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This is a visual database of "extra solar planets" that includes images, visualizations, animations, and links to scientific publications

While the Google Presentation in this post is intended for working with students who have hearing and visual impairments, some of the apps are valuable for an array of different learners.

Unlike other social bookmarking sites, Pearltrees gives you a visual way to see and share your bookmarks. It also helps to consolidate bookmarks between devices.

Visual layout of categories of ideas for iPads and then an outline of how to proceed with that idea. Apps, setup and examples provided.

Really clever way to mirro a teacher's iPad to a student's iPad in the classroom using join.me and Reflection.

Great blog from an instructional technology specialist who works with visually impaired students.

3DTOAD.com is a library of 3D images that you can rotate and explore. It includes skulls, skeletons, dissections, coral, geology, and even music. These could be great visuals on an Interactive White Board or used on an iPad.

This is an incredible app for students with special needs. It connects to the Bookshare.org database and does require a membership ID. However, students and organizations who qualify have access to a tremendous resource.  "From within Read2Go, you can browse, search, download, and read books directly from Bookshare using your Bookshare membership, as well as read DAISY books from other sources. The app gives you full control over visual choices for font size and color, background and highlighting color, and text-to-speech preferences. Read2Go features word-by-word highlighting for multi-modal reading."

This site offers tools for studying vocabulary. There is also a selection of apps available. What makes this interesting for students is the visuals provided by both images as well as video to give additional cues for learning words.

This game provides a visual means for students to identify root words and create compound words.

With Pocket, it's possible to curate content to read offline or online. It has similar features as Diigo, but uses a visual interface similar to Flipboard. Definite potential here.

Great app to create infographics on the iPad

Create a story with text, images, and video from your camera roll, Dropbox, and the cloud. Scroll through to read online and share. Interesting free option.

This is a great app for elementary aged students. They can practice telling a story by using the visual prompts. It records their narration into the app to play back later.

The :Flow of History" now has an iPad app that contains hundreds of historical flowcharts with links. Very cool for social studies.

Source: iTunes , Reallusion We use infographics as teaching tools because they hit so many academic sweet spots in critical thinking, graphicacy , data analysis, and interdisciplinary learning. Our students also produce their own graphics, applying visual design to exam reviews , geography studies , or personal hobbies .