Comments on: Periodic table of visualization methods http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/01/periodic_table_.html Technology, leadership, and the future of schools Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe Miller http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/01/periodic_table_.html/comment-page-1#comment-15231 Joe Miller Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/01/periodic_table_.html#comment-15231 This approach of creating a clear visual of information is excellent. I would challenge some reader smarter than me to take the metaphor to its appropriate extension. The periodic table of elements is, as one of my chemistry teachers put it, the greatest cheat sheet ever devised. That is because it is completely organized along multiple dimensions in a logical fashion. Elements are organized by state of matter, mass, valence electrons and some other properties I do not remember (my apologies to chemists everywhere). In short, it would be cool to see a periodic table visualization that not only organized by type of method, but also than placed those methods on some continuous scale akin to atomic number. What would that continuous scale be? Nonetheless, the chart is great eye candy and has openned up a world of cool techniques to me that I had never heard of. This approach of creating a clear visual of information is excellent. I would challenge some reader smarter than me to take the metaphor to its appropriate extension.

The periodic table of elements is, as one of my chemistry teachers put it, the greatest cheat sheet ever devised. That is because it is completely organized along multiple dimensions in a logical fashion. Elements are organized by state of matter, mass, valence electrons and some other properties I do not remember (my apologies to chemists everywhere). In short, it would be cool to see a periodic table visualization that not only organized by type of method, but also than placed those methods on some continuous scale akin to atomic number. What would that continuous scale be?

Nonetheless, the chart is great eye candy and has openned up a world of cool techniques to me that I had never heard of.

]]> By: Elona http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/01/periodic_table_.html/comment-page-1#comment-15232 Elona Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/01/periodic_table_.html#comment-15232 Thanks for the heads up on the graphic organizer. I'm going to share it with my colleagues at school. There's a lot of interest in graphic organizers at our school. Thanks for the heads up on the graphic organizer. I’m going to share it with my colleagues at school. There’s a lot of interest in graphic organizers at our school.

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