"Data visualizations and infographics can make complex datasets easier to understand and comprehend. By creating a graphical represenatation of data and statistics, complicated concepts and information can make more sense in less time. Many visualizations focus on representing a specific set of data or statistical information. Others focus on less-concrete topics, providing a visual representation of abstract concepts. Generally speaking, the first type appear more like graphs or charts and the latter are often more creative and imaginative."

Teaching with Infographics: Places to Start

The video provides good background for teachers about the function of infographics to focus attention on the aspects that authors consider important in a space efficient manner.

A great movie to illustrate infographics.

Looking for a fun introduction to infographics? Check this out.

Dan Meyer explains how the use of multimedia in classrooms about real life problems can engage students in numeracy discussions.

A good video to explain the rationale for creating a short video as a stimulus for numeracy discussions in classrooms (assignment 1).

"Ten maths sequences filmed during a cricket match. Cricket is a game based on numbers and maths, offering questions about how fast a ball travels, how high, what the score is, and why cricket pitches are often oval."

An example of numeracy related to the game of cricket.

Isaac Anoom looks at the maths involved in travelling. Maths expert Isaac Anoom covers speed, time, petrol consumption and traffic flow, when he looks at using different kinds of transport to get from London to Plymouth.

Example of numeracy related to travel.

Man slides down a steep slope, gets airborne and lands in small kiddy pool.

For your amusement :-)

Support your child's numeracy skill development at home K-4.

A great video to share with parents of K-4 children as part of a classroom blog.