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13 Reasons Why Your Brain Craves Infographics [HTML 5]

13 Reasons Why Your Brain Craves Infographics [HTML 5] | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
Enjoy our HTML 5 interactive infographic that exaplains why infographics are so successful
Beth Dichter's insight:

Have you wondered why infographics have taken off over the years? This interactive infographic shares "13 reasons why your brain craves  infographics." It also provides links to 17 resources. Below are two reasons that are shared...click through to the interactive resource to learn the rest!

* Did you know that "people following directions with text and illustrations do 323% better than people following directions without labels." (The research was specific to labels on medicine and looked at comprehension rate of text only labels and labels with text and pictures."

* What helps us recall information. This infographic says that people remember "10% of what they HEAR, 20% of what they READ, 80% of what they SEE and  DO."

Audrey's comment, June 16, 2013 2:01 PM
This is absolutely true, we process visual information so much faster. Have a look at the learning material at: http://www.homeschoolsource.co.uk
Debra Evans's curator insight, June 16, 2013 6:05 PM

Great resource

Carey Leahy's curator insight, June 22, 2013 7:28 AM

Works for me!

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Creativity and IQ, Part I: What Is Divergent Thinking? How Is It Helped by...

Creativity and IQ, Part I: What Is Divergent Thinking? How Is It Helped by... | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

The first of a two part series, this post explores "the creative prociess and how your IQ level is critical in this process." Sections include "left brain vs right brain and creativity...convergent thinking and divergent thinking...free association theory of creativity...left brain right brain re-visited: convergent and divergent...what is creative inspriation? Unfocused and unconscious...sleep and creativity...humor and creativity..." and more.

The second post will look at "IQ level and working memory capacity."

Miranda Harper's curator insight, September 29, 2014 12:20 PM

Discussion: How can educator's foster divergent thinking in the classroom? What strategies and activities can be used to activate the right brain? 

Gary N Cypress Jr's curator insight, October 7, 2015 8:46 PM

Creativity goes as deep as the study of the brain. Creativity is not taught just enhanced