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April 18th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Uncategorized

Connected learning resources and infographic

  Every student learns differently, and every teaching method is different. But every teacher knows that it is difficult to marry a learning student to a particular learning method. Students are constantly growing and changing, and so is information on teaching. My take on this infographic is t[...]

April 17th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, featured, Humanities, STEM, Uncategorized

Comparing population…

There are more people in the world today than ever before. And that doesn’t mean third world countries that don’t have easy access and extra money for birth control. Everyone is contributing to this population boom. People have moved, causing some areas to see a decrease in population, a[...]

April 16th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, featured, Humanities, STEM, Uncategorized

The World’s Largest Online Population [INFOGRAPHIC]

Believe it or not, China has the largest online population by number. But there are several other countries, including the United States who have a greater percentage of online users. Asking how both can be true will be a great opener for this infographic. The infographic goes on to describe China&#[...]

April 3rd, 2012 - 12:00 am § in Uncategorized

Revealing the Energy Consumption of Each Building in New York

  Today’s infographic was found on information aesthetics and details the energy consumption of buildings in NYC. First, I would like to see some of these really cool infographics portray more than just NYC. But with so many innovators living here, it is understood why this city is so oft[...]

March 6th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Uncategorized

Country Codes of the World

  This infographic is quite cool. It is common knowledge that the internet, at its most basic form, was created in the United States. The United Kingdom has health documentaries, the third world countries as well, the middle east and China are developing weaponry, and Japan has handheld forms o[...]

March 5th, 2012 - 3:01 pm § in Uncategorized

All roads lead to philosophy, on Wikipedia

This is one of the coolest visualizations I’ve seen in a long time! It theorizes that all wikipedia articles lead back to philosophy, and thus that all ideas lead back to philosophy. This is a great infographic that shows the path of things. The idea of five degrees of separation. Challenge yo[...]

November 30th, 2011 - 2:46 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, Humanities, Uncategorized

Map of the U.S. by Ancestry

  There is a story behind everything, as historians know. There is a reason for everything, as scientists know. But what most many people don’t know is their dominant ancestry, and especially the dominant ancestry of those around them. Interest in genealogy has been a recent trend, and th[...]

November 8th, 2011 - 1:39 am § in Uncategorized

What Digital Maps Can Tell Us About the American Way

The New York Times discovered this digital map by ARTSBEAT BLOG, which shows the life expectancy deviation across the United States. The life expectancy was averaged for all of the United States, and then averaged for what must be various counties across the United States. This could be useful in m[...]

October 5th, 2011 - 9:10 pm § in Uncategorized

World population densities mapped

  This inforgraphic is a map that shows information about the population of the world. It shows the average income of the largest population around the world. You can then flip through other infographics that shows health, education and products owned per 100 or 1,000 number of people in a cert[...]

September 15th, 2011 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Humanities, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized

What is a College Degree Worth?

This is from the U.S. Census Bureau, a blog called Random Samplings.  It seeks to answer the questions, “How likely am I to be employed and how much money will I make, if I get a degree.  The two graphs are a result of the “Education and Synthetic Work-Life Earnings Estimates” re[...]