Gapminder - Looking and Playing with Data
I found Gapminder through Edutecher.net. This is simply a great way to look at and play with data dealing with global trends and topics. Health, education, climate and poverty are but some of the few areas of research that have been collected and compiled into these interactive graphs. When you launch Gapminder World, you will be able to select values and indicators charted on the graph axes as well as identify and track specific countries.
Basically - it is just too hard to describe the power of this online tool. Any teacher that deals or refers to current and historical events and trends will definitely find Gapminder to be compelling tool!
Like an Aladdin's cave, look and you will find.
If you find something that others might be interested in, share it back to the group.
(Yes we will have a session on all of this soon!)
Matt
Fakebook is the newest tool over at the excellent ClassTools site (Russel Tarr is the creative genius behind the site). Teachers and students can use it to:
- chart the career of a historical character
- create a timeline of important events
- outline the main plot of a book, play or film
and so on!