Infographics in het onderwijs

These fun, mostly free tools can help educators easily create their own Infographics, and bring a very modern twist to instruction. “A picture is worth

"Infographics have become an incredibly popular way to display bite-sized bits of information in easy to consume forms of charts, graphics and more. It usually takes quite a bit of designer know-how, patience and some pretty pricey software to get the job done, but thankfully there are quite a few services that aim to make that process a little easier.

We’ve already covered Ease.ly, and introduced you to Visual.ly, as well as some great tools if you’re looking for something more flexible. Now we’re adding Infogr.am to the mix..."

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Infographics are always fun to read. Making them, it’s something else.

If you love charts and organizing information, listen up. Here's how you can create your own venn diagrams. How nifty!

"Infographics worden steeds vaker gebruikt om een verhaal over te brengen. Beelden spreken mensen sneller aan dan letters. Dus toch maar eens op zoek gegaan naar een mooi programma of een handige tool om me te helpen om ook mooie infographics te maken..."

"What it is: Piktochart is a great web app that makes it easy to create your own infographics. Piktochart has free and premium options. With the free version, there are a handful of themes to choose from. Premium themes are also available, if you are so inclined. After you choose a theme, the next job is to change the mood and edit the information on the chart. Students can add shapes, graphics (uploaded), theme graphics, and text to the infographic. Students can add a chart where they manually input data or upload a cvc file. This is especially helpful if they have been data collecting in another program. There are some features that are only available to pro users. Not to worry, there are enough available for free that you can make a pretty rockin’ infographic that gets the point (or data) across..."

Website: http://piktochart.com/

"Infographics are becoming  great educational materials to use in both teaching and learning. By definition an infographic is a visual representation of data. This representation is multi-modal in the sense that it can have different forms of text : flowcharts, diagrams  images, and many more. What makes Infographics so popular is their visual attractiveness..."

The invention of fire and the wheel – nice. But from the first cave paintings to the beginnings of logographs, and then of course the alphabet, human achievement has been tied closely with how we put our thoughts across.

Given the popularity of infographics, you’d be wise to consider using them to help achieve your content marketing goals. They can be great for social sharing, blog fodder and inbound links.