ORGANIZING

INFORMATION

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1. Match diagrams with their corresponding write-ups.
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2. Organize information in various ways (outlining,
graphic, representations, etc.)
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 LOCATION
You can organize information by showing a visual
depiction of a physical space. Maps are really
common ways to organize by location. You might
also show a diagram of, say, the human brain
and where the hypothalamus is in relation to the
cerebellum. Whatever your reason, organizing by
location usually requires some sort of
visualization of an area or place.
 ALPHABET
Organizing information alphabetically works really well when
people know specific terms and topics they are looking for.
The key is that the reader/viewer knows the terms and they
have something to look up (like in the index in the back of
a textbook or in a dictionary). If the terms you use don’t
make a lot of sense to a viewer, alphabetical order won’t
be helpful. Alphabetical order works well for fiction novels
(by author last name) but not for non-fiction reference
books (which use the Dewey-Decimal system).
 TIME
Organizing information by time is useful for finding
information in a chronological pattern (like the
history of humankind’s most influential
inventions) or by the months or years in which
events happen. Time is also good for showing
how things happen over a fixed duration of time.
Organizing by time can tell a very different story
about information than organization by another
method.
 CATEGORY
Perhaps the broadest of the five ways to organize
information, categories are useful for a number of
purposes, like describing different animal types or
organizing a grocery store. Image how differently the
information about the foods above would appear if
they were organized by category instead of time. You
can use categories to organize information in just
about any way imaginable, whether it is by color,
shape, gender, model, price, or anything else.
 HIERARCHY
Hierarchies are useful when showing how
one piece of information is connected to
another in order of importance or rank.
Hierarchies are used in organizational
charts to show who reports to whom.
Hierarchy is also used to show scale, like
biggest to smallest or heaviest to lightest.