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"The National Science Foundation's International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge annually recognizes individuals and organizations who produce educational graphics. There are five award categories; videos, interactive games, informational posters and graphics, illustrations, and photography. The awards recognize outstanding visualizations that can help educate students about complex topics in science. "

Explore, create, and share Infographics and Data visualizations.

"Information is Beautiful released their visualization awards shortlist a couple days ago and if you like visual stuff you will want to check it out." Interesting from both a reading-for-information and creating/composition standpoint.

Gapminder is a great tool for creating data visualizations. Gapminder gives users the ability to create graphs of hundreds of demographic and economic indicators. It provides a good way for visual learners to see data sets in a context that is significantly different from standard data sets. Gapminder has a page for educators on which they can find thematic animations, graphs, quizzes, model lessons, and a PDF guide to using Gapminder.

World Map is a free program developed by the Center for Geographic Analysis at Harvard University. World Map is designed to enable creation, visualization, and exploration of geographically referenced information. In other words, you can build some great mapped data visualizations on the service.

math visualizations

Edcanvas is a free service that makes it easy for teachers to organize and share educational materials in a visually pleasing format. The "canvas" part of Edcanvas is where you arrange videos, links, images, and files around any topic of your choosing. Edcanvas has built-in search tools so that you do not have to leave your Edcanvas account in order to locate resources. 

Great resource for using MLA citation. Pages not only tell what info to use in the citation, but have screen shots of web pages for really clear, usable examples.

The UN Stat Planet Map allows you to create useful mapped displays of UN development indicators data. There are ten data categories from which you can choose. Within each category there are further refinements possible. You can customize the map to present sharper contrasts between the data indicators, change the indicator symbols, and alter the map legend. To visual the change in data over time, use the time slider at the bottom of the map. Your maps and the data that they represent can be downloaded as PNG and JPEG files for printing.

Very useful--provides an array of project/genre choices from visual note taking to simulation game and e-book. Includes short description, general directions, and LOTS of choices for tools to create.

"Create your own worksheets to visualize, interact with and explore the amazing world of mathematics. MathDisk online is absolutely free for everyone."

EasyBib is a great site for more than just creating citations for essays. Click on Student Resources for help with the research process, evaluating sources, planning and writing essays. Info screens are short and easy to understand, but packed with important info. For those assigning presentations, go to Student Resources>Research Guide>Improving visuals of presentations.

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

"Popplet is a unique combination of presentation tool, mindmapping, and online bulletin board. It is easy to use and a fun way to create. You simply create a new, free account, and then get started building your Popplet."

Real time real world statistics.

A place to collect, organize, and share everything you like on the web.

Like wordle with more editing control.

A visual interface for organizing places you visit frequently on the web. This tool helps you create a personal learning environment and makes accessing all of your favorite web 2.0 tools, as well as productivity tools, as easy as one click.