Anjana Rao

In this chapter, I learned how stories are told in step by step processes.  I can understand how certain scenes can evoke emotional responses in our brains.  I was most intrigued by the idea that Aristotle and Plato, the Greek Philosophers I learned about in my Gen Ed. Ethics class described the notion of narrative structure and that he proposed a three act structure for plays.  This is known as the setup, conflict and resolution.  When I was a little kid, I went to a program called LindaMoodBell where I had to use felts to describe each scene in stories read to me in the book of Visualizing & Verbalizing.  It taught me how to re-tell stories step by step.  I struggle a lot with thinking in concepts.  I learned the idea of concept mapping when working with the lady that provides student services at Benedictine University, which I work with regularly.  Concept mapping helps me be able to understand stories, lectures and class material reading...

Chapter 6 taught me about graphing data about amounts of money raised for different sales.  The chart about annual giving campaign progress made me think of the different types of war which I learned about in my humanities classes, such as the goal of violence leading to peace.  In the ancient times, some people were following the divine belief system and some were following the spiritual belief system.  God gave a separate set of rules than humans.  Those following the divine belief system followed God's rules and those following the spiritual belief system followed human's rules.  Some of God's rules involved breaking laws of society.  Those following the spiritual belief system had to use violence to those following the divine belief system to try to get them to follow the laws of society.  They were worried about them getting into sinful situations.  If I were amongst people fighting war, I would just fight them out so that I would not get int...

In Chapter 4, I learned about short-term memory, long-term memory and iconic memory.  Doing concept mapping on a paper about information I learn in my classes helps it stay in my iconic memory for a fraction of a second and then gets forwarded on to my short-term memory.  When I watch movies, if not everything, at least some parts get into my short-term memory.  For example, in Star Wars: The Last Jedi , I remember seeing the meeting between Poe and Leia discussing how to use force to get rid of the soldiers.  During their meeting, I saw that Luke Skywalker had to face The First Order.  Kylo ordered the soldiers to fire everything on Luke Skywalker.  The soldiers followed wolves to be blocked by a huge pile of stones.  Poe and Leia duel with light-sabers. When Kylo goes to visit Luke Skywalker, he threw a fire-blowing sound at him.  In return, Luke Skywalker told Kylo that he was not going to be his last Jedi.  At that time, Rey used force to...

Learning about the Gestalt principles of visual perception was helpful for me to understand how certain sights around us stimulate our brains.  When we encounter certain objects, we are reminded of what we've experienced in the past and what we are going to experience in the future.  One can relate personal experiences to what they are studying so that they can understand concepts a bit more easily.  For example, if I see people out there using a technique called SONAR to explore what is underneath the ocean or pool of water, the idea of high pressure, coldness and darkness will enter my head.  It will remind me of what I studied in Earth Science in High School.  There are certain parts of the brain that help us remember information and relate to what we see or learn in the past. Thanks Anjana

Drive up to the dentist’s office.  Walk up to the attendant’s desk.   You receive a toothbrush or toothpaste on your way out.  When walking out of the dentist’s office, go to the attendant to schedule follow-up appointment.  Then check sign out. This is my infographic I created on Google on visiting a dentist.  I bet you guys might like this! Thanks Anjana Check in by signing your name, e-mail address and phone number.  Tell attendant the name of the dentist you are seeing. Open your mouth wide so that the dentist can examine teeth to see if any cavities, gingivitis, plague or tartar.  If so, they use toothpaste or fluoride to clean teeth. Wait a couple minutes or seconds.  The dentist will receive you and put you in a dental engine seat.  Of course, he or she will raise your seat up high.

The part in Chapter 2 which I read about color saturation reminds me of making graphs colorful so that the audience can appreciate your work!  The part I read about scatterplots helps me relate back to what I learned in my decision making class.  Learning how to create scatterplots on Excel spreadsheets must be common for Infographics for Business professors.  The information learned from chapter 2 might make some of us want to be a Decision Making professor after graduating college. Thanks Anjana Rao