I really liked this site's idea of making visual ideas online. I would like to make more visuals for my students. Also, I believe that they like to make visuals as well. This site was a little difficult to navigate and the choices were some what limited. However, it is in the beta stage. As with all Web 2.0 tools there will be more changes in the future. So I will definitely be coming back later to see what has been updated.
Media Cloud is a system that lets you see the flow of the media. The Internet is fundamentally altering the way that news is produced and distributed, but there are few comprehensive approaches to understanding the nature of these changes. Media Cloud automatically builds an archive of news stories and blog posts from the web, applies language processing, and gives you ways to analyze and visualize the data.
A TextArc is a visual represention of a text-the entire text (twice!) on a single page. A funny combination of an index, concordance, and summary; it uses the viewer's eye to help uncover meaning.
Ran across this site, which provides free templates for any teacher looking for new forms, certificates (praise notices), calendars, organizers, assessment grids, etc. This could help save a great deal of time...not having to recreate the wheel or start a new from scratch. If not interested in using any featured, still a nice resource to gain ideas for clerical forms or visual aids.
"Google Earth Outreach gives non-profits and public benefit organizations the knowledge and resources they need to visualize their cause and tell their story in Google Earth & Maps to the hundreds of millions of people who use them. "
Liked the way this site organizes 5 core tactical approaches for instruction.
Can help one visualize and identify the approach that he/she may take to achieve learning objectives. Instructional methods are used by teachers to create learning environments and to specify the nature of the activity in which the teacher and learner will be involved during the lesson.
What you can do?
* Draw Flowcharts, Process diagrams, Organizational charts and more.
* Login from anywhere and modify your diagram.
* Share your diagram with others or link to your webpage.
* Export your diagram as an image file (jpg, png etc).
* No software to download. You just need a web browser with Flash player.