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Data Visualized: More on Teaching With Infographics

Data Visualized: More on Teaching With Infographics

BBC Learning - Open Lab - About Everything You Own In A Photo: A Look At Our Worldly Possessions : The Picture Show Today on All Things Considered, photographer Peter Menzel and his wife, Faith D’Aluisio, discuss their latest book, What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets. But 16 years ago, Menzel was working on another project, called Material World: A Global Family Portrait. He and other photographers took portraits of 30 statistically average families with all of their worldly possessions displayed outside their homes. Hide caption The Ukita family in front of their home in Tokyo. From Peter Menzel's "Material World" project, which photographs 30 statistically average families in 30 different countries with all of their possessions.

Digital Resources for Teaching About Media How to Make Dynamic Video Experiences with Mozilla’s Popcorn Maker Popcorn Maker is a free online tool for creating enhanced web-based video experiences. It is part of the ‘Webmaker’ set of tools from Mozilla that are designed to help everyone be able to make dynamic work on the web. Popcorn Maker allows you to do simple edits, remixes and mashups of online videos, and to enhance them with images, text, popups, links and info from Wikipedia and Google Maps. Continue Reading How to Make a Popplet, a Collaborative Mind Mapping Tool Popplet is an online tool for visually organizing your ideas and projects. Continue Reading How to Make a Quick Video with MixBit Mixbit is an app and platform for making and sharing videos. Continue Reading How to Create an Interactive Timeline with Timetoast Continue Reading How to Build a Wall Using Padlet Welcome to the video tutorial about the visual authoring tool Padlet. Continue Reading How to Make a Prezi Continue Reading Continue Reading How to Make a Zeega

Infographics Explained and How to Use Them In Your Classroom What Are Infographics? I found many definitions of what Infographics are as well as explanations of how they are useful in a variety of settings. Here are a couple of the definitions I liked followed by their sources:Information graphics or infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge. These graphics present complex information quickly and clearly, such as in signs, maps, journalism, technical writing, and education. With an information graphic, computer scientists, mathematicians, and statisticians develop and communicate concepts using a single symbol to process information. And finally, an Infographic that explains what is an Infographic: These three examples do a nice job of defining what infographics are, but what is the value of an infographic in education? Smiciklas also notes that "Robert Lane and Dr. Infographics and Education "Helping students interpret visual representations of information - NYTimes.com." Rosenthal Tolisano, Silvia.

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EdTech Cheat Sheet edtechdigest.com © 2010-2014 EdTech Digest. Skip to content ← Education Transformed Through IT (Intervention Technology) Smart Teachers → Trends | Infographic: EdTech Cheat Sheet Share this: Like this: Like Loading... Related 50 EdTech InfographicsIn "lists" Trends | EdTech MixersIn "trends" 2013 - Finalists & WinnersIn "cool tools" Image | This entry was posted in trends and tagged adaptive learning, blended learning, boundless infographic, differentiated learning, digital storytelling, edtech cheat sheet, edtech terms, edtech trends, flipped classroom, gamification, mooc, virtual classroom. One Response to Trends | Infographic: EdTech Cheat Sheet wongsir says: October 23, 2012 at 8:17 pm Reblogged this on Some concepts some ideas. Leave a Reply Find your favorite stories: FREE! edtechdigest.com The Twenty Ten Theme Blog at WordPress.com. %d bloggers like this:

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. 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. I'm using a variety of graphs in this infographic.

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