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Data GIF Maker is a free Google tool for creating animated data visualizations that make statistics and comparisons easier to understand. Choose from three visualization styles--rectangles,...more
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Data GIF Maker is a free Google tool for creating animated data visualizations that make statistics and comparisons easier to understand. Choose from three visualization styles--rectangles, circles, or a donut chart--then enter a title and the data you want to compare. Add numerical or percentage values, then customize the visualization with the available color choices. When finished, generate the animation as a high-quality or low-quality GIF. Download the completed GIF to your device or use it in presentations, websites, social media posts, and other projects.
In the Classroom
This tool provides you and your students an excellent resource for engagingly sharing data. Use the Data GIF Maker to create a visual display when collecting data. For example, begin using this tool by polling your class to find out their favorite type of pizza and then enter the data to create a GIF. Use the same data in all three included formats to compare and contrast how the information looks based on the type of chart used. Take this same information and have students calculate the percentages and create GIFs to compare and contrast this information with your original images. Once you and your students are familiar with how to use this site to create GIFs, use it to enhance student learning by including GIFs within your presentations for students to evaluate and to visualize any data. Create GIFs to document student reading logs, the amount of time spent on homework, or time spent on community service. Have students include GIFs when annotating images using Image Annotator, reviewed here, or within presentations created with tools such as Sway, reviewed here.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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