A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet: Infographics

CREATING YOUR OWN 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 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

Infographics as a Creative Assessment from Kathy Schrock on Vimeo.

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

Chartle- simple and interactive charts

ChartPart- chart generator

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

Infogr.am- create interactive infographics

Inkscape- Open Source vector graphic software

Lovely Charts- diagrams and flowcharts

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

Piktochart- presentation tool; free and $$ accounts

PosterMyWall- classroom accounts are free

Pretty Graph

SlickPlan- create sitemaps and flowcharts

Smore- try the page builder for a great project!

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

Tableau- create visualizations; download required; only Windows available

Tagxedo- word clouds; more features than Wordle

ThingLink- make your images interactive

Visualize Everything: 32 Free Tools to Create Different Diagrams

What is an Infographic?- explained simply with Legos

Wordle- create word clouds

COLLECTIONS OF INFOGRAPHICS
27+ Beautiful Examples of Infographics- yes, they are

40 Useful and Creative Infographics- you'll find A Year in Iraq, Evolution of the Household, On Driving: Automobile History and Our Favorite Drugs.

60 Creative Examples of Infographics- includes The Global Tobacco Trade, What Countries Invest the Most in Alternative Energy? and The Periodic Table of Typefaces.

Best Infographics 2010- from Larry Ferlazzo's site; nice listing

Best Interactive Infographics 2009- Larry Ferlazzo's site

Cool Infographics- nice collection, including the Caffeine Poster, Are You Vitamin D Deficient and The Brutal Decline of Yahoo!

DataViz- includes The Colors on the Web, The Cost Efficiency of Transportation and A Modern History of Human Communication.

Fast Company- large collection includes How the Brain Reacts When We Have Too Much to Do, The Physics of Oil Spills, Rich Countries Have an Aging Problem and Who Drives Worse, Teens, or Seniors?

Infographic World- view their portfolio; the 24 graphics are really good!

Visual Complexity- close to 700 projects in the collection; you can easily search for what you need.

Visual.ly- infographics and visualizations; HUGE collection

Visualizing.org- share or view infographics

SUBJECT AREAS

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

How Students Pay for College

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
7 Allergens in Your Home

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

The Anatomy of Cancer

Being Overweight Costs More

Big Germ on Campus

CDC- Data and Statistics on Obesity

Can I Get Cancer from Oral Sex?

Causes of Lung Cancer Infographic

Carrots Used to Be Purple?

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

Chemicals in Cigarette Smoke

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

Stressed-Out Students

The Truth About Alcoholism

Why You Are an STD Risk

HISTORY / SOCUAL STUDIES / GEOGRAPHY / CURRENT EVENTS
The 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

Japan Crisis

Presidential College Map of The United States of America

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

What Part of Legal Immigration Don't You Understand?

Where in the World Are Exiled Leaders?