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This is actually from my spotlight session from the day before, "Cracking the Code of the 'Native' Information Experience." The transformative questions can be found here: http://goo.gl/RtjRB - dfw

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Another one from the previous presentation. Most people at this conference know about Scratch - http://scratch.mit.edu/ - dfw

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;-) - dfw

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Yo! Go Thunder! ..and fear the beard... - dfw

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Yes! Risk-taking equals confidence + courage. - dfw

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I agree, and I come from a long line of story-tellers. - dfw

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More than ever before, our environment and experience is measured (or measurable) with numbers. We have to have ways to interpret that data into pictures and stories. - dfw

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''And the thing is, that there is nothing new about any of this. What's new are:

# Unprecidented access to data

# Astounding number crunching capabilities

# A network through-which to distribute our graphics -- our stories '' - dfw

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Yes! I think that this is the coolest part of data visualization is making sense of the enormous amount of data that our social behaviors generate today. We looking at ourselves through our behaviors, not just through the eyes of the media. - dfw

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Ah, yes! Beware its seduction. But that's part of using thing, questioning the answers. It's an essential element of being literate today. - dfw

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..and funny too! - dfw

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Data has a story to tell. Through visualization, and the artistry of designers, we can understand that story -- understand more about ourselves. - dfw

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Yep! - dfw

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Not me! But it's part of my affliction, needing to rearrange my slides the morning of my presentation. - dfw

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It's a unique and timely convergence between content (social studies, science, health); Mathematics; and Art. Isn't this what we've been looking for? - dfw

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Yes, there are dozens of these sites and blogs out there. I think that my daughter has links to many of them in here blog (http://igad.idave.us) - dfw

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I do not know! - dfw

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I'll defiantly use that in in my next presentation. - dfw

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I'm sorry that I didn't. But I hope that I made the point that part of being literate today is being in the habit of "..asking questions about the answers that we find." - dfw

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Certainly, there are several. But I like to simply ask, "Does this help me accomplish my goals?" This helps to satisfy the validity of the information, but also it's appropriateness to the task at hand. - dfw

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Yes! It's like Wikipedia. The value is in its insistence on asking questions. - dfw

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Thanks! I just suggested that article to my daughter for inclusion in IGaD - dfw

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Yep! Too cool for school! - dfw

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I'm not sure this would work, but I've often thought about the possibility of starting infographics be presenting them as performance art. Have students rearrange themselves as to indicate quantities. - dfw

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Thanks for coming... - dfw

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June 28, 2012, at 09:15 AM EST by 64.134.234.99 -

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dan_xlb (Dan Exelby)