Widgenie

**Lesson Objective**: Students will collect and analyze data using multiple representations in order to determine the mode of a distribution. 1. Workings in groups collect the birth day for all students including members of your group. Count the number of students for each day and save your results as an excel spreadsheet. 2. Log onto [|http://www.widgenie.com]. Group A will create a pie chart of the percentage of distribution, Group B will create a Bar chart of the distribution, and Group C will create a line graph of the distribution. Use the resources given below for help on using Widgenie. 3. Title your widget (include your group name) and use vertical or horizontal orientation where applicable. Keep the width and height of your widget at 450 and 400 respectively. Make sure you check the “Add sharing link”. 4. Publish your widget and upload your Widget graph to IGoogle. You may also upload your widget to the class wiki ( https://mathsuccesswiki.wikispaces.com ) 5. Working as a group; a) Describe each graph. b) Explain how the mode can be determined from each graph. c) Are there any outliers? Identify them, if any.
 * Nicholas Acha **
 * I Tried It # 2: Widgenie **
 * Curriculum Area: Mathematics **
 * Lesson: Analyzing data using multiple representation **
 * Tasks: **

Web link: [|http://www.widgenie.com] this is the official widgenie site. Widgenie will take your data and transform it into visual information that can be shared with anyone, anywhere. Widgenie empowers everyone, from bloggers to business people, to quickly visualize data and share it in many different ways. Now you can publish data in the places you already know and love, places like iGoogle, Facebook, Blogger, and even your own website. Widgenie combines all the power of an enterprise-level business intelligence platform and provide it in a convenient Web 2.0 widget. It's simple to get started, all you need is the Internet, a browser and an understanding of your needs. It is free. Widgenie makes it easy to create a widget out of any data including:
 * Resources: **
 * Educational uses: **
 * Excel spreadsheets
 * CSV files
 * Google Spreadsheets
 * Data feeds from our data partners

You may download real player from here [] Below are links to examples of how widgenie has been used. [] []
 * Tutorial:** [] the tutorial link explains how to use widgenie.
 * Case Studies**:

**Assessment Rubric:**
 * Part A **

=== 1. Data collected for 35 students (1pt) === === <span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;">2. Required widget is created (1pt) === === <span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;">3. Widget is appropriately titled (1pt) === === <span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;">4. Widget has specified width and height (2pts) === === <span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;">5. Add sharing link is checked (1pt) === === <span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;">6. Widget is labeled appropriately (3pts) === ===<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 120%; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;">7. Widget is published to IGoogle (1pt ) === **Part B** <span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;">8. Each widget is appropriately described (6pts) <span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;">9. Explaining how to determine mode from each widget (3pts) <span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;">10. Identifying any outliers (1pt)
 * Challenges:** Setting up a widgenie account is quite easy and simple. The video tutorial is very helpful and explicit making the whole process quite easy to follow.