Medieval Flow Chart

Below is a link to a Genealogical Chronicle of English Kings. It is an early use of graphic design.

http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/virtualbooks/#

The use of a roll in creating the Genealogical Chronicle of the English Kings was very engaging. A continuous timeline providing information about the royalty is presented in flow chart. This provides ease of use and understanding. The contrast of color and shape is used to represent changes and progressions. Blue is used to denote royalty and red to denote the bloodline. There is the obvious use of a tree to represent the ancestry. The circle is repeated in the use of the portraits, however, the size of the circles are different depending on the strength implied. Alignment is evident in the generations with the horizontal rows representing immediate family and the center is saved for the portrait of the family member who is/was the direct heir to the throne. Proximity is shown again in the horizontal grouping of siblings. The roll and the timeline is the proximity. At fifteen meters, the distance between the beginning and the end of the rolls represents the difference between the years 1272 and the 1400’s.

Web Conference Reflection - June 4, 2012

This web conference was about the making of a digital story. I really enjoyed creating my digital story. The greatest challenge was the time constraints. The possibilities using this particular technology is amazing. As she said, it will provide evidence of the positive aspects of educational technology. It was good to hear about the other students discussing the assignments and to learn of the assignment changes.

Web Conference Reflection - July 1, 2012

This conference was helpful. I appreciate the clarification on assignments. This course, more than others, has an unnecessarily complex assignment structure, so this was helpful.

Web Conference Reflection - July 8, 2012

I attended today's video conference, July 8 at 5:00. Unfortunately, Dr. Abernathy has just suffered a broken bone. We briefly discussed Tk20. It seems it is having issues. I was happy to find out that it will be open until July 31 to finish submitting assignments for EDLD 5363.