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Education Infographics – Links to a Pinterest search.

Cool Infographics – Great blog showing examples of data visualizations and infographics from magazines, newspapers and the web.

Libraries matter: 15 fantastic library infographics – Fun to see one of Paige Jaeger’s infographics in this collection!.

NYTimes Learning Network Infographics – collection of teaching ideas based on timely news.

27 Ways To Make This the Best Year Ever! – Great example of an infographic enhanced by using ThingLink.

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series of posts from New York Times Learning Network

Teaching with Infographics: Places to Start – an older, but still valuable.

Using Infographics to Get Your Point Across – 2013 ‘EdWeb Tech Tools for the Classroom’ webinar on infographics.

10 Traits of Amazingly Awesome Infographics.

Traverse Area District Library – Data about their branches done as a data dashboard.

Creating and Using Infographics in the Elementary Classroom –.

…even if you don’t think visually – Resources from an ISTE presentation.

Now I See: Infographics as content scaffold and creative, formative assessment.

Infographics in the Classroom Teacher Toolkit.

Creating Infographics with Students – Lots of tips and resources.

Infographics as a Creative Assessment – tons of resources from Kathy Schrock.

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When and how to create an effective infographic – Clear explanation of the process of creating an effective infographic.

The Complete Guide to Creating Infographics for Non-designers – Good overview, introduction to several tools and tips.

Infographics for your Classroom – Free, downlable ebook on using Easel.ly.

Census Bureau Data Visualization Gallery – Get inspired by all these different ways of presenting population, income, housing, etc.

Data Visualization for the Rest of Us: Tips for effective infographics – Summary of Linda Hofschire’s presentation at 2016 ALA Midwinter.

Producing Infopics – Tony Vincent shares tips for teaching with infographics and great apps for creating them.

What is an Infographic – Creating an infographic, presented as an infographic.

Lots of resources here, remember you don’t have to explore them all!

Infographics Assessment – part of a Spartan Guides lesson on Infographics.

Data Visualization Strategies in the Age of “Fake News” – Slides from a great session at #AASL17 by Kristin Fontichiaro, Melissa Johnston & Tasha Bergson-Michelson.

Dissecting an Infographic – example of an infographic that looks good, but doesn’t represent the whole story.

The Anatomy Of An Infographic: 5 Steps To Create A Powerful Visual is a great introduction to the process of creating a good infographic.

Making choices about colors, design, and layout.

Considering the audience and what they need/want to know.

Creating a story line for presenting the information.

Defining an issue & deciding what questions to ask.PROCESSĬreating an infographic pulls together many skills: Infographics as a Creative Assessment from Kathy Schrock on Vimeo. The beauty of data visualization: TED Talk by David McCandless Annual Library Usage Compared to Per Capita Expenditures – Data visualizations include a chart and a map.20 Inspiring Childrens Book quotes – Infographic, no data visualizations.To illustrate, look at these infographics:

An infographic may present ideas, trends, information, but no real data. Charts and graphs that clearly present real data are data visualizations. An infographic may not include any actual data, while a data visualization must. The aim of an infographic is to parse what might be perceived as an overwhelming amount of information into manageable bites or small nuggets that transform text into memorable images and meaning.” (from Transliteracy Librarian )ĭata Visualization & Infographics? Is there a difference? A data visualization is really just a special type of infographic. “We are bombarded by slick images every minute of everyday. They helped me understand stories that were often beyond my reading level and pushed me to read and explore further. This topic makes me think back to the dark ages when I was a kid and infographics in newspapers and magazines often caught my eye. And carefully created representations of data and other information can help us quickly grasp what is being presented and communicate a message more effectively. Pictures really can be worth a thousand words. But it’s only recently that easy to use (and free/cheap) tools for creating them have become available.

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Infographics, or ‘information graphics’, have been appearing in print, advertising, on tv news shows and more, for a very long time. Using graphics and text to present data and information in not a new idea.

The 8 best data visualization tools in 2017