The art of data visualization

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Helping students interpret visual representations of information

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/teaching-with-infographics-places-to-start/ Update: Feb. 29, 2012 Please note: The original video we used for this post was a video podcast by Gestalten TV in which New York Times Graphics Director Steven Duenes and Graphics Editor Archie Tse describe how their team works with breaking news to create clear, concise visualizations of data for readers. Since that has now been taken down, we have substituted a classic TED talk by David McCandless that we refer to in the post. We’re declaring this week Infographics Week on The Learning Network because we know how important it is for students to be able to read and interpret visual representations of information — and because The New York Times consistently creates useful and elegant examples that we think teachers across the curriculum should know about. Not only do charts, graphs and maps show up on standardized tests of all kinds, but whiteboard technology has made the graphic depiction of information that much more useful and ubiquitous in classrooms.
http://speckyboy.com/2010/11/12/12-inspirationally-designed-infographics-for-designers/ Infographics have been a part of human communications since the invention of the first “writing” utensils.

12 Inspirationally Designed Infographics for Designers

Showcase of Beautifully Designed Charts & Graphs

Charts are some of the best graphical representations of data we have. http://speckyboy.com/2011/07/07/showcase-of-beautifully-designed-charts-graphs/
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Exemples intéressants

The art of data visualization

Hans Rosling says there’s nothing boring about stats, and then goes on to prove it. http://www.gapminder.org/videos/the-joy-of-stats/

The Joy of Stats

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Data Visualization

The Best Tools for Visualization

Visualization is a technique to graphically represent sets of data. http://readwrite.com/2008/03/13/the_best_tools_for_visualization