy about the whole process and the time it takes , however I need to stop doing that and I know that I should apply the tool of visualization more often as it almost always helps me improve my work and results .