[CASL-L] SHARE: Many Eyes

[IRENE KWIDZINSKI]

FYI


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Subject: [aaslforum] SHARE: Many Eyes

This Web 2.0 tool is to data what Wordle is to words.

Many Eyes is an experiment by IBM Research and the IBM Cognos software group. 
With Many Eyes you can upload data and then create a visualization based on that 
data. You can then view and discuss your visualizations and data sets by 
creating and participating in topic centers, as well as track your contributions 
and see comments that others have written to you.

For example, if you want to analyze a text, you can create a word tree, a tag 
cloud, a phrase network, or a word cloud. To compare a set of values, you can 
create a bar chart, a block histogram, or a bubble chart. To see relationships 
among data points, you can create a scatterplot, matrix chart, or network 
diagram. You can see the parts of a whole by creating a pie chart or treemap, 
and you can track rises and falls over time by creating a line graph or stack 
graph.

If you don't have data of your own, you can upload data found on public sites 
such as the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, or the Federal Reserve.

This would be a really fun tool to engage kids in statistics or other math 
classes.


http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/


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The Internet may be the world's greatest library, but let's face it - all the 
books are scattered on the floor.  - D.C. Denison, Boston Globe

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discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from 
the fiction ... The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think 
intensively and to think critically. - Martin Luther King, Jr. The Purpose of 
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