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"This video shows you why the refugees crossing the Mediterranean by boat can't just fly to Europe." Via Clairelouise, Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks 
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With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool, Gapminder, to present data that debunks several myths about world development. Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden's Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a nonprofit that brings vital global data to life.
Deanna Metz's curator insight,
March 1, 2016 8:04 PM
It is never a bad time to hear from Hans Rosling. In this TED talk he shares data that shows how popular myths about the less developed world (especially fertility rates and life expectancy) have radically changed in the last 40 years. Tags: gapminder, development, TED.
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"What was the greatest invention of the industrial revolution? Hans Rosling makes the case for the washing machine. With newly designed graphics from Gapminder, Rosling shows us the magic that pops up when economic growth and electricity turn a boring wash day into an intellectual day of reading." Via ApocalypseSurvival, Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks
Courtney Barrowman's curator insight,
May 21, 2015 4:06 PM
unit 6 key concepts: industrialization, development, technology 
Ryan Tibari's curator insight,
May 27, 2015 10:23 AM
Washing machine, the greatest invention of the industrial revolution. Hans Rosling further proves this point, highlighting many aspects of how industrialization not only changed the economy, but the people. |
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"Despite global inequalities, most of the world is better off than you think - and better off than it has ever been before. Watch Hans Rosling explain why." Tags: media, models, gapminder, development, perspective.
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"In the last of a series of programmes exploring global population for the award-winning This World strand, Rosling presents an 'as live' studio event featuring cutting-edge 3D infographics painting a vivid picture of a world that has changed in ways we barely understand – often for the better." Via Michael Miller
Kibet Koskei's curator insight,
November 2, 2013 4:19 AM
ATTENTION ! 
Rola Fahs's curator insight,
November 13, 2013 10:27 AM
Rosling does a great job speaking of poverty and population. This would be an awesome text to use in a unit about poverty. This can be incorporated in a history class, economics class, sociology class, even an anthropology class if it is offered in highschools. It is a perfect length video that can be used to introduce a writing assignment, a research project, or an in class group assignment. But it also shows the extremety of poor vs. rich. From what I have seen students like to state their opinions about issues like this. Teachers may have to watch out how they introduce this into their topic or discussion, but it is a worthwhile source to use.
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Don’t Panic – is a one-hour long documentary broadcasted on BBC on the 7th of November 2013. The visualizations are based on original graphics and stories by Gapminder and the underlaying data-sources are listed here. Via Michael Miller
Katelyn Sesny's curator insight,
October 31, 2014 12:24 PM
Although this is a very long video, it provides extremely important facts about the explosion of population growth, the history and background behind it all, countries and states at risk, already occurring issues and possible solutions to these rising problems. - UNIT 2 
MissPatel's curator insight,
December 16, 2014 3:21 AM
Most of you have watched this - have a quick recap. Can you use this in any of your answers to exam questions? 
AHS Model UN's curator insight,
November 19, 2015 2:13 PM
Population growth in an important topic that is connected to economic development. If you've seen Hans Roslings TED talks, this is an hour-long version of many of the same concepts and data visualizations. His Gapminder data visualization tool, it is a must see for geography teachers to show the connections between population statistics and developmental patterns--let students see the data. This is an article that looks at a different factor, arguing that overpopulation isn't the real issue. Tags: gapminder, population, demographic transition model, development. |
