1. Infographics
BMS ITL Committee
Feb 1, 2012

2. Overview
 For a more detailed presentation &
resources:
 Log-in to Bb
 Contemporary Literacy Class
 Tools
 Infographics
(some slides used with permission)

3. Definition

4. State of the Union Word Cloud
From Reuters

5. A
Technical Examination of SOPA & PIPA
From Lumin Consulting

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)

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

20. As Creative Assessment
 Kathy Schrock Website
 Video

21. Rubrics

22. Rubrics

23. Rubrics

24. Sources & Links
 Can be found at:
http://www.diigo.com/list/rhennessey/infographics
 Or
http://goo.gl/JvpWI