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March 27th, 2012 - 12:33 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, featured, Humanities

Comparing heritage in the Melting Pot

This infographic pertains to an interactive website that allows you to create an infographic. In the photo on the left, created by flowingdata, The prominence of those of Chinese and Indian heritage are compared across the United States. By viewing this map, one can see where those of each heritage [...]

March 19th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Visualizations, featured, Humanities

Character relationships in the Iliad

  I have always found it very difficult to follow books in which the names are not familiar to me. Languages change over time, and with them, names also change. Books written centuries ago are very interesting and enlightening, but with different names they are often difficult to follow. Flowin[...]

March 15th, 2012 - 11:16 pm § in Data Visualizations, featured, Humanities, Miscellaneous

The Power of Pinterest

One of my favorite new social networking sites is Pinterest. It is an online pinboard on which you can add photos, or view photos that others have pinned. You can then repin them onto pinboards you create. Most of the pins link to websites that describe the picture further. I primarily use it for de[...]

March 14th, 2012 - 11:33 pm § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, featured, STEM

Interactive Visualization of the Scale of the Universe

  From a plank length to the size of the known universe, this infographic interactively shows the difference in size between dozens of objects in the universe. By using a scroll bar, you pass through hoops of measurement, traveling past verifiable lengths and beyond the known universe. The smal[...]

February 14th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, featured, Humanities, STEM

We love spending – Valentine's 2012

  Today’s infographicis about today’s holiday, Valentine’s Day. It is one of the most controversial holidays without much reason to be. Religious holidays can understandably offend some people, but a holiday that is only offensive because certain people aren’t lucky in l[...]

February 3rd, 2012 - 2:25 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, featured, Humanities, STEM

Bird migration patterns mapped

  This infographic video shows the migration patterns of birds through observations of it’s users. This infographic is both very interesting, and is a great way to show various forms of information. By using this method, students can show various information they may study. First of all, [...]

February 2nd, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, featured, STEM

A Map of Science

This infographic has been around for quite some time. But I was reminded of it, while listening to a podcast, of a talk delivered by Stephen Downes (Downes, 2010). It’s one of those truly brilliant works that delivers an incredibly essential and disruptive message, especially to education. Con[...]

January 30th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, featured, Humanities, STEM

Warmest Year on Record

  This infographic exemplifies two things, a great example of a moving infographic, as well as important information about the world. A moving infographic has a video, rather than is just a list with pictures. Take a class and learn how to use some of the movie applications and teach your stude[...]

January 24th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, featured, Humanities

Computer Model Replays Europe's Cultural History

  One of the largest deciding factors of a civilization is culture (depending on how one looks at things). Culture influences everything; politics, movement, economics. Google defines culture as “the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.[...]

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

Future Work Skills 2020 | Institute For The Future

At one point in time, it was expected that a person (usually a man), would get a job, and stay with this company, if not in this job, for the rest of his life. He would go to college (sometimes), develop a certain skill set, and use that for the rest of his life. For […][...]