We created these decision trees to instruct a non english speaker on which lawn care product to use. The circumstances depended on whether or not it was below or above 90 degrees, whether the ground was wet or dry, and whether or not it was infested with insects. The first decision tree that I drew I used arrows going up and down next to the 90 to show whether it was above or below, I then changed this to a thermometer with the temperature either above or below the 90 mark. This seemed easier for someone looking incase the arrows were confusing. I used rain drops with an x through them and sunshine to infer that it was dry and then just rain drops to show wet. For the insects I simply drew little bugs because they are pretty universal in all languages as is the sun and rain. When I did this the first time I had everything lined up left to right with plus signs between the images and an equals sign before the lawn care product to use. I changed this to a grid because it takes away the confusing plus and minuses and allows the reader to read from left to right. I liked this decision tree however the process itself was frustrating because you can't really infer what people will know and understand so it's hard to find the right images to use.

Collage

The themes that I saw throughout my collage were
Summer
Blue
Comfort
Tranquility
Classic
Clothing
and
Beautiful

I chose each of these images at random by just what caught my eye. If I flipped through the page and the image looked appealing then I cut it out. I put a lot of my own personality into the images that I chose which I think also came through a lot. I loved the beachy feel and the tranquil words and images that I used throughout. I decided to put all of the images together so that they overlapped and were not just strewn about the page mostly because im a neat freak and it was the neatest option that I had at the time. Once I realized that there were not going to be enough pictures for the whole paper I chose just a small part of the paper, deciding that vast white space all around the images looked cleaner then vast white space between all of the images.

#2 Geographical map

For the second map I was going to do a concept map of New Hampshire and what it means to me and what my favorite part of being home is, however it didn't really end up being a concept map but more of a mind map instead. So I decided I was going to do a geographical map of New Hampshire instead. I thought of the things that are most important to me and decided to mark off those. So I showed the towns that are meaningful to my life and childhood and then the lake I live on and other lakes that are a big part of where I come from. Finally I showed the mountains that I go to the most. The Key contains just these things and also where my house is. I thought this would be a very easy map but then I decided to start getting into detail about where things are actually located because that was really important to me so it became a little harder and a little more intricate. I liked doing this map better then the mind maps.

#1 Mind Maps

For my first mind map I decided to solve the problem of never having enough time. This mapwas tougher then the second because I didn't really let myself think I just sort of scribbled a lot. When I came back to it after the 20 minutes I added a lot of picture and color and that helped me to come up with new words. I never actually solved the problem though because there was still too much going on. The hardest part was trying to figure out where to put things and what went with what. I think that my problem was to broad, I tried to cluster too many things into the problem and I ended up going way off the base of the actual problem. This mind map was not something I liked because I felt like I could have done more with it however I didnt know where to go or what else to add. I tried to go back to it again a few days later but I just didnt like it and wasnt able to come up with any more to add to it. I think that the process here was good because in the end I was able to see a broad table of the things I need to do and the time I have and then the things that I do that take up time that I need, but it was just to confusing to make anything of it.

For the second mind map I tried to figure out another problem that went a long with time. I decided to look at what was actually important to me and what made me happy. This was a lot easier. I was able to come up with a lot of words and branch things off of them as well. I think that the process over all helped me to come up with what was important to me and what mattered in the aspect of time. However I think that the problem was just to broad. It wasnt actually a problem and I think I could have come up with a better justification to my first issue. I actually liked this map better then the first because it was easier to think and add to it. The words came quicker and I was able to branch off easier and come up with new words a

nd new things to solve the problem.