2. Overview
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Contemporary Literacy Class
Tools
Infographics
(some slides used with permission)
6. Infographics in the Classroom
Students need to analyze existing
infographics before creating their own
Have students look at an infographic
de-construct it
have them re-write
reflect on strategies
Students collect Infographics themselves
list what they have in common & critique
Have them revise one and make it better
7. Teaching with Infographics
Information Translation:
Students recast infographic of their choice
Same info -- different form
Peer feedback – how does new compare w/
original
Overlapping Graphics
Students locate 2 or more data visualizations of
data about the same groups
E.g. well being in US: a) Gallop Survey & b) Census
8. Sites to find good infographics:
InfoGraphic-a-Day - An Educator's
Introduction - for teachers
Daily Infographic - a new infographic every
day
Cool Infographics Blog - Charts and graphs
can communicate data; infographics turn
data into information
Good - Transparency
9. Sites to find good infographics:
Many Eyes: Visualizations
Information is Beautiful - Ideas, issues,
knowledge, data - visualized!
David McCandless' site
Scoop.it- Infographics in Education
Onextrapixel: "Huge Infographics Design Resources: Overview,
Principles, Tips and Examples”
10. Use Thinking Routines
w/Infographics
See-Think-Wonder
Zoom In
Explanation Game
Generate-Sort-Connect-Elaborate:
Concept Map
“I used to think…now I think”
Red Light, Yellow Light (when examining
infographics made by others)
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13. Student Reminders
Review of important steps for students to
create infographics:
Keep it simple
Decide on one picture
Decide on a consistent color scheme
Research some great facts & stats
Validate
14. Student Reminders
Make sure the arguments hold and are relevant
Persuade the viewer
Quickly convey the meaning behind the complex
data
Draw conclusions
Reference the facts
15. Some Free Tools to Create
Wordle:
An experiment brought to you by IBM Research and the IBM Cognos
software group. This site is set up to allow the entire internet community to
upload data, visualize it, and talk about their discoveries with other people.
This site allow you to upload your own data or even you can use data stored
already on the site. The best thing that you will like about the tool is slick
and professional looking visualizations.
Visual.ly:
One of the best looking tool on Internet to create and share beautiful
infographics. The website offers great tools with stunning looks to create
compelling storytelling visualizations that are user friendly and looks
awesome.
From "Top 10 Free Tools To Create Visually Appealing Infographics Easily"
16. Some Free Tools to Create
Tableau:
Tableau Public is a free application that brings data to life. Create and share
interactive charts and graphs, stunning maps, live dashboards and fun
applications in minutes then publish anywhere on the web. Anyone can do
it, it’s that easy—and it’s free.
Google Public Data:
The Google Public Data Explorer makes large datasets easy to explore,
visualize and communicate. As the charts and maps animate over time, the
changes in the world become easier to understand. You don’t have to be a
data expert to navigate between different views, make your own
comparisons, and share your findings. Students, journalists, policy makers
and everyone else can play with the tool to create visualizations of public
data, link to them, or embed them in their own webpages. Embedded charts
and links can update automatically so you’re always sharing the latest
available data.
From "Top 10 Free Tools To Create Visually Appealing Infographics Easily"
17. Some Free Tools to Create
GapMinderDesktop “With Gapminder Desktop you can
show animated statistics from your own computer.”
How-To Video
18. Some Tools to Create
PowerPoint / Google Presentation
Smart Notebook
Markers & Paper
19. 5 Rules for Researching
Infographics
Track down the original source and
confirm the data
Make sure you’re using the most recent
data available
Do not, ever, source information from
user-generated content websites
99% of the Web is just your starting point
Limit the number of sources you’re using