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Does your data tell a story and can you visualize it? We look at the history and thought processes behind data visualization and successful infographics. Via Nik Peachey 
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Researchers are discovering just how powerful an effect a good story can have on the brain, and not just in terms of entertainment. A memorable yarn can also help us retain important information, both in casual and formal learning settings. ...
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Essentially, Augmented Reality is hidden content, most commonly hidden behind marker images, that can be included in printed and film media, as long as the marker is displayed for a suitable length of time, in a steady position for an application (on a device such as a tablet or smartphone, by means of a camera) to identify and analyse it.
Via Nik Peachey
Nik Peachey's curator insight,
September 11, 2014 5:56 AM
Some nice suggestions for using augmented reality in schools. 
Fernando Mazzuli's curator insight,
September 11, 2014 2:29 PM
Um convite para que nossos aprendizes interajam e descubram novos conteúdos
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Storytelling is about making an emotional connection just as it is about conveying information. Tyler Dewitt of MIT gives a compelling talk on how the ‘tyranny of precision’ could kill the essence of storytelling. eLearning developers should shun the “tyranny of precision” when developing storylines for interactive narratives.
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Storytelling in the classroom can be a powerful way to support literacy. Children can be so absorbed in the tale, they are inspired to retell what they’ve heard to others, motivated to read it for themselves and encouraged to take it further and write their own parts or versions. The National Literacy Trust advocates that ‘speaking and listening skills underpin all learning’.
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When you engage your English-language learners through the power, fun, and sharing of narrative, the formal elements of language acquisition will follow more easily.
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Joe Sabia shows how new technology has always helped us tell our own stories, from the walls of caves to his own onstage iPad. He investigates new ways to tell stories -- meshing viral video and new display technologies with old-fashioned narrative.
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Worth thinking about in terms of how we use data in the classroom.