Storyboard

For this assignment, I had to create two storyboards. The first one which is located above, I chose the photo of a girl who is standing. There is a story in my mind already with using this photo which is that there are two workers at apple tree farm, and one of them see the little girl holding not ripen apple and standing sadly. Therefore, they gave a ripen apple to her, and the little girl thanked to them happily and left. For the first one, I used quotation mark ("") for conversations. After finished the story, I thought that this story is a common story.   

For the second one, I had to choose two photos from professor's chosen photos; therefore, I chose the boys from the soccer game and an old man's side face with crossing his hands. From these photos, the story I created is that there is a boy's home soccer game with 10 vs 9. 10 points for the boys team, and if the boys could stop the ball they would win for this game since the time is only 20 seconds left. I decided the old man as their coach who is retiring so this game is his last game. The ball comes to the boys and one of them stopped. Both of the boys and their coach are happy. I was having trouble where I should put two photos because putting different places would change the whole story. I also did not use quotation marks for this one since I used them for the first one, I challenged myself to create with and without quotation marks. ]

Through this assignment, I have learned that it is important where to put the photos because it would change the whole story or it would be harder to create the story. The challenge was successful, and I am happy about it. After all, I enjoyed this assignment!!!  

Simple Tables to Graphs

For this assignment, I chose the Top 5 Fields of Study at Roger Williams University. In the first table graph, forgot to type "the number of students."

I had been trying to find the data of this topic from the RWU website many times; however, I couldn't find a good data. Therefore, I searched online that I finally found the data. After found the data, I started to create the Table with data, and using both PowerPoint and Excel. I have tried to create many kinds of graphs which posted below. Through this process, It was not hard to create the graphs and I actually enjoyed to create many ways. Therefore; when I checked the clock, it was passed midnight. 

Through my created graphs, I think the bar graph with different colors is the best for my chosen topic because  there are different studies and numbers of student. The same bar graph but same blue color (Graph 2) is also good for the topic; however, since the studies' names are long, the names take much spaces. The line graph (Graph 3) does not show the value of "how many people" with line compared the bar graph. The Graph 4 and 6 or pie graphs are for showing percentage; therefore, they do not match with the topic. The Graph 5 also matches with the topic; however, personally I like the Graph 1 better because of the different colors.     

Table

Graph 1

Graph 2

Graph 3

Graph 4

Graph 5

Graph 6

I was enjoying to create many different of graphs A LOT!!! When I looked the clock, it was 12:10AM!? and  the program was frozen... However, I feel accomplished!!!   

Flow Charts

For this assignment, I had to create two flow charts; the second was the process of buying a book from Amazon.com, and the second one was finding research on "dual coding" or "cognitive load" by Google Scholar or Bing.

Buying a book from Amazon.com

For the first chart was buying a book from Amazon.com. This assignment was my first time to use Amazon.com in my life actually; therefore, I was having trouble with Amazon.com. I felt that I was creating this process for myself, not the audiences. I went to the Amazon.com and actually went through the process to buy a book. While I was trying to demonstrate how to buy a book through Amazon, I was taking a notes the processes and drew the symbols right next to the processes that helped me a lot to consider regarding spaces and lines. I also asked my friend who has Amazon account to show me the process of shipping because if I create the account, I would have to put my all credit card information. I drew the preparation symbol at the beginning because everything starts from preparation, and drew the circles as terminator two places since after "go to the different website," it would be outside of Amazon website. Therefore, I decided to choose terminator. I also colored terminator yellow to represent as the end; however, I should have colored the preparation since it is the start place.  

Finding research "Dual Coding" by Google Scholar

The second one was easier to create since I already have done the first one, and learned how to create flow chart. However, I realized that I could draw more process and decisions after I finished, especially after "keep looking through different ones. If you could not find, go to different website." I actually could break this sentence into two sections and add decision; however, there was no space to write down. I have learned that creating the Amazon chart has few words and really short sentences than the Google Scholar since Amazon website already shows the steps of buying such as "add to cart" and "continue."

I was enjoying to create this assignment and if I had more time, I would try to write and draw more. However, is it going to be messy? too packed between the symbols? When thinking about this, "keep it simple and clear" is better way for the audience.

How to Graphic

For this assignment, we create "how to make spaghetti dinner" for the audiences who do not understand our language; therefore, we have to use only graphics. However, we are able to use the words that always appear on the products. 

First, I started to draw the materials to cook the spaghetti and tomato source. These materials and tomato source were not hard to draw since cooking materials are universal products. However, spaghetti box and salt were hard to draw without products' name. 

Second, I started to draw the steps to cook. Since I always cook sauce and pasta at the same time, I draw the steps of cooking pasta and sauce at the right and left sides. By showing two different steps at sides, I was trying to tell that to start cooking spaghetti and sauce at the same time. For the steps of spaghetti, I drew the blue bubbles to represent "boiled water", two fingers with salt to represent "adding the little of salt", and circle with two lines and colored to represent "wait for 10-12 mins." Drawing these graphics were the hardest parts. Although drawing steps at different sides, those steps come to the middle at the end as representing "serve."  

Although steps ended as "serve", I thought that some audiences might think that there would be more steps, so I drew the tomato sauce spaghetti plate with a happy kid tries to eat by fork. Therefore, the audiences would know that cooking steps are ended.  

Through this assignment, I had first thought some kinds of spaghetti dinner; with meatballs or different sauce. However, if I drew the meatballs the audience would not know what the brown balls are, and the audiences might be vegetarians. Therefore, I decided to draw simple and easy spaghetti dinner. I had struggled with using spaces; therefore, my first drawing had too much things that the audiences would confuse. I was going to use numbers for timer, but some countries do not use numbers that we use. I thought it was going to be easy assignment; however, started to think more and more about the audiences, it was harder to decide graphics to draw. 

However, I enjoyed this assignment, and I have learned more about the audiences. Also, it is not actually easy to present the steps with only graphics for the audiences who do not understand out language.