Information+Visualisation+(finding+data)

Finding Data and Information to show
Consider using data directly relevant to the learner - have them record data about themselves
 * [|Track-n-Graph, a free web-based service for friends, family, and co-workers to track and graph information]
 * [|Poyozo], a project to help you track and understand your life by integrating automatic lifetracking with simple visualizations that you can use every day.
 * [|runkeeper], to track your workouts
 * [|reflection on expertise acquired]
 * 70+ Google Forms for the classroom

Data relevant to course content
 * [|Climate Database Climate Database]
 * [|wunderground] website to check out rainfall, other weather measurements. Search city, and then private stations. If you drill down Station > Stats for this date > view more history data > weekly, you get, at the bottom of the page, a table with measurements for the 7 days of the week.
 * [|Nationa Vegetation Survey National Vegetation Survey datasets]
 * [|Sport and Recreation Profiles] on the SPARC website
 * [|A Portrait of Health], Key results of the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey
 * [|Human Development Reports] "every report presents agenda-setting data and analysis and calls international attentions to issues and policy options that put people at the center of strategies to meet the challenges of development."

Data about NZ Education
 * [|Education Counts].

NZ data across the board:
 * [|Satistics NZ Statistics NZ].
 * [|open.org.nz open.org.nz]
 * [|data.gov.nz data.gov.nz]

Worldwide Data
 * [|OECD Factbook - 2010 Statistics], with excel tables and histograms.
 * [|DataMarket], with their motto "Visualize the world's economy, societies, nature, and industries, and gain new insights".
 * [|Pachube], Store, share & discover realtime sensor, energy and environment data from objects, devices & buildings around the world.
 * [|Manyeyes] and the various datasets uploaded by members of its community.
 * InfoChimps Democritizing access to data and the associated R package

Social Data and Data for social activitism
[|MashBlock], demographic data from the last NZ Census for a particular Meshblock, Area Unit or Council.

[|Social Explorer] (US)

[|MapLight.org], charts the links between politicians and money.

[|Social Media Research Foundation]

Personal Data
[|Reviews of submissions for an award for best personal visualization project 2008], at Flowing Data.