Slide deck from ISTE SIGMS 1-Tool-at-a-Time Webinar held on 4/4/12.

1. Introduction to
Infographics
Carolyn Jo Starkey
Librarian, Buckhorn High School
ISTE SIGMS/SIGILT
1-Tool-at-a-Time Webinar Series
April 4, 2012

2. Biography
Carolyn Jo
Starkey
School Librarian,
Buckhorn High School
New Market, AL
Carolyn Starkey has been in education for 23 years, the last 13 related to school library media. She
served as the library media specialist at Sloman Primary School for seven years, obtaining her
certification by the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards in library media in 2003 while
there. After a 4 ½ year stint as Assistant Professor of Library Education Media at Alabama State
University, Carolyn is currently serving as a school librarian alongside Wendy Stephens at Buckhorn
High School and completing her dissertation in instructional leadership/instructional technology at the
University of Alabama. Her other professional commitments include positions as Co-Chair of the
Children's and School Library Division of the Alabama Library Association, Editor of ASLA‘s The Alabama
School Librarian, and Chair of ISTE's Media Specialist Special Interest Group newsletter committee. She
also serves as a member of American Association of School Librarians' Publications Committee and
NCATE Coordinating Committee and has recently taken on a Co-Manager position of the AASL blog.
Carolyn is a frequent conference and professional development presenter on a wide range of topics in
school librarianship, technology, and online learning. New areas of interest include the integration of the
Common Core State Standards into school libraries and the implementation of the EDUCATEAlabama for
Librarians formative performance assessment system. Carolyn served as a member of the
EDUCATEAlabama for Librarians review committee and has presented on this topic over a dozen times
since 2011.

3. Session Description
• This webinar will introduce
infographics and their use as
contemporary literacy tools for the
classroom. Topics under discussion
will include types of infographics,
characteristics of good infographics,
sources of infographics, and tools for
creating infographics.

4. Session Resources
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=143539

5. Definition: Infographics
• An umbrella term for illustrations and
charts that instruct people, which
otherwise would be difficult or impossible
with only text. --PC.com
Encyclopedia
http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=infographics&i=59903,00.asp
• A representation of information in a
graphic format designed to make the data
easily understandable at a glance.
--whatis.com IT Encyclopedia
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/infographics.html

6. Why Use Infographics?
• They make information
easy to digest.
– Large amounts of
information can be
presented.
– Easier to see
relationships and
patterns.
• They make information
easy to share.
– Rapid communication
of ideas.

7. Why Use Infographics?
“Infographics work in the classroom
because they grab students and allow
an entry point to learning — and
because they sum up pages and
pages, even chapters, of information
that would take a reader hours to
process.”
--Diana Laufenberg, Teacher

8. Why Use Infographics?
Teaching With
Infographics | A
Student Project
Model
Teacher:
Diana Laufenberg
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/20

9. Why Use Infographics?
“Diana and her
students used the
Gulf oil spill as the
starting point for
creating infographics
to tell the stories of
the top ten worst
man-made
environmental
disasters in American
history.”

10. Why Use Infographics?
10-Step Sequence of
Classroom Activities
in Environmental
History Unit
http://learning.blogs.nytim

11. Why Use Infographics?
Visualizing Information
for Advocacy: An
Introduction to
Information Design
http://backspace.com/infodesign.p
The manual was written and designed by
John Emerson, Principal at Apperceptive
LLC.
http://backspace.com,
http://apperceptive.com

12. Types of Infographics
• Status
• Comparison
• Resource
• Evolution

13. Status Infographics
• These infographics visualize the
current status or ‘state of’ an
industry, trend or idea. They
often show change over time by
means of timelines.

14. Status Infographics

15. Status Infographics

16. Comparison Infographics
• These infographics provide a
visualization of a comparison of
two or more things.

17. Comparison Infographics

18. Comparison Infographics

19. Resource Infographics
• These infographics are
informational and provide readers
with facts or how-to about a topic.

20. Resource Infographics

21. Resource Infographics

22. Resource Infographics

23. Evolution Infographics
• These infographics are meant to
be thought-provoking. They are
intended generally to encourage
deep discussion and analysis.

24. Evolution Infographics

25. What Makes a Good Infographic?
The Anatomy of an Infographic: 5 Steps to
Create a Powerful Visual
http://spyrestudios.com/the-anatomy-of-an-infog

26. What Makes a Good Infographic?
The core of an
infographic is
composed of 3
important parts:
2.Visual
3.Content
4.Knowledge
The Anatomy of an Infographic: 5 Steps to Create a Powerful Visual
http://spyrestudios.com/the-anatomy-of-an-infographic-5-steps-to-create-a-powerful-v

27. What Makes a Good Infographic?
Visual
2.Color Coding
3.Graphics
4.Reference Icons
The Anatomy of an Infographic: 5
Steps to Create a Powerful Visual
http://spyrestudios.com/the-anatomy-of-

28. What Makes a Good Infographic?
Content
2.Time Frames
3.Statistics
4.References
The Anatomy of an Infographic: 5
Steps to Create a Powerful Visual
http://spyrestudios.com/the-anatomy-of-

29. What Makes a Good Infographic?
Knowledge
2.Facts
3.Deductions
The Anatomy of an Infographic: 5
Steps to Create a Powerful Visual
http://spyrestudios.com/the-anatomy-of-

30. Tutorials
Kathy
Schrock: A
Picture is
Worth a
Thousand
Words—
Infographics
as a Creative
Assessment http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/03/26/5-ways-to-vis

31. Tutorials
http://www.schrockguide.net/infographics-
as-an-assessment.html

32. Tutorials
How To Create Outstanding
Modern Infographics
http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/desi

33. Tutorials
Tutorial: Create cool infographics
http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/tu
torials/?featureid=1823&pn=1

34. Tutorials
5 Unbeatable Types of Infographic
+ Free Tools to Create Them
http://www.searchenginejournal.co
m/5-unbeatable-types-of-
infographic-free-tools-to-create-
them/27010/

35. Session Resources
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=143539