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"Drawing on case studies from news media to visualization research, we identify distinct genres of narrative visualization. We characterize these design differences, together with interactivity and messaging, in terms of the balance between the narrative flow intended by the author (imposed by graphical elements and the interface) and story discovery on the part of the reader (often through interactive exploration). Our framework suggests design strategies for narrative visualization, including promising under-explored approaches to journalistic storytelling and educational media."

"The Visual Thinking Mind Map breaks down how the use of images, clear design and creativity can greatly improve comprehension and convenience in the world around us. In addition the mind map explores how visual thinking can be utilised to provide simple instructions, create user-friendly products and services and share knowledge and ideas. The full Blog Post via the download link below expands the ideas further."

Shahi is a visual dictionary that combines Wiktionary content with Flickr images, and more!

this is a fantastic educational tool!

Shahi is a visual dictionary that combines Wiktionary content with Flickr images, and more! Shahi Status: Version 0.1 Using English Wiktionary XML Dump dated Nov 12th 2008 Using WordNet 3.0 Searching over 222k words

"The Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) is an Open Source project based at Tufts University. The VUE project is focused on creating flexible tools for managing and integrating digital resources in support of teaching, learning and research. VUE provides a flexible visual environment for structuring, presenting, and sharing digital information. "

A tool for creating visuals from data sets.

A National Writing Project Collection headed with the following tags: critical visual literacy, image manipulation, images, media, photos, [and] provocations

Thanks to Yuly for pointing this out!

Dan Roam explains the history of visual thinking.

You can design attractive visuals by following simple guidelines. One of these simple guidelines is the Rule of Thirds - a composition technique borrowed from photography and other visual arts that works wonderfully in PowerPoint.

Finding the right way view your data is as much an art as a science. The visualizations provided on Many Eyes range from the ordinary to the experimental.

An incredible tool for deciding which visualization to use depending on the type of content you are teaching

post includes a good list and evaluation of cartoon generator sites

Cartoons provide the visual representation of a good sentence, a juxtaposition, a pun, a witty interpretation. A cartoon is a good use of Multiple Intelligences. Using a cartoon format so that the scholars can extrapolate the meaning of a poem, a short story, a play, a novel is just one more way we can help our scholars express themselves. A cartoon can augment the essay or other method we ask our scholars use to demonstrate their learning.

"Today I am going to walk you through the anatomy of an infographic, its different levels and sub-levels and a 5-step process to ensure that your infographic is not only conceptually sound, but accurate and easily understood."

Guideline 1. Provide equivalent alternatives to auditory and visual content.

VisualWikipedia is a visual, intuitive, and interactive web interface to encyclopedic knowledge/information. It is designed to provide a fun place to learn stuff in an efficient manner.

Shared visualizations tool

Community for Vocabulary Enthusiasts, Lovers and Learners! This is the world's first community dedicated to Visual Vocabulary.