This document discusses how to create and use infographics in the classroom. It defines infographics as visual representations of information, data or ideas that combine text, images, and design. The document then provides examples of different types of infographics like timelines, statistical charts, processes, and gameboards. It explains the benefits of infographics for students, such as making information more accessible and engaging. Lastly, the document outlines six steps for creating an infographic using the online tool Easel.ly, including gathering content, choosing a template, adding text and design elements, and publishing the infographic.

1. Infographics in
the classroom -
how to create an
infographic using
Easel.ly
by Fiona Beal

3. http://visual.ly/what-infographic-2
What is an
Infographic?
• Data
• Information/idea organisation
• Text features
• Images
• Font and colour

4. Workshop on Infographics from ISTE 2013
http://www.infographics-edkit.com/

5. Pinterest board on Infographics in the classroom
http://www.pinterest.com/fibeal/infographics-in-the-classroom/

6. For the
teacher

7. Applications for making infographics

8. Statistical information
Informational infographic
Gameboard metaphor
Timeline information
Process infographic
Interactive infographics
Types of Infographics

9. Timeline infographics
http://goo.gl/LeQGTT

10. Statistical
infographics
http://goo.gl/IofDyr

11. Informational Infographics
http://goo.gl/cipmNQ

12. http://www.edudemic.com/s
hare-that-picture/
Process
infographic

14. http://goo.gl/mjOZPL
Gameboard
metaphor

15. Interactive infographics
http://goo.gl/Abk8

16. Example
made
Using
Piktochart

17. • present a topic, issue or information
• pre-teach or teach a new subject
• summarise points in a topic or event
• introduce the writer of a novel or a story
• talk about the story or the novel highlighting the
important event.
• present an argument from statistical data
• create a timeline – remembering important events
• present a book review or a news article.
The use of infographics in the classroom

18. For the
student

19. • makes information easily accessible and meaningful
• it feeds into tendency to learn by seeing and
interacting
• reinforces that conclusions should be grounded in
evidence
• challenges ability to organize information into a
hierarchy of importance
• helps with idea organisation – cause/effect,
chronological order, attributes & characteristics,
comparisons, summarising research, etc.
Benefits to students

20. Teach different types
Focus on one type
Let them interpret
understanding of an
infographic in a written
paragraph
Let them search for
infographics of interest
Teach strategies for
interpreting data
Teaching Infographics to students
Use a rubric when they
create an infographic

21. Provide them with a rubric
http://goo.gl/vzHCik

22. How to
create an
infographic
using
Easel.ly

23. Step 1: Research and gather your content or data
Step 2: Choose your application and template
Step 3: Reorganise your template
Step 4: Add your words
Step 5: Decide on your fonts and colour
Step 6: Publish your infographic
Six steps to creating an infographic

24. http://www.easel.ly/

25. Thank you!