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How are information visualization tools used in your discipline?  Is visual literacy becoming more important in your field?  Let's discuss!

I'm taking a course about information visualization and visual communication this semester.  I'll be posting interesting links and resources as I come across them over the next few months on my Interactive Multimedia Technology blog. 

In Education, the topic of Play is typically afforded a certain modicum of lip service, the patronizing pat on the head, and then dismissal of such a childish idea. In Brain Science, Play may be the most compelling area of research and the bridge leading to an applied science of learning.

one dimensional thinking avoids focusing on the hard questions

On Thursday, March 1st, Cynthia Breazeal (Associated Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, MIT and director of the Robotic Life Group at the MIT Media Lab) gave a public talk at the University of Washington, Seattle campus, entitled "The Art and Science of Social Robots." The widely attended talk focused on four current projects at the MIT Media Lab...