Find & Make Your Own Infographics With Visual.ly. If you like clever data visualizations, you'll love Visual.ly, a startup that lets you find and make infographics with all kinds of web-based data. The site aims to be a repository for graphically organized information on the web, as well as a marketplace and community for publishers, designers, researchers and everyday web users. Visual.ly contains three main components. First, it's a search engine for web-based infographics. Second, it's a silo of data from government agencies, non-profits and other research- and data-focused entities. Third, Visual.ly is a web-based platform for creating infographics of your own — no graphic design experience or software required.
Already, the site boasts a collection of 2,000 infographics in its indexed and searchable galleries, as well as 60,000 users who signed up for beta access. Here's a demo of the site: The service's main infographic creation tool will launch in a few months. The design thinking agency I portfolio. Top 10 Glogs for Professional Development. By Beth Crumpler, from Adaptive Learnin (a guest post on Glogster EDU blog) I have written several posts about Glogster EDU on my own blog, so I am thrilled to be asked to contribute as a guest blogger. After brainstorming for a while and searching through Glogster EDU’s website for writing ideas, I came across some fabulous Glogs that contain web tech tools for teachers. I was so inspired by the resources that these Glogs contain that I decided it would be a great subject for my first guest blog contribution. I found many Web 2.0 websites for teaching and learning that I have never heard of, and some that I have heard of but never have used.
Glogster EDU is often promoted as a tool for students to create Glogs, or interactive posters, for assignments or projects. The following top 10 Glogs show how Glogster EDU can also be used by educators to create interactive posters for professional development. 10. For centuries, storytelling has been used to teach and learn. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3.
Infographics in the Classroom. A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods. How To Create Outstanding Modern Infographics. In this tutorial you will learn that data doesn't have to be boring, it can be beautiful! Learn how to use various graph tools, illustration techniques and typography to make an accurate and inspiring infographic in Adobe Illustrator. Start by using the Rectangle Tool (M) to draw a shape. Give it a subtle radial gradient too. The entire design is based on a grid of four columns. Condense the shape so it fits within the left-most guide and centre guide. Move the shape over to the right and add another guide to the centre here. Using the Rectangle Tool (M) draw a thin white box on the centre line that will be the width of the gap between the columns.
Repeat the process for the other columns with your final result being below. I like to place the most important graphics first and work-in the ancillary charts and graphs afterwards. Early on you can experiment with placing a main graphic that will help give the piece some visual interest. Give the circles a variety of gradients. That's it! Storykeepers.wikispaces.com/file/view/ISTE+-+InfoGraphics.pdf. ClusterBall. This visualization shows the structure of three levels of Wikipedia category pages and their interconnections. Centered in the graph is a parent node. Pages that are linked from this parent node are rendered inside the ball. Finally, pages that are linked to the latter (secondary) nodes are rendered on the outer ring. Links between category pages are illustrated by edges, which are color coded to represent their depth from the parent node.
Nodes are clustered such that edge lengths are minimized. This forces highly connected groups of pages to clump together, essentially forming topical groups. The clustering component of this visualization is vital. I'm exploring if the clustering method is novel, and whether a publication is in order. Cool Infographics - Blog. PBS Frontline has published the interactive data visualization, NFL Concussion Watch 2013 to summarize all of the player concussions reported in the NFL. Every week in the National Football League, a player is sidelined by a head injury. In some cases, their symptoms are clearly visible and they exit the game. Other times, less obvious warning signs can mean a missed diagnosis and a return to the field.
Either way, research indicates that the long-term health effects of such injuries — including memory loss, depression and even dementia — can pose problems for players long after retirement.Concussion Watch is an effort to monitor the NFL’s response to the persistent risk of head injury in professional football.
To do so, FRONTLINE will track which players are being removed from games after a hit to the head — and which players are not — and keep score of how long they are kept from the field following a concussion. Thanks to Melanie for sending in the link! Great Infographics for Language Teachers Part 1. Infographics are great learning materials. The colourful graphics, clear text and their size make them ideal for classroom integration. I have been posting some of the ones I deem educationl to help teachers leverage this resource to create engaging, relevant and personalized learning experiences in their classes.
In this regard, I am introducing you today to a series made up of four parts all containing the best infograpgics about English language teaching and learning. Due to their size we could not embed all the infographics in one post instead we distributed them on four posts with each one of them containing links to other posts to make it easy for you to navigate the four posts without having to move away. Teachers can print them out and pin them on the class wall for students to access throughout the whole year. Part One ( scroll down to read the content of this part) Definite and indefinite articlesAll about AdjectivesPunctuation Passive VoiceWhen to use e.g and i.e Part One.
5 Unbeatable Types of Infographic + Free Tools to Create Them. An infographic (information graphic) has been a very effective way to bait for links and social media votes for ages. Like anything else, it can be done right or wrong (I am sure you have seen dozens of poorly implemented infographics by now and maybe a few really good ones). How to create a good one? The secret is in days (maybe months) of brainstorming. A cool concept doesn’t even have to be too very well-designed. All you need is a great idea and some time of putting it together. This post lists 5 unbeatable (when done right) types of infographics as well as free tools to help you put your ideas to life – enjoy!
1. As the periodic table hangs in thousands of classrooms all over the world, it has become a visual metaphor and serves now as a template for knowledge presentation in various niches and verticals. Examples: Tools and resources: 2. Tools and resources: 3. 4. 5. Further reading: Ann Smarty is the blogger and community manager at Internet Marketing Ninjas. Top Tools For Making Incredible Infographics. Top Tools For Making Incredible Infographics | Eyecare Resources Repost from the Optical Vision Site: By now, if you are reading our blogs, you can see that we have been using a lot of infographics.
Infographics are Visual Images of data and are a huge growing trend on the web. Infographic sites keep cropping up that cover every single subject. For eyecare professionals, Infographics are fun and interesting news for your followers, networkers, patients, family and friends. Make Use Of has a great article on Tips for Creating Incredible Infographics as well as a listing of FREE Tools to Make Infographics. A Short List of Free Tools To Make Infographics (visit the link to read more) Original Post from The Optical Vision Site. Tips, tricks and resources to make your own gorgeous infographics.
Infographics (or Information Graphics) are graphic visual representations of data or information, presented in a way to make it easier to consume information. Infographics gained popularity in the mid-2000′s with the advent of sites like Digg and Reddit, and have quickly become one of the most popular methods to display researched data. There are three main types of infographics – where data is presented in a timeline, where statistical data is presented in graphs or with icons, or where data is presented on a map.
In order to create an infographic which will be widely shared, think about your typography, colours, and layout. Make it easy for people to understand the information that’s being provided. You can also get very creative with how you display your information, and do something completely unconventional. Infographics are among the most popular modern methods of sharing information with an audience. There are a few automated ways you can create your own infographics. Introduction to Infographics and Visualization for Journalists. The Do's And Don'ts Of Infographic Design.
Advertisement Editor’s Note: You might want to read Nathan Yau’s article The Do’s And Don’ts Of Infographic Design: Revisited1 here on Smashing Magazine which is a response to this article. Since the dawn of the Internet, the demand for good design has continued to skyrocket. From Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 and beyond, designers have remained on their toes as they define the trends and expectations of our online universe. The Internet is a great designer’s playground, and online businesses are growing more and more appreciative of what can be gained from a bit of well-executed eye candy. Over the past two years, this fact has become the backbone of a growing trend in online marketing: the infographic. Infographics are visual representations of information, or “data viz” as the cool kids call it these days. The term “data viz” comes from “data visualization,” which implies that sets of data will be displayed in a unique way that can be seen, rather than read.
Wrapping Your Mind Around Data Viz (al) Infographics: Here’s How to Make Them Effective. Were petroglyphs man's 1st infographics? So, what is it with infographics? They’re everywhere these days but like so many shiny new technology toys, we’ve created a monster! I’ve got 10 tips for better infographics, 10 great examples of effective data visuals and 21 best resources to help you find and produce infographics that connect and communicate. Google the term “infographics” and you’ll get more than 5.33 million hits. In fact, I’m getting so tired of the term I’m just going to call them for a change. There’s an extensive listing including a history. The use of infographics to communicate complex information simply and quickly picked up momentum in 2005 with the popularity of Digg, Reddit and other social media aggregators.
You’ll now find thousands of IG tips on the internet. For all I know, there may even be an IG app, T-shirts, logo’d baseball caps and monogrammed cups. Let’s start with one of the best examples of an effective IG I’ve seen recently. Funny but true </b></i>*} David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization.
Innovative educators use infographics to engage learners. If you’re an innovative educator who knows your students sometimes find traditional teaching methods like textbooks and tests to be a bore, consider infographics. These great tools are making their way into more and more classrooms. Take for example the following infographic. It shows that while there are some exceptions, overall, countries that have high levels of English speaking citizens tend to have a better Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
This type of infographic is a great way to ignite student’s curiosity and contemplate questions like: Why is this case? Rather than giving students assignments with answers residing in the teachers’ edition, innovative educators are using infographics like this which require students to use critical thinking skills and don’t necessarily have just one right answer. Visual Thinking. Visualizations & InfoGraphics. Infographs.