Visual*~*Revolution

For the past 15 years, UK-based photographer Noel Myles has been documenting the countryside of eastern England, and arranging the photos he brings home into these lovely mosaics. In these collages, which he calls “still films,” Myles has combined platinum/palladium prints that were taken over ten years ago with more recent color photographs, creating a sort of static time-lapse of both nature and technology.

France's Françoise Nielly paintings are expressive, exhibiting a brute force, a fascinating vital energy. Oil and knife combine tsculpt her images from a material that is , at the same time, biting and incisive, charnel and sensual.

 From Tony Gurr's blog his rant on UNlearning. You gotta love it-I know I did

Nice little video showing the ins and outs of relevant software and publishing platforms with Google’s latest behemoth, Google+.

Here are some of the most interesting ways homeschoolers are putting Pinterest to work in the home classroom. And of course ANY schooler could use these suggestions!

Thought-provoking blog entry from Tony Gurr...

Technology is not going to “save” education – the quality of thinking from those involved in educational decision-making is going to do that. And, the starting point is challenging the underlying assumptions and myths that all too often dominate our decision-making.

New York based artist Derek Lerner talks about his work...

My work explores systems: their creation, use and control. In 1994 I became interested in human interaction with technology and nonlinear information. Much of my work that followed dealt with the internet and code. My investigations made me increasingly intrigued with the relationships between perception and coded language.

Senongo Akpem is Nigerian American designer in New York. Most of his work has to do with digital interactions and websites, but he is also interested in experimental typography and letter-forms. Simply put, he designs colorful stuff for the web

Senongo has used the iPad app Mixel to create his Mixel Alphabet and Numbers.Very impressive!

Ever wondered where all your Twitter friends are? Do you think you actually know where every single one of your ‘tweeps’ are? Jeff Dunn recently stumbled across a one-click service that shows you exactly where each of your Twitter friends are located.

Infographics are, simply put, visual representations of data. They serve the purpose of clarifying and communicating complex ideas through a widely accessible medium.

Everyone may not be a fan but QR codes are here to stay, and it’s all the fault of the market leading Japanese.

Yes, Corning has a product to sell in this ad, and yes, it’s geared toward the affluent private-school demographic. But even knowing this, it’s still fun to watch this video. The focus on this second installment the company produced is learning — imagining the possibilities of augmented reality on school field trips and a community work table made of interactive glass where students collaborate on online projects alongside the teacher.

One of the recurring themes (from many different contributors) on the Impact of Social Science blog is that a new paradigm of research communications has grown up – one that de-emphasizes the traditional journals route, and re-prioritizes faster, real-time academic communication in which blogs play a critical intermediate role.

[skwag] is an innovative social platform designed specifically for tweens and teens on the autism spectrum. Our goal is to facilitate the opportunity for organic relationships; driven by kids, supported by parents.

When was the last time you used a tape recorder or a slide projector? That's what we thought.

These are some of the best videos for anyone, young or old, hoping to hone their leadership abilities.

At the star-studded Harvard Initiative on Learning and Teaching (HILT) event earlier this month, where professors gathered to discuss innovative strategies for learning and teaching, Harvard’s professor Eric Mazur gave a talk on the benefits of practicing peer instruction in class, rather than the traditional lecture. The idea is getting traction. Here’s more about the practice and a video of Mazur.

Sketchnotes are a visual form of note-taking that can include drawings, various lettering sizes and styles, color, icons, arrows, boxes and more — whatever works for you. And the best part? You don’t have to be a creative genius to do it. It’s called Sketchnoting, not Art School.

Kathy Schrock's ISTE presentation...

A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: Infographics as a Creative Assessment.