How can you use infographics as a teaching tool? How can you go further and inspire your students to make infographics to show what they have learned? This presentation will help take you down that path to bring infographics into your elementary, middle or high school classroom.

1. Infographics 101
Using & Creating
Infographics

4. From http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/responsible-
living/stories/infographic-united-states-of-the-environment
(Where you can also discover where your state does NOT
excel)

8. What is an
Infographic?
It sounds complicated…
but we have been using them
all the time in many ways.

11. Think-Pair-Share
Where have you
seen them?

12. We are in the
Era of “Big Data.”
Websites

13. Why Do We Use
Them?

14. Infographics
Come in All
Shapes & Sizes

18. “Attention spans are measured in
seconds and the next graphic is but a
mouse click or hand swipe away.
More isn’t always better.”
--Nate Silver, Master Statistician & the author of the
foreward to Gareth Cook’s book
Best American Infographics of 2014

19. 13 Reasons Why Your
Brain Craves Infographics
http://neomam.com/interactive/13r
easons/
http://neomam.com/interactive/13reasons/

21. Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes
The Joy of Stats-BBC http://youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo

22. Why Are They
Important in
Today’s
Classrooms?
Inspire Kids to Be
Data Detectives!

23. Critical Thinking
Skills:
✖ Infer meaning
through stats,
color, graphics,
numbers, & space
✖ Make connections
& discoveries in a
different way
than just reading
data in a chart
✖ Encourages deep
thinking &
synthesis
Skills Infographics
Require:
Reading Skills:
✖ Reading text
✖ Read,
Interpret,
Analyze data
(which students
are required to
do on
standardized
tests)
✖ Determine
author’s purpose
✖ Compare/
Contrast
Digital & Visual
Literacy Skills:
✖ Helps students
innovate
✖ Evaluate content
presented in
diverse media/
formats
✖ Acquaints them
with a media
form used in
news, business,
social media &
marketing

24. “Infographics
have this
wonderful ability
to inspire people
to act &
get involved.”
~ Carl DeTorres,
graphic designer

25. Thinking Routine
Creative Hunt
Deep Analysis of
an Infographic

26. What is the main
purpose?
Who is the audience?
What are the parts
that speak to you?
What is especially
smart or creative
(or telling in the
information)?
Does it hit its target?

27. Human Population grow from 1 CE to present from
https://www.populationeducation.org/content/world-population-video

28. Where Can I get
My Hands on Some
Infographics?

29. http://edu.symbaloo.com/mix/infographicsgalore
InfoGraphic Symbaloo

30. InfoGraphic Symbaloo
http://edu.symbaloo.com/mix/infographicsgalore
The Treasure Trove:
Examples Galore
Creation
Sites
The Beginning:
General Goodies Tutorials
Teacher Helpers

31. Design School 101
Getting Ready to
Create Your Own!

32. TED Talk:The Beauty of Data Visualization ~ by David McCandless
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5Zg-C8AAIGg

33. When Students Write & Create
Their Own Infographics,
They Use These Skills:
✖ Research
✖ Design Process
(visually communicate a concept)
✖ Writing Process
(sketches & rough drafts a must!)
✖ Presentation
✖ Technology Fluency with new apps/software
✖ Reflection (to analyze the creative process)
However in order to be skilled at creating,
students need to be well-versed in
analyzing & deconstructing infographics.

34. Geography
✖ How place, culture,
or population
changes over time
✖ Map Connections
✖ Before/After
analysis of historic
photos
Teaching Ideas
Social Studies
✖ Income vs
Education vs
Race vs Gender
✖ Family Tree
✖ Census Data
✖ Historical Facts
Literature/Lang Arts
✖ Story Timeline
✖ Book Review
✖ Character
Analysis
✖ Author Study
✖ Vocabulary
Fine Art/Photography
✖ Annotate
elements within
the picture
Science/Technology
✖ Trends
✖ Digital Literacy
✖ Label Diagrams
Math
✖ Application of
graphs & charts
✖ Define Concepts

35. Tips from http://www.coolinfographics.com/blog/2010/4/27/10-tips-for-journalists-designing-infographics.html

36. Thinking Routine
Tug of War

37. An Infographic Can
Replace A Research Paper.
What are the
pushes & pulls
you feel
about this?
What are the
pros & the
cons for this
idea?

38. Where Do I Go To
Make It Techy
& Fancy?

39. 5 Common Online Infographics Creators
InfogramPiktochart Visme.co
CanvaEasel.ly

40. Piktochart.com
Find this Infographic at
https://magic.piktochart.com/output/6492616-
path-to-the-perfect-piktochart

41. Full infographic at:
https://infogr.am/investigating_infogram
Infogr.am

42. Find this Infographic at
http://my.visme.co/projects/visme-about-visme-
bfa047

43. Easel.ly
Find this Infographic at
http://greenteamgazette.blogspot.com/2015/03/earth-hour-
is-coming-saturday-march-28.html

44. Canva.com
This Infographic found at
https://www.canva.com/design/DABS2gouWD0/2-
hhBFvHSCCUtaXXSmGBDw/view?cc_from_uid=UABSs
TsPXnU&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_content=DA
BS2gouWD0&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sharebu
tton

45. My
Thoughts

46. Kathy Schrock's "infographics as Creative assessment
Kathy Schrock on Infographics as Assessment
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_b-cBjPE0C0

47. Go Forth And
Create!

48. Pic Collage App for the iPad
Yes,
Virginia!
There’s
An
App
For
That!

49. Created
by
3rd
Graders
During
Their
Leadership
Unit

53. Created for
http://greenteamgazette.blo
gspot.com/2015/04/dishing
-up-some-documentaries-
that-are.html

54. Go Forth & Create
Some More!
And Then We Share!

55. “Learning a skill that requires
visible mistakes, failures & struggles
can be a terrifying prospect;
however, one student confessed,
‘This course has really forced
me out of my comfort zone
on the computer.”
~From “Teaching with Infographics: Practicing New Digital
Competencies and Visual Literacies” by Sidneyeve Matrix,
Queen's University, Canada & Jaigris Hodson, Ryerson University, Canada
http://www.beds.ac.uk/jpd/volume-4-issue-2/teaching-with-infographics

56. I Used to Think
Now I think...

57. Thank You!
Created by Vicki Dabrowka
Copyright @2015
Twitter: @GreenTeamGazett
Website: Green Team Gazette
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/dabrowka/

58. Credits
Special thanks to
✖ Presentation template by SlidesCarnival
✖ Laptop Photographs by Unsplash
Images from:
✖ Declining attention span from http://www.prbrigade.com/the-
declining-attention-span-of-americans/
✖ Legos from http://mashable.com/2012/07/18/lego-
infographic/?crlt.pid=camp.IpMq07Hld3V
✖ Internet Safe from
http://www.mindcraft.co.nz/infographics/wp-
content/uploads/2014/08/Isafe.jpg
✖ Infographics are In (eye):
http://www.careeraddict.com/7412/benefits-of-utilizing-
infographics-for-your-business

59. More Image Credits
✖ US Map Outline:
http://image.frompo.com/9f29b2507873203fa10a2477239cd012
✖ US Map: w/GDP of similar countries
http://www.vox.com/2015/2/17/7917165/maps-that-explain-america
✖ US Map: of Climate Change
http://www.sightline.org/research/graphics/climate-50stemissions/
✖ US Map: Countries with similar Prison Populations
http://www.usprisonculture.com/blog/wp-
content/uploads/2012/12/mapcountrystates.png
✖ Global Carbon Footprint
http://blog.crazyegg.com/2012/04/09/effective-infographic-
designs/

60. Still More Image Credits
✖ “What Infographics Are” Infographic
http://www.infographicszone.com/how-to/top-5-infographics-on-how-to-
create-an-effective-infographic-infographics
✖ Tug of War: https://cindycapatekc.wordpress.com/author/cindycapatekc/
✖ World as 100 People http://media-cache-
ec0.pinimg.com/1200x/d9/ac/01/d9ac01d2a1a39cf3a6c013f2d3893dbd.jpg
✖ Free Puzzle PowerPoint templates from the Presentation Magazine website
www.presentationmagazine.com
✖ Snoopy Friendship: http://www.thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/15-ways-friend-
worth/
✖ Miracle of Water: http://organicolivia.com/2014/05/01/why-you-should-
drink-hot-water-in-the-morning-homemade-strawberry-lime-aloe-water-
for-detoxing-vitamin-absorption/