Infographics:
Read, Create and Share
Christy Callahan
Julie Lowerre
Dale Street Elementary
What is an infographic?
“It’s a combination of words, numbers, pictures, charts, illustrations, even colors - all in order to describe or explain something quickly, clearly, and in extremely effective and engaging way.
-Infographics For Your Classroom
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Let’s simplify that definition using an infographic!
Get to know your infographic!!
(If it comes from “Daily Infographic” click on the infographic to make it larger)
Which is Better Coffee or Beer? Inspirational Quotes from Fictional Teachers and Mentors
Reading Habits that Lead to Success 10 Places to Retire with only 200,000 in the Bank
The Healing Power of Cat Purrs The Best Way to Increase Home Value with Less than $5000
The History of Rock n Roll Music How to Get the Coolest Teaching Job in China
50 Amazing Facts about the Moon What Music Should you Listen to on the Job?
Smartphone Stats that will Freak You Out Human Body Ingredients
Kids and STEM 50 Unbelievable Facts About Earth 14 Infographics About Wine 50 Culinary Hacks to Make You a Kitchen Master
Cooking with Kids This is Why Children Misbehave According to Experts
10 Bad Habits that Kill Productivity How Homework Affects Students
The Ultimate Wine Guide for Beer Lovers How to Handle Negative Thoughts and Emotions at Work
What is a Flipped Classroom? Hilarious Sayings That Don’t Make Sense Translated
Tips to Use to Help Children Read Learn From The Schedules Of 20 Famous Creatives
7 Tech jobs that didn’t exist 20 years ago
Padlet Wall (What can you learn in just 5 minutes by reading infographics?).
(Once on the Padlet wall, double click, a box will appear and you can then type your thoughts)
What’s all the fuss about?
“Roughly 65 percent of our learners are visual learners”
“Our eyes can register 36,000 visual messages per hour”.
Infographics For Your Classroom Smart Cat Studio
“Studies have found that 90 percent of the information that we remember is
based on visual impact.” 6 Benefits of Using Infographics Albert Costill Oct 24, 2013
“Reading and writing infographics is like cannonballing into ten feet of water --you splash in deeper and more quickly”.
Inventing Infographics: Visual Literacy meets Written Language Brett Volgelsinger July 16,2014
“I believe we are on the brink of accepting information and data visualization, illustrated in infographics, as an essential language of proficient readers and writers”.
Enhancing Literacy Instruction Through Infographics Mark J. Davis Dec 11, 2015
“Our power as informed citizens relies heavily on how well we read infographics.... Scientific and global literacy depend on the wide reading of resources that depend heavily on infographics. Visual literacy affects one’s power as a consumer in an expanding informational ecosystem.” Infographics and the Common Core: Resources and Standards Andrea Smith
“....visualizing information so we can see patterns and connections that matter”......”
TED talk, "The Beauty of Data Visualization" David McCandles
Pretty much sums it up!!
So, HOW do I get started with my students?
Let Students Explore:
What Makes an Infographic an Infographic?
A BIG idea………….. What’s the Purpose?
A central image
Facts, ideas, important information
A shocking detail
Numbers, numbers, numbers
Creative use of color, image, design and organization
List of resources at the bottom
All infographics need:
Good idea to make a poster for the classroom!
Infographic | Question to have students answer: |
Do you think teachers should use reward systems in school? Explain your ideas with evidence from the infographic. | |
Do you think virtual classrooms are a good idea? Why or why not. Use evidence from the infographic to support your ideas. |
Do they really get it?
Have students read and write using infographics to check for comprehension and true understanding.
(Use elearninginfographics or images "infographics for kids" for age appropriate infographics for your students).
Kids are now ready to create their own.
Ideas are endless……………...
Let’s talk about research.
Let’s Begin………………..
First
Mini lessons on reading non-fiction articles.
How to search articles and document resources
Second
Have students work in partners.
Together have students pick a topic to research
that they are both interested in.
Once topics are decided, use a class questionnaire to help focus research.
Third
Research articles on topic
Students read and talk about the articles with partner. No Writing.
Students check in with teacher (Do they really understand what they read?)
Give students graphic organizer to start collecting information.
Plan:
Planning on paper first lets their ideas drive the design not the website.
Do a class example first.
Student Examples
4th Grade - Immigration unit
History of Ellis Island
Illegal Immigration
Coming to America
Steps of Ellis Island
5th Grade: Passion Projects (Genius Hour)
History of Brownies
Rob Gronkowski: The Amazing Tight End
Tom Brady is the Best QB Ever!
The Amazing iPhones: History and Facts
The History of Ford Motor Company
Lab Dogs
Doritos
7th Grade:
Standard of Living Netherlands
Give more directed research
Hyperdoc Research
Example:
Students used this hyperdoc to explore information about the Olympics. (hyperdoc livebinder)
While exploring the hyperdocs students took notes on what interested them.
Organize your ideas
Students organized their notes into big topics or ideas.
Students then designed a infographic that included all the ideas from slide 10.
Create your infographic
Using literature with
Infographics
Let’s talk about empathy and compassion.
Time to make infographics personal.
This journey began with using Beers and Probst’s idea of Book, Head, Heart from Disrupting Thinking. Students used this strategy to assist them with reading various forms of texts, including infographics.
I introduced infographics with the themes of empathy and compassion. Students had time to read and discuss what they noticed.
We filled out a chart displaying:
Time to create! Once we dissected the pieces of infographics, they created their own to show empathy and compassion. They drew their rough drafts on paper first, then made these.
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Students truly internalized this theme because they were able to create based on what they had consumed. Thoughtfully collaborating and constructing these infographics allowed students to delve deep into the realm of theme.
Let’s talk about reading standards and more
Reflection
Thinking about
The advantages of using infographics
With our
students
Standard | How infographics meets standard |
CCSS ELA 1 |
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CCSS ELA 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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CCSS ELA 7 |
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Standard | How infographics meets standard |
Massachusetts History and Social Science standard 6 |
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Massachusetts History and Social Science Guiding principle 7 |
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Massachusetts History and Social Science |
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NGSS standard WHST.6-8.8 | |
NGSS standard W5.9 |
Why use infographics to share research?
Traditional way to share:
Infographic:
How could you use infographics
in your class?
Please share your ideas.
(only use 20 characters)
Lots and Lots of Resources
To share
Let’s talk about ideas, books, sites, lessons and more
Other ways to use infographics in the classroom:
Beginning of the year infographic to introduce students or
School year memory infographic (made by teacher as a gift)
Student created review infographic to use before a test.
“Books Read” Infographic
”How to” Infographic
Comparison infographic (two characters, two opinions, two
books)
“Year in review” with top kid current events
Teacher created lesson infographics (could be interactive)
Timeline infographic
Books and Ideas
to use or to help you brainstorm
TeachersPayTeachers
Metric Conversion (Grades 4-7)
Teaching Infographics (grades 6-9)
Teach with infographics (grades 6-10)
Creating a Thanksgiving Infographic (grades 4-12)
Books:
Infographics there is a book specifically for grades K-5
Animals by the Numbers: A Book of Infographics
By the Numbers 3.14: 110.01 Cool Infographics Packed With Stats and Figures (series)
US Government Through Infographics (series)
Information Graphics: Space (series)
Resources
Infographics: A visual Link to Learning
8 Awesome Educational infographics for teachers
Daily infographics (sign up to receive an “infographic of the day”)
elearning infographics (sign up to get weekly infographics)
The First Infographic made by Kids National Library Week
Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything (more than you will ever need)
Infographics and the Common Core: Resources and Standards
Infographic Sites to Explore
Resources to help use Piktochart:
How to use Piktochart in the classroom
Infographic: Piktochart Tutorial
Teacherspayteachers Tutorial
Create an account and get started creating your own infographic!
(under 13 parent permission needed)
It is free but if you would like more features there is an education pricing offer
More Sites to use
Find the one that works best for you and your students.
Easel.ly Very similar to Piktochart. How to use Easel.ly video
Google Draw Google Draw Tutorial
There’s even a video infographic creator. If you’d like to animate your infographics,
this might be the best resource for you. video infographics
Thanks for coming !
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Email:
ccallahan@email.medfield.net