(cc) Andrew Turner
I have been spending most of my waking life on a project I just finished. One of the tools that allowed me to maintain my inner-Fonzi was my ability to quickly create several kinds of visualizations. I’d like to say it’s because of some innate ability, or the some unique genetic confluence , but it’s actually because sophisticated visualization tools are now available to the masses. I thought I’d share what I’ve found to be valuable.
Periodic table of visualization methods: helps you decide on which method to use based on several dimensions, and it just looks really, really cool. http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html#
CmapTools: a free concept mapping tool that allows individuals to collaborate online. It’s not intuitive, but it’s extremely useful. It too looks cool.
http://cmap.ihmc.us/conceptmap.html
XMind: another free tool for creating several kinds of visualizations (fishbones, org. charts, flow charts, mind maps, and concept maps). It’s intuitive, free, can be used collaboratively, and can be opened on any OS (meaning Mac users are included). If you want to do a complicated concept map, CMap is for you, but if you want to do almost any other kind of visualization, try XMind. It maketh YOU look cool when you finish a map.
http://www.xmind.net/
Research and Resources: a site about each dimension of visual literacy. They made the periodic table mentioned above; so, they have a great deal of knowledge to share in this field. These folks are cool.
http://www.visual-literacy.org/pages/documents.htm
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Great set of resources- I am a big fan of concept mapping. Thanks for sharing. (I really like the look of your site!)
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