![]() Infographics are the hook we need for our 21 st century classrooms. They provide fodder for GREAT discussions, and they lead us to search for more information because they pique our interest. Let’s face it… Infographics are interesting! They suck us in. When our students look for information, chances are, they will not be drawn to a thirteen page article or four chapters in a textbook, but they will look for something they can view and something with which they can interact. We function now in pieces, not in the whole. To demonstrate this fact, as I am typing this post, I am listening to a podcast, watching a football game, checking my Facebook, and texting on Skype. We are inundated with information, bombarded by snippets, soundbites, text messages, and little bytes of information that we process effortlessly. I not only find the information, data, statistics, and messages fascinating, but I also see how they appeal to the brain of the 21 st century learner. Type in a topic, and see what you can learn. The best thing about Qwiki? It’s free! Take a few minutes to explore the Qwiki site. I found Qwiki to be a great way to get and share information in a high-interest format. We won the TechCrunch Disrupt (San Francisco 2010) startup competition in 2010 and The New York Times has called us “…a seed that will blossom into another Internet wonder.” ![]() Qwiki was recently recognized by Apple as the 2011 iPad App of the year in the Search & Reference category, with ~1 million downloads. ![]() Qwiki has raised approximately $11 million in funding from a number of top-tier investors, including the co-founders of Facebook, Groupon and YouTube. Each “Qwiki” is easily created through a browser – enabling users to combine pictures, videos, infographics and their own voice into a beautiful, interactive presentation describing anything. Qwiki is a technology company pioneering a new media format that combines the appeal of video with the interactivity of the web. ![]()
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