More data visualisation
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dickensIn educational psychology there is something called "The Media Debate" (yes, in capitals) the question is whether technology adds anything new to the learning/teaching experience.
Here's an example of why I think the answer is yes:
http://www.idkwtf.com/videos/latest-videos/the-civil-war-in-four-minutes
The information in this video would be placed on a time-line or a map in a textbook. You can't see both at once. You certainly can't see them move.
Take Sherman's March to the sea... You can read about it in a textbook but watching how fast it happened after the slow movement of borders before that gives you a new visual of how devastating it must have been.
More ed stuff to come, probably in the next few days. I was at an educational technology conference a couple weeks ago and haven't really brain-dumped yet.
Here's an example of why I think the answer is yes:
http://www.idkwtf.com/videos/latest-videos/the-civil-war-in-four-minutes
The information in this video would be placed on a time-line or a map in a textbook. You can't see both at once. You certainly can't see them move.
Take Sherman's March to the sea... You can read about it in a textbook but watching how fast it happened after the slow movement of borders before that gives you a new visual of how devastating it must have been.
More ed stuff to come, probably in the next few days. I was at an educational technology conference a couple weeks ago and haven't really brain-dumped yet.
