Infographics, Part II: How to Create an Infographic- 44 Places to Find Tutorials and Tools

Yesterday I posted a listing of infographics by subject area.  If you are interested in creating your own infographic for a lesson, today's posting provides sites to learn how to create an infographic and a long list of tools which will help you with your project. 

 HOW TO CREATE AN INFOGRAPHIC
5 Unbeatable Types of Infographic and Free Tools to Create Them- Search Engine Journal has provided very useful information

10 Awesome Free Tools to Make Infographics- from Makeuseof.com; list of tutorials and program

19 Word Cloud Resources, Tips, and Tools- from Shelly Terrell's Teacher Reboot Camp

The Anatomy of an Infographic: 5 Steps to Create a Powerful Visual

DIY Infographic Production- instructions in the form of what else, an infographic

Find and Make Your Own Infographic With Visual.ly

How to Design and Create Infographics

How to Create an Infographic- 12 steps

How to Create Modern Outstanding Infographics- step-by-step tutorial using Adobe Illustrator

How to Create a Textural Video Infographic- from Brainshark

Make Your Own Infographic- from Wild Apricot Blog

Tutorials on Making Interactive Infographics- 2 videos

FREE TOOLS TO MAKE AN INFOGRAPHIC
AmCharts- flash and java script charts

Barchart- simple tool to use

Bubbl.us- create colorful mind maps

Cacoo- create diagrams online

ChartGizmo- online chart builder

ChartGo- input your information and create your chart

ChartPart- chart generator

Chartle- simple and interactive charts

Crappy Graphs!- very easy way to make graphs

Create a Graph- from Kids' Zone; easy to use

Creately- make diagrams and flow charts

Diagrammr- create and share diagrams by writing sentences

Free Vector World Maps Collection- high resolution world map images

Gapminder Desktop- show global trends with this downloadable program; very nice!

Gliffy- online diagram and flowchart software

Google Chart Tools- gallery of interactive charts and data tools.

Google Public Data- use public data and turn it into an infographic

Gunn Map-paste in your data and create your custom world map

Hohi- online charts builder

Inkscape- Open Source vector graphic software

Lucid Chart- online diagram and flow chart

Make Sweet- create Venn diagrams

Many Eyes-create your visualization by uploading information

Mind 42- mind mapping

Pie Color- make a pie chart in 2D or 3D

Pretty Graph

SlickPlan- create sitemaps and flowcharts

Statplanet- "browser-based interactive data visualization and mapping application."

Tableau- create visualizations; download required; only Windows available

Tagxedo- word clouds; more features than Wordle

Visualize Everything: 32 Free Tools to Create Different Diagrams 

Wordle- create word clouds

Have You Used Infographics in Your Classroom?

We live in a visual world. Our students spend hours every day on their cell phones, computers and computer games. So what better way to teach a particular subject then by using an infographic. If you've never heard of this wonderful teaching tool, let me explain; infographics are a visual representation of information, facts or knowledge. If you've ever ridden the subway, I'm sure you noticed the subway map which displayed all the different trains and their routes. (color-coded) That poster is an infographic. Take a look at some of the 118 resources below and you'll see what a great addition to a lesson plan an infographic can make.


EDUCATION
1 Dropout Every 26 Seconds!

10 Jaw-Dropping Awesome Infographics on Education

22 Mind-Blowing Infographics on Education

The ABC's of the SAT

The Average Student Budget

The Cost of Dropping Out

Creationism vs. Darwinism in Education

Digital Resume- Michael Anderson's resume as an infographic is outstanding!

Does Education Lead to Happiness?

Education 2.0: Social Networking and Education

Education By the Numbers

Education Spending in the US

eLearning VS Classroom Learning

The Hidden Cost of College

How Infographics Accelerate Learning

How to Get Better Grades Using Social Media

How Stress Can Hurt Your Test Scores

Is College Really Worth it?

The State of Education in the United States

Teaching With Infographics: Places to Start- from the New York Times; examples shared over five days. Includes a section on the page entitled "Places to Start Learning About Infographics."

TEDTalks- David McCandless: The Beauty of Data Visualization

Why Infographics Accelerate Decision Making

HEALTH
17 Educational Infographics to Learn About Reproductive Health-includes Teen Pregnancy in America, Abortion State-By-State, STDs in America and Porn and the Economy.

The Addiction Process: How We Get Addicted

Amazing Facts About the Human Body

Being Overweight Costs More

CDC- Data and Statistics on Obesity

Causes of Lung Cancer Infographic

Carrots Used to Be Purple?

The Changing Face of A.I.D.S.

Chemicals in Cigarette Smoke

Drug Use in Today's Classroom

The Embarrassing Lack of Clean Water Access in the World

The Facts About Heart Disease

The Global Impact of STDs

Hearing Loss

How Healthy is Your City, State or Country?- topics covered include obesity, environmental issues, diseases and addictions and other issues.
How Soft Drinks Impact Your Health

Lung Cancer Facts

The Old School Diet

Outbreak: Deadliest Pandemics in History

School Food vs. Prison Food

Sitting Down is Killing You

The Truth About Alcoholism

HISTORY / SOCUAL STUDIES / GEOGRAPHY / CURRENT EVENTSThe 10-Minute Guide to the U.S. Constitution

10 of the Web's Most Insightful News Infographics

A Breakdown of the Takedown: Bin Laden's Last Hour, Mapped

Flowing Data-collection includes the Kennedy family tree, Evolution of the Two-Party Vote During the Past Century and What Generation Do You Belong To?

A Glance at Refugees Worldwide

Haiti Earthquake Infographics- this was a contest held in Feb. 2010; thirteen entries can be viewed

Help Japan- March 11, 2011 earthquake

History of Memorial Day

History Shots-political, sports, military, adventure and general categories

Infographics News- news infographic

Information Aesthetics-political, financial and economic topics

Inside Fukushima's Nuclear Reactors

The Quake in Japan

Simple Complexity- samples include Misleading Statistics, Berlin Wall, and Government Expenses Worldwide by GDP.

What Does Your State Do Best?

What Does Your State Do Worst?- from crime to pollution each state is labeled in this infographic

Where in the World Are Exiled Leaders?

LANGUAGE ARTS
10 Commonly Misunderstood Words in English

A Literary Map of Manhattan- cool interactive infographic

Spell Check

Storytelling Isn't Just for Campfires

Troublesome Words

Verbs with Prepositions

MISCELLANEOUS
Distracted Driving Statistics

The FICO Frenzy: A Look at Credit Score Reporting Agencies

A History of Gay Marriage Bans

How Americans Aren't Spending Their Time

How Music Taste is Inherited

Identity Theft

Infographic On Driving: Carland

The Largest Bankruptcies in History

Left-Handed Facts and Statistics

Tipping Etiquette Around the World

The Truth About Hoarders

Wall Stats- political and economic topics

SCIENCE / MATH
15 Things You Didn't Know About Outer Space

17 Things You Didn't Know About the Brain

2010's Most Threatened Animal Species

Anatomy of a Hurricane

Bloody Mess- blood spatter

Dreams

Eating Insects

Effects of Radiation on the Human Body

Everything Under the Sun- all about the sun

Facts About Blood

Famous Crimes (forensics)

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

How We Use Our Brains

Language and Your Brain

Missions to Mars

The Most Dangerous Species in the Mediterranean

Renewable Energy Sources

Tapping the Sun's Energy

Visualizing Pi

Waste in Space- "space junk" up there

Where Are All The Fish?

The World's Most Endangered Species

TECHNOLOGY
21 Infographics Every Computer Nerd Must See

Are We Wired for Mobile Learning?

Canon vs. Nikon

Creative Commons Licensing Explained

The Evolution of Classroom Technology

Evolution of the Geek

The History of the iPod

How Technology is Facilitating Education

If You Printed the Internet

Internet Speeds Around the World

The Open Cloud Platform

State of the Internet 2011- interactive infographic

Students Love Technology

Technological Revolution!

Web Designers vs Web Developers

What if Social Media Were a High School

 What's an LED?

New to Our Profession? Here Are 30 Links to Resources Which Help You in Your Job

If you're reading this post for information, congratulations! In a time where so many teachers have lost their jobs, you are very fortunate to have been hired for the 2011-2012 school year! Help is right around the corner. (or should I say paragraph?) The best advice I can give you is to find a mentor (someone who has been teaching at least 4 years or more) and use that person's knowledge and experience to assist you. Take it one day at a time and be prepared to work. Here's a great quote a colleague of mine posted recently: "The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires."-William Arthur Ward.  (Thanks, Brenda!)  Best of luck and go inspire your students!


6 Quick Tips For New Teachers- told like a fairy tale, this cute video is very helpful!



50 Best Blogs for Brand New Teachers

100 Mistakes New Teachers Make

101 Things for the First Three Weeks

  

Beginning Teachers' Toolbox

Discipline and Classroom Management

First Day of School Icebreakers- grades 6-8

Getting to Know Your Students- huge list from Teachervision

How Teachers Can Use Educational Technology Successfully

Icebreaker Activities- from A to Z Teacher Stuff; elementary kids; some older

Louise Maine on Wikis- not sure what a wiki is, click here for a definition

Management Tips for New Teachers -NEA's Site

Most Important Skills for a New Teacher- post by K. Jarrett, who is a K-4 technology teacher

Must Reads For New Teachers- from NEA

New Middle Grade Teachers

NewTeacher- site was founded by former teachers Rosemary and Harry Wong; many links to articles and web-based papers

New Teacher Center- news and many resource links

New Teacher Resource Center- created by ESL teacher Dorit Sasson, the site has many tips and booklets for download.

New Teacher Resources

New Teacher Survival Central- from blogs to basics to classroom tools; Discovery Education

New Teacher Tech Survival List- from the Nerdy Teacher's blog

Newbies- from TeachersFirst.com

Positive Discipline Strategies Yield Quick Results- 5- minute video from Edutopia:

 

Preparing for the First Day-includes a survival kit, ideas; from Education World

Survival Guide for New Teachers- from Scholastic.com; includes tips, printables, helpline and survival guide.

Teachers' Network- covers Back to School Night, opening activities and parent-teacher conferences.

Teachervision's New Teacher Resources- comprehensive list includes, Slideshows of Advice, Beginning of the School Year, The Classroom, Dealing with Homework, Teacher-Parent Relationships, Classroom Notes, Passes, Forms and much more.

Technology Integration For Beginning Teachers

Top 10 Technology Tips For New Teachers

44 Things That Are All About Dewey (The Dewey Decimal System, That Is)

GAMES AND QUIZZES
Basic Dewey Decimal

Becoming Familiar With Dewey- print a certificate when you are done

Can You Do the Dewey?

Deciphering the Dewey Decimal System- short matching quiz on the ten categories

Dewey and the Alien

Dewey Call Numbers-quiz

The Dewey Challenge

Dewey Decimal Crossword Puzzle

Dewey Decimal Hangman

DDS- timed game

Dewey Decimal System- match books with their Dewey number (easy)

Dewey Decimal System- match books with their Dewey number (medium)

Dewey Decimal System- match books with their Dewey number (hard)

Dewey Decimal Interactive Quiz

Do the Dewey

Do We Really Know Dewey?

Doin' Dewey with Mr. B

Flood in the Library- game for young kids from PBS

Fun Trivia: Dewey Decimal System

Kids Click for Dewey

Let's Do Dewey

Let's Do the DDC- OCLC's interactive site

Library Skills Game

Match the Author With the Correct Call Number

Order in the Library- excellent shelving game which has many levels of play; can be used for any age level

Quiz Me

Study Stack- matching game

LESSON PLANS
Dewey Bingo- MS Publisher document

The Dewey Decimal Classification System- written by Jean Halsey

Dewey Decimal Game 2- for 4th graders

The Dewey Directory- download a copy for your library

The Dewey Rap- for 4th graders

The Dewey Rap Music- .wav file

Free Presentations in PowerPoint Format

Huey and Louie Meet Dewey- for grades 3-5, 6-8

Shopping With the Dewey Decimal System

WEB QUESTS
The Book Disaster- for 5th graders

Dewey Decimal Web Quest

DeweyWorld- grades 4-6

Help! I am Locked in the Library- fro grades 4-6

Hunt For Dewey Decimal System

Vermont School Library Dewey Web Quest

What is a Call Number?- designed by 6th graders

Who Was Dewey?

20 Web Articles and Videos Which Explain Differentiated Instruction

As a classroom teacher, you are often given students who are on different levels and have different needs. Using differentiated instruction in your class will help your students learn effectively, despite their differing abilities.

An Educator's Guide to Making Textbooks Accessible and Usable for Students with Learning Disabilities- from the Center for Applied Special Technology and LD Online (2007)

Articles on Differentiated Instruction- from Google Scholar search

Defining Differentiated Instruction- from Edutopia

Differentiated Instruction- articles, video and links; from Reading Rockets site.

Differentiated Instruction- this site includes a scavenger hunt, lesson-unit template, sample lesson, resource links. From the Flemington-Raritan School District. (NJ)

Differentiated Instruction Allows Students to Succeed- from Edutopia

Differentiated Instruction Explained- this video was made with Xtranormal

Differentiated Instruction for the Foreign Language teacher- download the article by Toni Theisen.

Differentiated Instruction for Math- download the article in MS Word or as a PDF.

Differentiated Instruction Lesson Plans May Work for Aspergers- article written by Jenessa Gayheart. (Aug-2010)

Differentiated Instruction: Meeting Students Where They Are- article from Teaching Today

Differentiating Instruction: Information and Ideas for Working with Individual Differences- from teachersfirst.com; covers special education, ESL/ELL students and gifted students.

Differentiation in Action- a 6th grade math class hows differentiation in action:

Elementary School Teachers- this site covers lesson plans, templates, materials, inventory, signs, centers and web quest.

How to Plan for Differentiated Instruction- from TeAchnology; each step connects to a webpage on the site with more information.

Introduction: What is Differentiated Instruction?

Middle and High School Lesson Plans Using Differentiated Instruction- covers Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and other areas; grades 4-12.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics- resources by grade level

Teaching Tips: Differentiated Instruction- links include: activities, articles, lesson plan and more; from the

University of Missouri
What Works For Differentiated Instruction in Elementary Schools- from Edutopia