Eclectic Technology

Some cool stuff to share with your students.

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If you are looking for some maps that will have students scratch their heads and consider come concepts in a new light this post will provide you with 22 choices. The one above intrigued me. It shows a map of the world, and has a circle that shows where more people live than the rest of the world. I suspect this image would bring up many questions, and that many would be interdisciplinary. Click through to the post to find many other great maps and charts.

Beth Dichter's insight:

Richard Byrne shares seven free tools to help create graphs and charts. Check out the list below and click through to the post for additional information on each tool.

* LucidChart - available free to schools and also as a Google app

* Google Fusion Tables - a spreadsheet app that allows you " to create visualizations of data set comparisons"

* Hohli Online Chart Builders - allows you to create "a variety of charts for online display"

* Infogr.am - " an online tool for creating interactive charts and graphs to use in interactive infographics"

* Better World Flux - this was created for the World Bank and "allows users to create animated visualizations of development data"

* Gapminder - also allows for data visualization and provides a page for educators

* Haiku's Deck Web App - Haiku Deck continues to add new features and now provides the ability to create graphs and charts

As always it pays to check out each tool and determine which you think will best meet the needs of your class (and that may be a choice of more than one).

7 Online Tools for Creating Charts & Diagrams