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Infographics are "straight to the point, usually factually interesting and often give you a wake-up call as to what those statistics really mean."

EdTech terminology

Infographic of millinnials

Shows the technology divide in how students and professors use and view technology.

Swivel features more than 15,000 data sets for users to play with in various categories ranging from Economics to Health to Technology. From the data, users have created hundreds of thousands of graphs, charts and infographics, including the one below that visualizes the amount of rainfall in California since 1870. You can get started by copying and pasting your data or uploading an Excel spreadsheet or CSV file to the site. Once you've create your visualization, you can embed it anywhere on the web.\n

Website - A look at the language of presidential inaugural addresses. The most-used words in each address appear in the interactive chart below, sized by number of uses. Words highlighted in yellow were used significantly more in this inaugural address than average.

This website was shared at the Discovery Day. Make sure you click on a word. Above it will show that word used in other Presidents' speeches. Interesting.

Changes in default profile settings over time.

"A new tool for visualizing words presages a transformation in social science. In the era of bits and bytes, will data emerge as its own archetype for creating knowledge?"

"We founded Supporting Evidence with the goal of collecting data from reliable sources, comparing and combining it in a variety of ways and publishing understandable charts that inform and entertain our visitors."

an interesting graphic that actually places example iPad applications into Bloom's levels of performance in the cognitive domain.

Verifiable allows users to upload, mash and visualize data. Verifiable just launched earlier this year and has fewer publicly available data sets, but it does offer greater flexibility on how the data is styled and presented. Graphic designers will appreciate the ability to change and tweak the presentation and add details like custom labels and shading. Verifiable is free to use if you keep your charts public, but also has a inexpensive pricing plan for those who want to keep their work private.\n