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Archive for May, 2012

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

Visualizing citations in research literature

Citations are a thing of trouble for students. They are tedious and annoying, and if not done perfectly points can be deducted. It can be argued, that sharing the origin of the information doesn’t change the ideas drawn from them. But it is important for a teacher to verify the information, ma[...]

May 29th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, Humanities

What are the Hardest Languages to Learn?

Learning a language is very difficult. Most people are too young to remember the first time they learn a language, and this infographic is geared towards those whose first language is English. It categorizes a variety of common languages into three categories, easy, medium and hard. It also shares t[...]

May 23rd, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, Humanities

Is the filibuster unconstitutional?

Part of a judges job is to interpret the constitution. That includes deciding whether a law is unconstitutional, whether it goes against what the Constitution of the United States stands for. The Constitution stands for a great deal of things, and everyone can interpret it in different ways. First, [...]

May 22nd, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, Humanities, STEM

The State of the Tablet and Ereader Market

The tablet and the ereader are great answers to the space question that needs addressing by our growing population. While talking about my small condo, my father told me that a large number of Asians in tight quarters in cities are turning to cell phones and netbooks as a means to get on the interne[...]

May 21st, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, Humanities

Internally Displaced People – Global Overview

  Internally Displace People, or IDPs, are people that have been forced to moved due to violence, but have not moved outside of any nationally recognized borders. According to this infographic, hundreds of people are IDPs, showing the amount of violence still in the world. This infographic show[...]

May 18th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, Humanities

How Common Is Your Birthday?

This is a great, simple infographic that would be a lot of fun for your students to take a look at. It shows how common each date is for birthdays. It is always interesting to find out that a friend, or especially a celebrity, shares your birthday. Now, with this infographic, you can see how [&helli[...]

May 17th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, featured, STEM

Exploring the Original Transcripts of Early Space Exploration

This website is a really cool website that provides the shows the transcripts of various space explorations. With it, you can read what is going on during various phases of the trips, with some photos of the moments added in. Also, at the bottom, there is an option to see the path that the aircraft [...]

May 16th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, Humanities

Which of NPR’s top 100 science fiction and fantasy books should you read?

  Reading is a very useful skill, and it is even more useful to enjoy it. Because nearly everything involves reading it is important to enjoy it. One can learn a lot about anything by simply picking up a book or opening a webpage and reading. But because it is forced, many people don’t en[...]

May 15th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, featured, Humanities, STEM

How the deficit got so big

The government budget has been something of controversy since politics began. Money is something that is not supposed to be discussed, and yet everyone has an opinion, and shares it. Everyone has an opinion as to the reason, and who’s at fault. With everything, people try to find a person at f[...]

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

138 Years of Popular Science Magazine in a Single Infographic

Today’s infographic studies the 150 year old magazine, Popular Science. In 2011 a man was asked to create this infographic that shows the progression of science using key words and topics from the magazine. His blog shows his process for creating the infographic, and then he has images of the [...]