[Year 12 IT Apps] Infographics - Articles, Collections, HowTos and Tools

[Donna Benjamin]

Hi folks,

Everywhere I turn these days I'm bumping into info on infographics...
(IGs)

Infographics have long been used in mainstream media to convey complex
information quickly - so how and where do they fit in VELS & VCE?
Langwitches has some good ideas  on creating infographics with
students...
http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/09/06/creating-infographics-with-students/ 

Here's some more references roughly sorted into:
 Articles - about infographics, how they're used, where they came from
etc
 Collections - Sites that regularly feature examples of IGs
 HowTos - practical guides on how to present data as an IG, or graphics
creation
 Tools - Suggestions on tools to use to create infographics

Hope some of you might find it useful :)  Have you used / created
infographics?

- Donna

PS. For those who want to get really geeky about this...
.... go look up Edward Tufte :)

Articles

The Do’s And Don’ts Of Infographic Design
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/14/the-dos-and-donts-of-infographic-design/  

But then all smashingmags articles on this are worth a read if you need
to get up to speed
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/tag/infographics/

Why the infographic is the next Australian content trend
http://www.curatedcontent.com.au/2011/10/04/why-the-infographic-is-the-next-australian-content-trend/ 

Informationgraphics in context
http://www.behance.net/gallery/Information-graphics-in-context/924345 

Three reasons to use infographics
http://www.marketingdonut.co.uk/blog/2011/08/three-reasons-use-infographics 


MORE: https://sites.google.com/a/kathyschrock.net/infographics/links 

Collections of infographics
( and where to share your infographics)

http://www.visualizing.org/ 

http://visual.ly/

http://www.coolinfographics.com/ 

http://www.infographicsshowcase.com/

http://infosthetics.com/ 

http://www.visualcomplexity.com 

10 Beautiful Social Media Infographics 
http://mashable.com/2011/06/21/best-social-media-infographics/ 

Also, don't forget the power of Google image search - search infographic
and any topic of interest
eg. australian infographics or education infographics

Education examples
http://mastersineducation.org/infographic-how-to-get-better-grades-through-social-media/ 

http://www.coolinfographics.com/blog/tag/education 

http://blog.socrato.com/10-jaw-droppingly-awesome-infographics-on-education/ 

http://edtechtoolbox.blogspot.com/2011/05/infographics-education-collection.html 

HowTos

Make Your Own Infographic
http://www.wildapricot.com/blogs/newsblog/2010/05/25/make-your-own-infographic

How to create outstanding modern infographics
http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing/how-to-create-outstanding-modern-infographics/ 

How to create infographics
http://www.penn-olson.com/2011/04/05/how-to-create-infographics/ 

The anatomy of an infographic
http://spyrestudios.com/the-anatomy-of-an-infographic-5-steps-to-create-a-powerful-visual/

>From sketch to infographic - using Illustrator
http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/tutorials/index.cfm?featureid=1823

How to make infographics with impact
http://www.itdonut.co.uk/blog/2011/08/how-make-infographics-impact 

How to create viral infographics that build backlinks
http://www.virtuosimedia.com/business/marketing/how-to-create-viral-infographics-that-build-backlinks 

Infographics: How to Make Them Work Best
http://www.theprcoach.com/infographics-how-to-make-them-work-best/

Huge Infographics Design Resources: Overview, Principles, Tips and
Examples 
http://www.onextrapixel.com/2010/05/21/huge-infographics-design-resources-overview-principles-tips-and-examples/ 


Tools

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/awesome-free-tools-infographics/

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/cross-platform-scalable-vector-graphics-with-svgweb/

Top 10 Free Tools To Create Visually Appealing Infographics Easily
http://designworldvision.com/tools/best-free-infographics-tools/ 

http://mashable.com/2011/10/15/infographic-resume-apps/ 


-- 
Donna Benjamin - Executive Director
Creative Contingencies - http://cc.com.au
ph +61 3 9326 9985 - mob +61 418 310 414

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