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Making a TED-Ed Lesson: Visualizing big ideas

2013-11-25

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/making-a-ted-ed-lesson-visualizing-big-ideas

View original lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/exploration-on-the-big-data-frontier-tim-smith

How can animation convey complex, intangible concepts? A visual metaphor, or an idea represented through imagery, can take an idea as massive as Big Data and tie it to the familiar depiction of a growing tree. TED-Ed animators explain how to make an abstract idea come alive visually.


think of an appropriate and appealing style to illustrate
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start by looking at some art books
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look closely study the material
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capture the interest of your audience
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