I spent a fair amount of time this summer exploring the idea of using more infographics, sketches, and mind maps in my classroom. As a part of that on-going investigation I spent some time today watching the following TED Talk given by David McCandless. David McCandless creates infographics for a living. In his TED Talk below he explains what makes infographics powerful data visualization tools. More importantly McCandless explains how he creates infographics that reveal interesting patterns in news and social behaviors.
Here are some related items that may be of interest to you:
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Thursday, 26 August 2010
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