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Visual.ly Infographics
Visual.ly Infographics Visual.ly is at present a nice collection of infographics, those big data visualisations that are making statistics cool again. They can be a great source of information and discussion for the classroom (and also a great source of revenue / traffic for their creators). What’s more exciting is the promise that you’ll soon be…
Jellycam – Free Stop-Motion Animation
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Time to switch to tumblr?
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Peter Twinning Reviews “Learning Futures”
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Data Collection & Questionnaires with Google Docs & Twitter
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