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Udacity, Amara Partner To Provide Free College Courses In Almost Any Language - Forbes

Udacity, Amara Partner To Provide Free College Courses In Almost Any Language - Forbes | Students with dyslexia & ADHD in independent and public schools | Scoop.it
From www.forbes.com - November 1, 2012 8:12 AM

"...Udacity,one of the world’s leading online education portals, yesterday announced a partnership with translation platform Amara to caption and translate more than 5,000 educational videos. The move allows Udacity to reach a global audience and to deepen its engagement with its rapidly growing user base.

“The online education space has emerged just as the production and consumption of online video has exploded,” said Nicholas Reville, CEO of Amara. “Video is the central medium that allows online education to flourish globally. But, video is harder and more expensive to translate and is not as searchable as text. That’s where Amara comes in....”

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Thank you! @APHumanGeog for Seven Tools for Creating Data Visualizations

Thank you! @APHumanGeog for Seven Tools for Creating Data Visualizations | Students with dyslexia & ADHD in independent and public schools | Scoop.it
From www.freetech4teachers.com - January 30, 2012 5:09 PM

Digital tools have faciliated an easier way to visually represent complex data and information in ways at are logical and intuitive.  This blog post outlines tools that students can use (read: free!) along with basic tutorials to demonstrate their functionalities. 


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Fabryka Prezentacji's comment, February 5, 2012 8:05 AM
Great one, thanks. Re-shared.
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"Trust in God, all others bring data!" Statistics to foster geographic empathy-www.IfItWereMyHome.com

"Trust in God, all others bring data!" Statistics to foster geographic empathy-www.IfItWereMyHome.com | Students with dyslexia & ADHD in independent and public schools | Scoop.it
From www.ifitweremyhome.com - December 24, 2011 10:10 AM

Top 10 new resources (at least new to me) from 2011...I'll release one or two a day for the rest of year.  Coming in at #10, is this fantastic link that is an excellent way to compare data from different countries.  This link compares MANY countries' demographics in a very personal manner.  Instead of just using impersonal (and to many student inaccessible) raw data, this site transforms the statistics into numbers that relates to their lives helps to foster geographic empathy in the classroom discussions about development. 


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Seth Dixon's comment, September 8, 2011 9:37 PM
And in population! Look at differing family sizes, life expectancies, etc. and it paints a demographic picture of life in certain countries.
Don Brown Jr's comment, July 26, 2012 9:29 PM
Globalization discussions about raising disparity within countries often overshadow the growing inequalities between countries. What qualifies as middle class in the United States can be the equivalent of an upper-class lifestyle for many nations around the world. The same can be said in comparing what the poor in America have access to in comparison to many developing countries.
Mr. Verdugo's curator insight, March 21, 10:08 PM

North - South. Here we have a glance of the differences
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TY! @APHumanGeog for #6 Worldmapper: The world as you've never seen it before

TY! @APHumanGeog for #6 Worldmapper: The world as you've never seen it before | Students with dyslexia & ADHD in independent and public schools | Scoop.it
From www.worldmapper.org - December 27, 2011 9:59 AM

"Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest."

 

#6 on the Top 10 list of 2011 resources is this mapping website that provides us with another way to present global datasets in a way that is more visually appealing and more intuitive to analyze and interpret the patterns.  Among the many compelling cartograms on this site is this one showing the prevalance of HIV, highlighting the disproportionate impacts of AIDS/HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa.


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Lou Salza's comment, September 26, 2012 4:04 PM
Love the visual impact of this map especially for kids with learning differences!
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