Verizon Foundation (verizongiving) Tagxedo - Word Cloud with Styles (1) Jon Samuelson (ipadsammy) Spicynodes : Home The 80 Best Twitter Feeds in Instructional Technology Posted on Tuesday August 30, 2011 by Staff Writers Instructional technology is prevalent in college, whether you’re taking online classes or attending in person. Students today are using technology more than ever, and it only makes sense to use tech tools for a 21st century education. But innovations in instructional technology seem to pop up anew every day, and without your ear to the ground, it’s easy to miss important new developments. To help you keep up with the latest in instructional technology, we’ve highlighted 80 of the best Twitter feeds in the field. News Follow these Twitter accounts to stay up to date on news in instructional technology. @EmergingEdTech: @EmergingEdTech’s Kelly Walsh regularly tweets about new developments in the field of instructional technology. Organizations & Groups These Twitter users represent more than themselves, as the face of an organization or group within the instructional technology community. Tools Professionals Educators
Visualization: Pie Chart - Google Chart Tools Overview A pie chart that is rendered within the browser using SVG or VML. Displays tooltips when hovering over slices. Example var data = google.visualization.arrayToDataTable([ ['Task', 'Hours per Day'], ['Work', 11], ['Eat', 2], ['Commute', 2], ['Watch TV', 2], ['Sleep', 7] ]); var chart = new google.visualization.PieChart(document.getElementById('piechart')); chart.draw(data, options); } </script> </head> <body> <div id="piechart" style="width: 900px; height: 500px;"></div> </body></html> Making a 3D Pie Chart If you set the is3D option to true, your pie chart will be drawn as though it has three dimensions: is3D is false by default, so here we explicitly set it to true: var chart = new google.visualization.PieChart(document.getElementById('piechart_3d')); chart.draw(data, options); } </script> </head> <body> <div id="piechart_3d" style="width: 900px; height: 500px;"></div> </body></html> Making a Donut Chart A donut chart is a pie chart with a hole in the center. Rotating a Pie Chart Loading
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