Have a look at this TED video both for the content and the use of this animation software to communicate complex statistics. Not only is it a great example of using an interactive visualisation to output the information and the value of linking databases, you will learn something interesting about the world and how much it has really changed in the past few decades.<br>
<a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/92">http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/92</a><br> <br>My multicultural students had a good laugh, joining in to champion the 'race call' type style, as the population balloons raced across the screen. I learned that to stimulate any real growth, a country must first fix its health (and education) systems <b>before </b>it improves its market economy.<br>
<br>Google have just made a move to purchase the software.<br><br>Regards Roland<br><br>(credit to a colleage who shared this on a QSITE list)<br><br>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br>
<a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead