These are a Few of my Favorite Graphs
I’ve been collecting graphs at GraphsInTheWorld for about a year now, and I put together a...
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Category: Data Visualization
Bringing the Real World to Your Math Class Every Day
I’ve been spending the first 5-10 minutes of every 2-hour math class discussing graphs in...
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LinkedIn Connection Timeline
Just a little demo of what the LinkedIn Lab Connection Timeline shows you. A visual representation...
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WolframAlpha Facebook Report
This is a delightful exercise that everyone seems to love. WolframAlpha will provide you with an...
Read MoreData Sleuthing
Khan Academy Idaho is a grant-funded initiative to help K-12 teachers in Idaho integrate digital devices and the Khan Academy program into their math classrooms. Yesterday I gave a keynote there called “Between a Rock and...
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Resources for Data Literacy
The single most important tool I’ve found for improving Digital Literacy is Wolfram Alpha....
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Web Tools to Enhance Learning
Here’s a new mindmap containing my recently organized collection of great sites and tools...
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David McCandless: Data Detective
I just finished watching the TED Talk by David McCandless called “The Beauty of Data...
Read MoreMathematical Algorithms and the AlloSphere
What is “The AlloSphere” ? Watch Stunning data visualization in the AlloSphere to find out. What you all might be interested in is what they do with the Allosphere. Ann Kuchera-Morin: We map complex mathematical...
Read MoreDensity Equalizing Maps (Worldmapper)
Some of the really stunning visuals that Neil Turok used in his TED Prize talk were graphics from the website Worldmapper. The idea is that you start with a standard area map of the world, and then create cartograms (or...
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