Infographics

As blended learning content continues to grow it has become increasingly difficult for teachers and administrators to decide what content to use. We appreciate this infographic put together by EducationElements on the 4 steps schools can follow when making the decision on which digital content to implement.

When I received the invitation from the new Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, I decided to completely upgrade two seminar workshops. Dr Ian Green from the School of Education here at Adelaide and I have used Padagogy101 (introduction to iPad in HE) and Padagogy201 (more advanced use for L&T) to train over 600 faculty from universities in Australia.

Infographics are a great way to share data and statistics information visually and are super popular these days. {An inforgraphic is a graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge.} Here is a fabulous animated infographic that explains the 13 reasons why your brain craves infographics and a few of my favorite educational technology infographics can be found here.

There is nothing better than a nice and a visually attractive poster to teach your students about digital literacy. The poster can also be pinned down on the classroom wall and act as a reminder of what students need to keep in their minds about the essence of digital literacy.

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People love to learn by examining visual representations of data. That's been proven time and time again by the popularity of both infographics and Pinterest. So what if you could make your own infographics? What would you make it of? It's actually easier than you think... even if you have zero design skills whatsoever.

Infographics are all over the web these days. Some are useful, some are not, and some are just plain fun. Yesterday, on Cool Infographics I discovered an infographic that explains what infographics should do. The fun and somewhat informative explanation of infographics is made using Legos. Check it out below.

There are a lot of great teachers out there. But what, exactly, makes a teacher a great teacher? Is their approach to their students and their classroom different? Check out this infographic to see what great teachers are doing and just how their actions have touched students' lives.

People love to learn by examining visual representations of data. That's been proven time and time again by the popularity of both infographics and Pinterest. So what if you could make your own infographics? What would you make it of? It's actually easier than you think... even if you have zero design skills whatsoever.

There's a whole galaxy of terminology that you should know about when it comes to education technology. From PLNs to Blended Learning to Synchronous Online Learning ... it can get overwhelming. Lucky for all of us, the co-founder of Boundless clued me into a fabulous new infographic they just launched.

I've spent weeks testing various tools and trying to figure out an easy way for non-Designers to create Infographics. My criteria was that the process had to be easy and intuitive and it couldn't cost an arm and a leg.

Information graphics, visual representations of data known as infographics, keep the web going these days. Web users, with their diminishing attention spans, are inexorably drawn to these shiny, brightly coloured messages with small, relevant, clearly-displayed nuggets of information. They're straight to the point, usually factually interesting and often give you a wake-up call as to [...]

Infographics: Links to blogs, creation tools, and cool infographs.

To bring your laptop or not to bring your laptop: that is the question. In today's classrooms, students are presented with a variety of ways to take notes ranging from the old school pen and paper to laptops and tablets.

I frequently talk about the ability we have to create in-house, organic video content for our institutions, using technology & resources we already have available (yes, the one person office with limited budget, included). We just completed a series of campus video tours in multiple languages using all existing resources and student volunteers.

The privacy issues surrounding Google+ are making people long for simpler times when the Internet was more about finding than being found. But, as this infographic shows, things could be a lot worse. The minute I read that Wikipedia and Reddit had decided to shut down for a day to make a statement about the anti-piracy bill SOPA, I wondered what would happen if Google shut down.

Summary: How are changes in teenage mobile behavior affecting data consumption rates? A number of recent studies have highlighted that the younger generation are frequently turning to online or text-based communication through their mobile devices, rather than exercising their vocal chords and using a mobile in order to talk in real-time.

iPod 10th Anniversary: To celebrate the iPod's 10th anniversary on Sunday October 23, we're running several special features this weekend. We'll have an illustrated cultural history, appreciations and op eds. Check back for more. This Mursi woman has two tools essential to survival in Southern Ethiopia: an AK47 and her iPod.

Jimmy Wales must be chortling into his cheerios when he sees how his baby called Wikipedia has influenced so many areas of life, both online and offline. Despite the fact that Wikipedia seems to be on a never-ending begging quest for donations, it is still the number one dominant site when it comes to reference [...]

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