Visual*~*Revolution

Visible Tweets is a cool tool that allows users to generate visualizations from tweet messages and hashtags. Besides being able to visualize Twitter messages, Visible Tweets also allows you to use all the Twitter search operatorsavailable on Twitter platform. Most importantly, Visible Tweets is very easy to use and does not require any installation or software download. It does not even call for a sign up. Just head over to Visible Tweets homepage and type in the tweets you want to visualize and hit "go".

Digital citizenship involves keeping yourself and your friends safe. One of the biggest ways to do that is to know about these questions to ask yourself before sharing photos online.

Finding useful resources and people online is tough. That's why it's important to build and enhance your personal learning network (PLN) with these tips!

Effective storytelling can help cut through information overload so that their audience hears their message.

A powerful talk by Tony Wagner attempts to uncover the 7 skills students must have in order to prepared for the future.

Get the lowdown on seed bombs with guerrilla gardener Richard Reynolds.

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Inkflow is an ideal app for visual thinkers. You can use it to sketch out your ideas and capture your thoughts as easy as using a pen and paper. Inkflow works great for brainstorming and planning. It's also perfect for prototyping layouts, sketching, and drawing.

A wee bit simplistic, but this flowchart from the fine folks at EasyBib was a fantastic way to drive home to students that more often than not they need to cite their sources. Many students would benefit from a gentle reminder about avoiding plagiarism.

Schools aren't good at innovation, said Grant Lichtman in a TEDx talk given to teachers in Denver. They are big, bureaucratic, risk averse and affected by politics more than smart education policy.

Ken Shelton shared a slidedeck that he made about the use of visuals in storytelling. He made the presentation on Haiku Deck. 

Using a tablet to explore STEAM concepts is a natural pairing—as kids drag, draw and create they learn more about technology and the world around them. That's why we've gathered 60 of our favorite apps for teaching STEAM in the classroom, with recommendations for every grade level.

In an effort to help you become the next Steve Jobs of presenting, here are more than two dozen different presentation tips.

Using Facebook in education is a topic that is creating so much controversy among teachers. The problem is not Facebook per se but how we use it. In this regard teachers should capitalize on the widespread of Facebook among students and use it to their advantage. There are several ways to put this into action and here are some posts to help you in doing so:

Here are all the major styles of beer, with representative quaffs for each style.

 

Ever wonder what makes those wacky, creative types tick? How is it that some people seem to come up with all kinds of interesting, original work while the rest of us trudge along in our daily routines?

Creative people are different because they operate a little differently

WHAT IS THE CONVERSATION PRISM?  Developed in 2008 by Brian Solis, The Conversation Prism is a visual map of the social media landscape. It’s an ongoing study in digital ethnography that tracks dominant and promising social networks and organizes them by how they’re used in everyday life.

Guess what! The sun doesn't revolve around us, we actually revolve around it. And there are millions of other suns with rocks orbiting them.

STEAM Education aims to bring functional literacy to all. It promotes bridging the gap between business and educational goals to create a more productive and sustainable global culture based on teamwork. This educational framework is for all disciplines and types of learners with the goal of being more engaging and naturally successful for all members of any educational system.