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"People love to learn by examining visual representations of data. That's been proven time and time again by the popularity of both infographics and Pinterest. So what if you could make your own infographics? What would you make it of? It's actually easier than you think…"

"Last year my students designed infographics for the first time. I enjoyed the process and the products. It was a fun strategy to teach my students crucial research skills while encouraging them to think creatively about how to visually communicate information. This year I was literally blown away by the work my students did on their infographics. I wanted to share my process and examples of student work to help support other teachers."

Interested in what an infographic is and what it can do? Check out Kathy Schrock's website on infographics. Great possibilities with the PLDs. Consider doing this in your classroom.

"An infographic is an illustration that uses words and pictures with visualizations that may include graphs, charts, and tables. Infographics are used predominantly as a text feature in journalism and textbooks."

"Beautiful Infographic Templates & Designs. Choose from hundreds of professional templates for infographics, reports, posters, promotions and social media posts."

Media and publishing professionals know that infographics are hugely popular, and are more likely to be shared via social media than a standard blog post or article.

Infographic providing tips on how to get more out of using the search engine that is Google.

"So what if you could make your own infographics? What would you make it of? It's actually easier than you think… even if you have zero design skills whatsoever."

"When using Bloom's Digital Taxonomy (a revised take on Bloom's devised by educator Andrew Churches), it helps to have a list of verbs to know what actions define each stage of the taxonomy. This is useful for lesson planning, rubric making, and any other teacher-oriented task requiring planning and assessment strategies. The Bloom's Digital Taxonomy verbs in this handy infographic apply specifically to each stage of the taxonomy. They progress from LOTS (lower-order thinking skills) to the HOTS (higher-order thinking skills)."

Website students can use to create eye-catching infographics.

Need something to brighten your walls and engage your students? Scroll through our poster series to find free eye-catching and educational images that you can download, print, use and share. Browse our ever-growing collection of data-rich educational infographics, on topics including dyslexia, fluency, technology, and more. Through these infographics, you can absorb information at a glance and expand your knowledge about diverse topics relevant to education.

"This great infographic from Always Prepped outlines 7 lessons from teachers who use technology that we can all learn from, regardless of how much or little technology usage is happening in your classroom or school."

Drag and Drop pre-designed themes and vector assets onto your canvas for easy creation and customization of rich infographics.

"If your students understand the "why" behind your technology use, then the class will have a purpose and technological glitches and issues can be worked through. If they don't understand the "why" then any small issue could turn into a major problem."

Founded by David McCandless, author of two bestselling infographics books, Information is Beautiful is dedicated to helping you make clearer, more informed decisions about the world. All our visualizations are based on facts & data: constantly updated, revised & revisioned.

Meograph helps easily create, watch, and share interactive stories. Our first product combines maps, timeline, links, and multimedia to tell stories in context of where and when. Authoring is structured into a few simple prompts on an intuitive interface. Viewers get a new form of media that they can watch in two minutes or explore for an hour. Sharing is easy: the two most viral types of media are videos and infographics ... Meograph is both.

Quick help guide for teachers and students who use Google Classroom.

"This often overlooked app is quite possibly the most powerful Google app you've never used! This simple tool can help you annotate over content or create graphic organizers, posters, mind maps, flow charts, infographics, interactive personalized lessons and even memes! Students can use it to demonstrate their understanding, collaborate with others and showcase their creativity. Click on any of the tabs above to start learning about all this tool has to offer."

StatSilk offers a range of web-based and desktop software to cater to diverse mapping and visualization needs. The website has a common purpose: to make data analysis easy, efficient and enjoyable.

"Maps seemed to be everywhere in 2013, a trend I like to think we encouraged along with August's 40 maps that explain the world. Maps can be a remarkably powerful tool for understanding the world and how it works, but they show only what you ask them to. "