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The New York Times

Teaching Orwell and '1984’ with the New York Times

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Doublethink and alternate facts? Big Brother and Facebook? 1984 and 2019? Sales of 1984 have surged and so has the use of George Orwell's dystopian classic in classrooms. Whether new to teaching the novel or a seasoned veteran...
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Western Illinois University: Thinking Visually and Evaluating Visuals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site explores: "An Attitude/Preparing a Frame of Mind," "Thinking Visually: Being First, Doing Second," and "Evaluating Visuals." Click on each to get detailed information. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.7
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Search Win Development: Visual Basic Code Snippets and Files

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains an organized collection of Visual Basic sample programs that are available for downloading.
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Ggmap: Spatial Visualization With Ggplot2 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
In spatial statistics the ability to visualize data and models super imposed with their basic social landmarks and geographic context is invaluable. ggmap is a new tool which enables such visualization by combining the spatial...
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Visualizing Weather and Climate

For Students 3rd - 8th
With visualizations, we can see the entire planet from all angles at once. We can see the invisible - such as water vapor in the atmosphere and the way air flows around the world.
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New Deal Network

New Deal Network: Social Welfare and Visual Politics: Story of Survey Graphic

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay offering an explanation of "scientific charity" by tracing its roots back to the 1870's. Excellent information about social reform and charities.
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Researchers Believe Gamers Are Able to Learn Faster

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Article reports on studies examining the differences between games and non-gamers to perform certain visual tasks. Includes video.
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Edutopia

Edutopia: Common Core in Action: 10 Visual Literacy Strategies

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Explicitly teach a collection of competencies that will help students think through, think about, and think with pictures.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Wildlife Habitat Category in the Groups Data Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
Habitat Network has combined all the vegetatively-complex habitat polygons into categories here.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Reading Through the Arts: How Theater & Visual Arts Can Engage Students in Reading

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An important key to teaching children is engaging their attention and facilitating their wonder, curiosity, and interests. We all hope reading will become a passion for our students, and the arts can play a significant role in...
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All Psych: Chapter 5: Section 3: Perception

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Through studying the sensory system this article will help learners evaluate the power of perception through visual sensation.
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Natomas High School: Design Principles: Proximity

For Students 9th - 10th
A review of the principle of proximity as it applies to visual communication. Ends with a poster project lesson that underscores proximity and related concepts.
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Wes Tech Vision: Inspiration Software

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article explains why Inspiration is a must for your classroom. The author states that Inspiration is "Available to help learners of all ages bridge the gap between visual and textual literacy, and aid in concept development in...
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Teaching Confused and Unfamiliar Words

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards
This article provides tips for teaching confused and unfamiliar words to students. These include being familiar with the words, using pictures to visualize the words, and practicing.
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A&E Television

History.com: What's the Real History of Black Friday?

For Students 9th - 10th
The retail bonanza known as Black Friday is now an integral part of many Thanksgiving celebrations, but this holiday tradition has darker roots than you might imagine. This article discusses several myths as to the term Black Friday....
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Computer Generated Images (Cgi) and Visual Effects (Vfx)

For Students 2nd - 8th
Explains how to create a computer-generated image.
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Nielsen Norman Group: Guidelines for Multimedia on the Web

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Guidelines on how to design presentations for web media. This is an old article and some of the information is outdated, but much is still relevant. SL.9-10.5 Audio Visuals, RI.11-12.7 Eval Different Media/format....
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 702: Trompe L'oeil

For Students 9th - 10th
A short lecture on trompe l'oeil in art that introduces the concept of realism turned to visual deception in artwork. It explores the great divide in theory between Plato and Aristotle which serves as an epistemological backdrop to the...
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Astro Methods: Earth's Nutation Visualized

For Students 9th - 10th
Nutation is a small cyclical motion superimposed upon the steady 26,000-year precession of the Earth's axis of rotation. It is mainly caused by the gravitational effect of the 18.6-year rotation period of the Moon's orbit. The main...
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Graphics Visualization & Usability Center: Animation Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
A university-level article describing complex computer animation techniques used to simulate human motion. Includes helpful images.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Are Scenes?

For Students 9th - 10th
Many games and visualizations have "scenes" and they need some way of managing those "scenes". This article explains scenes and provides examples.
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Institute of Hydraulic Research: Flood Management in South America [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A 33-page paper presented at a symposium in 2006. It discusses flood control in South America, breaking the topic down into easily understandable chunks with lots of visuals. Topics covered include the impact of urbanization, two types...
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Smart History

Smarthistory: Dante's Divine Comedy in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Smarthistory article explores the relationship between Dante and the visual arts and how the Divine Comedy played an important role in the creation of a great many outstanding works of art.
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We Are Teachers: How to Do Goal Setting With Your Students This School Year

For Teachers K - 1st
There's no shortage of teachers doing innovative work around goal setting for students. This article is a compilation of favorite resources. Included are books to read to your class, a goal planning worksheet, classroom activities,...

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