When I am preparing a presentation I often like to take a snap shot of whats happening in the world at the moment to frame the amazing rate of change we are seeing. So here are some of my favourites: 1. CIA Factbook – https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html Say what you like about the CIA this is an [...]
This is an interesting interactive article hosted on the BBC website. The article asks two pieces of information from you, the first is the country you are in and the second your pre-tax monthly wage. It then calculates your wage against your own countries average wage and the global average wage. Its fascinating The URL [...]
I am preparing for a keynote in a couple of week and I have found a couple of great statistics sources for some of information technology. The three I have found most useful at the moment are: The CIA Factbook - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html This is a useful source for general information and statistics about countries particularly, cellular [...]
This is an interesting infographic – Is social media ruining students?. It addresses social media and education posing as it does some interesting challenges for us as educator. If you have a look at the stats for facebook it adds weigh to the comments expressed in the image. Consider these as you read below: (source: [...]
On this on the wire update we are looking at a couple of videos that worth watching. Here is the first: 1. Next is Now – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvad4B0lCdk in the same vein as the famous almost cult (well in educational circles) video Shift happens this is an excellent video with a catchy sound track too. 2.The [...]
In this “on the wire” update we have a range of materials ranging from A video on the state of the internet to Popular science magazine. 1. State of the Internet Video – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6MfnuvH4Rs&feature=player_embedded This is a useful video for IT classes or for Professional learning for staff. The video paints an interesting picture of [...]
This update of on the wire comes from Mumbai. Here are some of the interesting websites that I have found, it reads like the deVinci code back cover – 3d Model, statistics, Historical investigations, young people and car chases. 1. Sweet Home 3D – http://www.sweethome3d.eu/index.jsp This is a tool that lets you design or map [...]
In this weeks catch from the net we have Mathematics and data sources, infographic maps, web 2.0 tools and more. 1. The Maths Apprentice – http://www.mathapprentice.com/Activity/explore.html – this is a fun primary and middle years site for mathematics. Directed at the younger audience. Worth considering using with an IWB. 2. Kids online – me and [...]
So who is more social on social networks? Males or females? My first guess would have been a degree of equality, but it appears that as a male I am in the minority of social networks. (Source: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/who-rules-the-social-web/)
This is an interesting post from Mashable that describes the web in numbers. http://mashable.com/2009/04/17/web-in-numbers-social-media/ Here are some goodies Youtube March 09 (1) 100 million monthly viewers in the US. 6.3 billion videos viewed Facebook 100 million to 200 million users in less than 8 months.(2) from February 2008 to February 2009. (3)(6) 2,721% growth in [...]
