Data Visualization

I enjoy using image tools and I've been using Animoto, Gimp, Bubbl.us, Glogster, Google Earth, Wix,  Voice Thread, and other tools for several years. The first tool I tried for this assignment  is Text 2 Mind Map which is a really easy to use mind mapping application. You simply type in your outline and a mindmap is automatically generated as you type. I also looked at Gliffy which is a pretty cool diagram maker. I wound up using a tool that wasn't on the list called Piktochart.  Like many other services it has a free and paid Pro account.  The Pro account provides many more themes.

Unfortunately, I'm not really enjoying life right for a few different reasons and my mood became the topic for this visualization.  I really wanted to visualize something else but the spikes and colors grabbed my attention . The theme started like this:

and wound up like this

I've been tense and on edge all day and prior to this visualization I couldn't think of anything to create. The cool thing about visualizations is that they help you express complicated concepts including those not related to data..  After making the Piktochart I felt better and I realized I've been looking at evaluations from teachers for the past few days..  About 95% of our responses come back as Satisfied and Very Satisfied with the bulk being Very Satisfied.  The other responses on the evaluation are Neutral, Dissatisfied, and Very Dissatisfied.   Here is a Wordle respresenting the responses.