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Final version of concept map:
 * Project 1:**

Definition for encryption added: Encryption

Definition for Landing Page added: Landing Page

Process Work and Final: Undercover Stocks
 * Project 2:**

Examples of of infographics:
 * Project 3:**

__//How Do Children in Your State Test?//__ http://www.time.com/time/2007/nochild/

This is a form of interactive information graphics in which one is able to view the skill levels of both reading and math within the the United States. It is easy to navigate, one you roll your mouse over a state, the name of the state appears along with the scores, comparing the scores from both national assessments and state assessments. The data provided is part of the "No Child Left Behind" program within the US that determines the level of scoring within the states. The information is clearly provide in a box that appears once you scrolls over the number. It is very straight forward and easy to navigate through providing all data that is necessary.

__//Faces of the Dead//__ http://www.nytimes.com/ref/us/20061228_3000FACES_TAB1.html In this example, there is a patchwork that makes up a fallen soldiers face. As you hover over any of the small squares, a name of a soldier and their date of death appears in a box. It is arranged by the most recent deaths that have taken place in the war. If you click on the specified square, it then changes into the face of the soldier. From there, a box on the left shows the date of death, hometown, age, and the branch of the army they were associated with. The user is also able to fill in either the last name, hometown, or state of a solider, to discover their time of death. I thought this type of interaction was informative, aesthetically pleasing, and easy to understand/use. The user simply has to move their mouse around, and they are instantly supplied with the information. If they want to learn more, they have the choice of filling in their own information and is then provided with the details requested.

=**__PROJECT 3: RATIONALE__**= //Final in drop box//

For this project I chose to focus on the value of the dollar of 5 different currencies, all in relevance to the Canadian dollar. Initally, I only planned one focusing on the Canadian dollar. But I one could learn the value of both the CDN as well as other countries types of currencies within the same statistics. I came to the decision of focusing on the most active and well known currencies: USD, AUD, UK, EUR, HKD. These are all global, and are major players in the stock market and business trades. My plan in sorting out the data was to go from a more generalized overview of a longer time period for the average in the value of the dollar, and slowly focus in more specially on smaller frames of time (months). I felt I represented all the different types of data clearly and expressive: quantitative, spatial, and research. For the topic I picked, I found early on that I was dealing with a large amount of data, and was not sure as to represent it properly. In the end, I did settle with the more conventional line graphs, but I believe it best represents all the data without information being lost or getting confused. The information is structured in a way where one is able to gain insight through the different states visited. While researching, I also discovered the the rise/fall of the dollar for each country was largely dependent on the political/social issues surrounding the society at the time. Thus, I decided to factor that within the statistics. Much, if not all the data found were all numbers and values (besides the news). I felt limited in this way, but tried my hardest to illustrate it in a creative and informative way without letting the numbers getting too clustered. In the end, I believe this project properly demonstrates the use of infographics - it focuses on different states which provide generalized to specific data, and also group the data in an understandable way where relations can be drawn.


 * PROCESS WORK (proj3):** click hither