iWalkthrough

Today I saw for the first time the iWalkthrough progam developed by the Great Schools Partnership of the Mitchell Institute and heard about its utilization by Mt. Abrams and Mt. Valley.

Data Visualization

Mark Spahr introduced me to Many Eyes on his Cooked on Education blog. This got me to thinking about what else is out there. The answer is that there is an increasing number of sites that are using more sophisticated graphical representations to better understand data.

Links:

Many Eyes
Swivel
Eager Eyes - A Blog about Visualization
Berkley Visualization Gallery
Gapminder
TED Talks - Hans Rosling




See earlier post called Making Sense of Data - Visualization

Making Sense of Data - Visualization Tools

"Torture numbers, and they'll confess to anything" ~Gregg Easterbrook

We are close to being overwhelmed with data. What tools can we use to make sense of it?

Gapmind World Beta
16 Awesome Data Visualization Tools
Hans Rosling: Debunking third-world myths
Hans Rosling: New insights on poverty and life around the world Raw Data at Landmarks for Schools

Thanks for your lead in this, Kern. Anyone else have some suggestions to add?