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Critical Thinking Via Infographics

Critical Thinking Via Infographics | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
7th grade Geography teacher, David J. at Graded-The American School of Sao Paulo, was planning an in-depth country data study and interpretation. He decided to allow his students to explore the use...
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Take a look at this post to see one way to use infographics to help teach critical thinking. The post provides a look at what makes a good infographic as well as two suggestions for free tools to help students create them. There are also a couple of videos that will help students learn more about infographics as well as the need to cite sources, samples of infographics made by the students and more! Think about finding a topic that your students could research and consider having them make infographics to show their understanding...chances are they will be engaged in the process.

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Innovation Design In Education - ASIDE: Designing Infographics Easel.ly

Innovation Design In Education - ASIDE: Designing Infographics Easel.ly | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

Are you interested in seeing some infographics created by students using the tool Easel.ly. This post not only share some infographics created by 4th and 8th grade students using Easel.ly it also explains the parameters that were set as well as hte goal. Students were able to learn to use Easel.ly in one period, and the "only instruction given to each class was a sample infographic of what needed to be included."

Additional links to other resources is also provided, including  a link to a page that includes additional tools you might use to create infographics as well as links to a wide range of infographics based on subject.

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