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Tetherless World

http://data-gov.tw.rpi.edu/wiki/The_Data-gov_Wiki The Data-gov Wiki is a project being pursued in the Tetherless World Constellation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute . We are investigating open government datasets using semantic web technologies. Currently, we are translating such datasets into RDF, getting them linked to the linked data cloud, and developing interesting applications and demos on linked government data. Most of the datasets shown on this page come from the US government's data.gov Web site, although some are from other countries or non-government sources.

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Earlier this week I learned from Larry Ferlazzo that The New York Times Learning Network was doing a series of posts about teaching with infographics . The last installment of the series went live today with a post by Diana Laufenberg . Diana's post includes ten steps for designing lessons in which students create infographics.

Teaching With Infographics

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/08/teaching-with-infographics-many-free.html
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infographics

http://www.vizworld.com/category/infographics/
Data presentation can be beautiful, elegant and descriptive. There is a variety of conventional ways to visualize data – tables, histograms, pie charts and bar graphs are being used every day, in every project and on every possible occasion. However, to convey a message to your readers effectively, sometimes you need more than just a simple pie chart of your results.

Data Visualization: Modern Approaches - Smashing Magazine

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/08/02/data-visualization-modern-approaches/
This entry is part 3 of 16 in the Infographic Design Session - Show All « Previous Next » A few times a each month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from throughout the history of Vectortuts+. This tutorial by Jonathan was first published on April 14th 2010. Merge form and function to create outstanding modern infographics. http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing/how-to-create-outstanding-modern-infographics/

How To Create Outstanding Modern Infographics

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/diagramly-handy-tool-creating-quick-flowcharts/ The best thing about Diagramly is how accessible it is.

Diagramly – A Handy Tool For Creating Quick Flowcharts

Who can resist a colourful, thoughtful venn diagram anyway? In terms of blogging success, infographics are far more likely to be shared than your average blog post. This means more eyeballs on your important information, more people rallying for your cause, more backlinks and more visits to your blog. In short, a quality infographic done well could be what your blog needs right now. Designing An Infographic Some great tips for designing infographics:

10 Awesome Tools To Make Infographics

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/awesome-free-tools-infographics/