Socio-Economical Differences in Brazil

Art Director Daniel Bronfen created images that represent the socio-economical differences between 
Brazilian regions. His work is based on the 2010 Brazilian Census.  If you just landed in Brazil, it´s worth
taking a look for a quick understanding of the expression ‘We have 5 different countries in Brazil'.

(Image: Maps of Net)

Visualy

Love infographics? Then you will probably adore this new infographic search engine.
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Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes

"Hans Rosling's famous lectures combine enormous quantities of public data with a sport's commentator's 
style to reveal the story of the world's past, present and future development. Now he explores stats in a way 
he has never done before - using augmented reality animation" 

(Picture: Jackarcher )

Rio 2016

Praxis is proudly ambiented in Brazil, and the Olympic Games will take place at the most beautiful city in the world.         So here is a quick peek of what to expect for the Olympics in Rio.

Praxis supports all foreigners that are interested in Brazil. For more, visit our page 

Watch Now

Watch now is both a resource for users and also a non-profit, online community that encourages everyone to collect, create, and share free, innovative, educational videos. 

Can Twitter Predict the Future?

"Internet forecasting: Businesses are mining online messages to unearth consumers’ moods—and even make market predictions"

Interesting article from The Economist.

Picture: @ngonews

 

Skype in the Classroom

Skype in the classroom is a free community to help teachers everywhere use Skype to help their students learn. It’s a place for teachers to connect with each other, find partner classes and share inspiration. This is a global initiative that was created in response to the growing number of teachers using Skype in their classrooms.

Photo: Uochi

The Secret Power of Time

Professor Philip Zimbardo conveys how time influences who we are as people, how we view relationships 
and how we act in this world. Amazing video presentantion.

The Economics of Seinfeld

The Economics of Seinfeld is a catalog of clips (sometimes entire episodes) from the hit
sitcom Seinfeld that explain various economical concepts. The goal of the site is to use pop culture to help educate 
people about economics. Brilliant.

Picture: http://gothamist.com/attachments/byakas/5411seinfeld.jpg 

Wordnik

"All the words, and everything about them, for everybody" 

 Not just definitions, but sample sentences, related words, images, statistics, audio pronunciation, and more  -  http://www.wordnik.com/

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