How times have changed. There was once a time when many people would have loved an opportunity to attend school and still learn. There are still people like this today. Those who were educated were highly looked up to by everyone. But now, students are bored and most do not want to attend school. Wh[...]
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How Storms Affect Businesses
Application of information is the only reason to gain information, and thus it is a very important skill that was not adequately taught when I was in school. It is useless to make students memorize and recall information, if they don’t know how they can use it later in life. This is why I have[...]
The Most Amazing Construction Projects
Constructing a building takes into consideration a great deal as this infographic shares. To begin with, the materials, climate, and foundation must sustain the structure, there must be enough men and women to complete the project with enough knowledge to put into the construction, finances are a ma[...]
Employers Identify Top 5 Job Skills
The other day I came up with a great way to give extra credit while strengthening your students. Giving extra credit for bringing in necessary supplies, such as tissues, is great, but students who give an extra push that will help them later on in life should get rewarded. Tangible rewards are one o[...]
February 5th, 2013 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, featured, Humanities, IGAD, STEM, STEM
World Tax Comparisons
Taxes are a constant debate among politics. Everyone wants lower taxes, but few people think about why taxes are necessary. Before you show this infographic, challenge each student to find five unique uses for tax money, and imagine what the world would be like without the government having that mon[...]
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November 21st, 2012 - 7:43 am § in Humanities, Miscellaneous
A Good Example of an Educational Infographic
OK, so there’s a thin line between education and marketing. Perhaps it isn’t even a line at all. At any rate, this infographic seeks to educate small local businesses on the fact that people who shop online are not just looking for Apple, Target, and Amazon, the three main online des[...]
US Elections- 100 years
In recent years, elections have been extremely close, the final results often not being known for days, and even weeks after the election. Recounts have been common, and debates over the true winner have lasted for months. This infographic takes an unbiased look at elections passed and shares the ou[...]
Tsunami Smart
There are many types of natural disasters that can damage the way we live. Between storms from the sky, and a constantly moving Earth, it is nearly impossible to escape these natural disasters. A tsunami is one that is particularly devastating. It begins with movement of Earth, and ends with a large[...]
World Earthquakes 2011 Visualization
This infographic is fairly intense. It is a time lapse map of all the earthquakes that occurred in 2011. It was created by someone in Asia, and has I think Japanese writing on it, so much of it can’t be read, but it still is very interesting. It is a great way to show this [...][...]
Is Barack Obama the President
I believe that this infographic is mistitled. I believe that it should be titled Is Barack Obama the Next President. But in light of the presidential debate this evening, I thought an election related infographic would be a good idea. This infographic does a great job of visualizing the electoral vo[...]