by Jenna Laib "Data" is not neutral. When we look at a data visualization, it can feel cool and objective -- maybe even authoritative. But every graph, chart, or infographic has been shaped by a series of human decisions. Someone decided what to measure and how to measure it. Someone then decided what data to… Continue reading Blog: Digging Into Data Sources
Are you looking to introduce slow reveal graphs to a colleague? There are a few new options for places to read about facilitation.
What are the UN's Sustainable Development Goals? How can slow reveal graphs help support students to learn about and work on these goals?
by Jenna Laib Last Spring, EdWeek journalist Sarah D. Sparks shadowed me for a day, along with photographer Sophie Park. They observed me facilitating slow reveal graphs in three different classrooms. In a third grade class, we talked about the number of colors in national flags, which led us into a discussion of what makes a country a country. In… Continue reading Slow Reveal Graphs Featured in EdWeek
Blog Post: Using Slow Reveals to Illuminate Tiny but Powerful Details in a Graph by Jenna Laib Last week, a middle school social studies teacher and I co-planned a slow reveal graphs lesson...
It's essential to attend the the scale along the y-axis. When we're dealing with different scales, how do we measure change?
A primer on the Slow Reveal Graphs Instructional Routine: videos, interviews, an article, and even a section of a book! ("Teaching Math at a Distance," by Theresa Wills)
Recent blog posts by Kassia Wedekind and Andy Cotgreave spotlighted Slow Reveal Graphs.
In a recent blog post, Ben Orlin (@benorlin) takes a playful walk through some slow reveal graphs, sharing some of what makes the routine so powerful.
Slow Reveal Graphs is a social thinking routine. It's discourse-heavy, and much of the magic comes from communal sensemaking.
So can slow reveal graphs be done asynchronously?
In January, I chaperoned a field trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. We took in the larger-than-life portrait of George Washington and troops crossing the Delaware. We inspected the replica of a Colonial American bedroom. We considered the craftsmanship of Paul Revere's silver. ...and then we stumbled upon this empty picture frame. "Was the… Continue reading Blog: Blindspots
Teachers in Surrey District #36 have been using cross-curricular slow reveal graphs to encourage sensemaking and deepen inquiry! @nikileech shares some of her student's work.
The US prison system is broken. The data around who is impacted, and why, is devastating. ...and our students deserve to know about it. Educator Connie Rivera (con2ward at aol.com / @Rivera_Con) gifted us with a collection of slow reveal graphs linked to a unit called "Disproportionate Incarceration: Graphing, Proportional Reasoning, and Social Justice." Over the… Continue reading First #slowrevealgraph Special Collection: Incarceration in the United States
Excerpt from this blog post I slipped quietly into Room 304, trying not to distract the fourth graders, who were finishing up a writing assignment. I set up my laptop to project to the white board at the front of the room. The classroom teacher gave students a reminder that students had 1 minute left to… Continue reading “Why is the math teacher here for social studies?”
