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"It comes as no surprise that the Internet grows exponentially by the minute, and in some cases by the second. It’s too late to turn back the clock, and it’s no wonder that our learners view school regulations of social media archaic and restrictive. We see the weekly chats with frustrated teachers who try to get colleagues to see the benefits of Twitter; yet this is not even the most popular media with our tweens, let alone young people under thirty." 
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How would ou go about visualizing the "exact location of every star in the galaxy? The Google Chrome Blog defines this as a problem of "galactic proportions" but they have taken a step (which they define as small) by "plotting the location of the stars closest to our sun." With over 200 billion stars this "experiment" of 100,000 stars is amazing. You can zoom in on stars (and on the "prominent stars close to our sun - click each the name to learn more information and see a digital rendition" or zoon out to the Milky Way. To go directly to this interactive graphic: http://workshop.chromeexperiments.com/stars/.
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This interactive infographic accurately illustrates the scale of over 100 items within the observable universe ranging from galaxies to insects, nebulae and stars to molecules and atoms. "We hope you have a blast magnifying the universe, know that each time you zoom in a depth, you're magnifying the universe 10x ... and every time you zoom out, the bigger objects are 1/10th of their prior size. If you zoom from the biggest object, The Observable Universe (8.8 x 10E26 ... or 880,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000m across), all the way down to the hydrogen atom's proton nucleus (1.7 x 10E-15 ... or 0.0000000000000017m across), you will have zoomed in over 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000x! Unbelievable isn't it? Our universe really is immensely massive and surprisingly small." So with that many zeros your mind might be a bit confused...so check out this interactive infographic and I think you will be amazed at what you see!
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"We could not resist using the creativity of Avalaunch Media products with our students. The company has truly designed some fun graphics to help explain social media not just to kids, but also to other educators and parents who are not quite as up to date."
Beth Dichter's insight:
How do we teach students about social media when many believe they know they need to know because they use social media. This post provides 3 resources to help you out. One of them is the interactive infographic on the History of Social Media. This infographic allows you to explore social media over three time periods, beginning with BC - 1800s. Did you know that the first postal service was in 550 BC? The other two resources are Social Meowdia Explained and Social MEDogIA explained. Both provide a humorous look at social media that will engage students. This blog post also provides some great ideas on how to incorporate these resources into future lesson.
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One of the key issues this election season is America's dependence on oil. Is drilling the answer? Find out where we get oil and what we do with it. This is the first of 8 interactive infographics that GOOD and MTV are creating "to get to the heart of some of the most important issues that America is facing again." This infographic looks at enery asking questions such as "Where does our energy come from? Can we source more energy from home? How much is renewable and sustainable?" http://mtv.good.is/election2012/energy.
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In pursuing an MBA in any particular field, understanding the supply chain progression is vital to the business world, but what are the true costs? "The Apple iPhone is one of the top selling gadgets circulating today, and this little device is a perfect example of the short lifecycle so many of today’s gadgets go through." To go directly to the interactive infographic Where iPhones go to Die go to http://www.mbaonline.com/cost-of-iphone/ ;
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Students use social media. Do they know how much social media is used (and do teachers know this information)? This post shares two great websites that provide data on how social media is being used today. Both are interactive, but in very different ways.
The Internet in Real Time provides an up to the second look at 23 social media tools, letting you see how quickly data is generated and you can also see "the real-time accumulation of wealth."
The second resource is an infographic Social Media 2014which looks at ten social media websites and provides "facts, figures, numbers and statistics from 2014." A few are below:
* 23% of teens consider Instagram their favorite social network.
* 100 hours of video is uploaded on YouTube every minute.
Given this data many of us may be questioning policies at our schools. Is it time for public schools to look at how social media is being used by their students when they are outside the walls of the school and understand that social media provides a platform that we could use to deliver lessons?
This post explores this issue and the final sentence reads "The collective consumption of knowledge has changed because of technology, and learners need to be able to use it, search it, and share it." What are your thoughts on this?