Eclectic Technology

Have you thought about having students create infographics and held back because you were not sure how to go about doing this type of project? This post provides an in-depth look at one teacher does this type of project.
She discusses the value of having teachers learn to create their own infographic (as opposed to 'consuming' infographics). To effectively create an infographic students must "break down complex information, then use image, symbol and text to communicate it attractively and effectively..."

A step-by-step list of what to do is included as well as the three essential questions that students were to address. Although designed for a high school class the step-by-step directions are easy to modify to meet the needs of your students.

This was one of a series of posts published by the NY Times. At the end of the post there are links to four additional posts in this series on Teaching With Infographics: Places to Start; Social Studies, History, Economics; Science and Health; and Language Arts, Fine Arts, and Entertainment.

The Media Specialist has recently updated her information on teaching with infographics. This post provides many great resources including a post on tips to make better infographics, an in-depth video on teaching with infographics, a series of videos that detail how to use Piktochart to create infographics, and many other resources. If you are considering having students create infographics check out this post for resources.

Richard Byrne provides three infographics that look at how one might view the world as 100 people. Why choose three infographics? We have many different learners in our classrooms and what works for one may not work for another...thus three infographics. You might use them to launch a discussion on how we perceive information or use them when teaching students about infographics and have them consider which they find best illustrates the information and discuss why it does.