Infographics in EducationI really enjoyed exploring the various sites and videos about infographics this week. I had fun creating an infographic to use with my capstone project and loved the creative aspects of it. I found it quite time consuming but a big part of that was learning how to use the features in Piktocharts. I think it will be easier the next time around.
In Kathy Schrock’s full length video the idea of using infographics as a way of assessing student work and thinking was explored. Several ISTE standards as well as many Common Core State Standards can be assessed such as integration of knowledge and ideas presented visually and the strategic use of media to express information and enhance understanding of presentations. I appreciated her suggestions for the steps to teaching how to understand and create infographics as well as some of the other suggested sites that students could use to create infographics. I have teach my 5th students to use Google Slides at the beginning of the year but I love the idea of having them create an All About Me presentations.
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Dana Hand
11/6/2016 06:08:31 pm
I agree that teaching infographic design does seem very time consuming, but at the same time I think that the payoffs can potentially be huge with the overlapping standards. It sounds like you really connected with the creative capacity of creating an infographic for your project. That passion will definitely inspire your students!
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Florencia
11/6/2016 08:04:02 pm
Hi,
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Joe Madigan
11/7/2016 06:54:17 pm
Love your infographic. I created mine (which isn't as creative) on the Easelly site, then after that discovered the Piktograph site, which seemed to have a lot more options. I'll play with that next, it's just that I started with Easelly, and kept going with it...so didn't want to totally have to re-create with another site...you know, that whole "not having enough time" thing.
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