Here is a list describing many of the activities we run at our workshops. Each links to a page with instructions about how you can use the activity yourself! We tend to pick and choose activities from this list to fit the goals of each activity.
Part of the Data Culture Project
- Write a Data Storybook (new!)
- Build a “Paper Spreadsheet” (new!)
- Remix an Infographic (new!)
- Build Data Sculptures
- Deconstruct a DataViz
- Convince Diverse Audiences
- Sketch a Story
- Ask Good Questions
Still Under Construction
- Find a Story in Data
- Try out Visual Presentation Techniques
- Remix a Visualization for Diverse Audiences
- Brainstorm Data Questions and Data Sources
- Create Visual Word Webs
- Critique a Gallery of Visualizations
- Choose a Story to Tell
Other Handouts
- Ways to Tell Your Story – a short introduction to a more creative toolbox to pull from for picking the right technique for telling your data story to your audience
- Finding a Story – a review of the various types of stories I use as scaffolding when helping people get started with finding stories in data
Try these out! Tweak them, remix them, or riff off of them.