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Use NYT data and IBM's Many Eyes to visualize data from the news.

Charts for everything. Haven't tried to upload any data yet, but the available data is nice to look at. Try searching for something that interests you.

This project, TeachingwithTED, has really taken shape. This page shows how some really bright people are using visualizations to manipulate data and create some stunning conclusions.

Lots of great data to expose our students to here. Let them go nuts with the graphs and write their explanation and rationalie.

I like this one for its simple use of polling data to make projections. As John Becker said, they take a baseball stats approach to the election.

You need to see this one. If you want your students to get a hold on some really stats with stunning visuals, this one rocks.

A wonderful data visualizer called StatPlanet. Allows for some real customization.

movable data sets that deal with the economic statistics from OECD

Maps that change shape depending on the data set you choose.

This is some fantastic visualization. Allows you to reshape the world map according to certain data sets.

This is a great tool for getting data on a town. You can drill down and compare across the neighboring towns. Also there is the ability to create a widget for your website or blog so your students can always see the representation.

I am trying to figure out a way to use this with students.

Another excellent data visualizer.

Great article from the Google Blog about who they want and how to promote thinking skills in the classroom.

Read this. It's worth it.

Chris Jordan talks about how to he uses data and represents it visually. These images made the rounds last year, but his talk really shows how well they transfer the information he is trying to get out to people.

Good ways for students to visualize their data.

Anyone talking about recession?

great graphs from the WSJ concerning auto sales this year compared to last.

Great stat if you are looking to start a discussion on poverty in the U.S. I don't know the source behind the data yet, but I am trying.

OK. Greatest site ever.

A respected Swiss scientist, Conrad Gessner, might have been the first to raise the alarm about the effects of information overload. In a landmark book, he described how the modern world overwhelmed people with data and that this overabundance was both "confusing and harmful" to the mind. The media now echo his concerns with reports on the unprecedented risks of living in an "always on" digital environment. It's worth noting that Gessner, for his part, never once used e-mail and was completely ignorant about computers. That's not because he was a technophobe but because he died in 1565. His warnings referred to the seemingly unmanageable flood of information unleashed by the printing press

I like the message of perspective that this picture sends.

How cool is this?

Very cool graphic from 1823.