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| 4th Grade Student |
Over the past year, we integrated the use of infographics into our lessons as part of our
mission to teach our students about information design and the skills of
graphicacy. They viewed different types, from
current events to
holidays. It was easy to find infographics for just about any topic, but it wasn’t always so easy to find the
tools for our students to design and create their own. That is, until
Easel.ly was released this spring.
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| 4th Grade Instructions |
We decided to test
Easel.ly
with our students in the fourth and eighth grades, setting certain
parameters for them to follow. We wanted to see just how "easy" it was
to use. At each grade level the students took the content from their
social studies classes as the information they needed. Our 4th graders
used their state project research, and the 8th graders made
time period infographics to review for final exams.
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| 8th Grade Student |
The goal for each grade level was to complete an infographic in one class period using
Easel.ly.
This included learning how to use features such as objects, shapes, text and color. The only instruction
given to each class was a sample infographic of what needed to be
included. It was no surprise that our tech savvy, born digitals went
straight to town and exceeded our expectations.
While some of
these infographics may not be completely polished, our students mastered
the functionality with ease, demonstrating the key components of words,
pictures and numbers. Needless to say, considering the limitations
imposed by time, these basic infographics created in a 40-minute
period met the requirements, and some were quite impressive.
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| 4th Grade Student |
Although the infographics designed by the fourth-grade students appear simple, the eighth-grade
examples
demonstrated a higher level of sophistication. We can only imagine what
these fourth graders will design by the time they reach the eighth
grade given enough practice.
The availability of other applications continues to grow, and these resources are listed on our
infographics page.
Infogr.am is similar to
Easel.ly, while some require software downloads, such as
Tableau Public. Others like
Vennage
are fee-based.
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| 8th Grade Instruction |
Regardless of which application you use, these tools allow for flexibility in creating instructional material, provide an opportunity to design content, and offer a host of choices for both teachers and students on the delivery of visual information.
With their widespread use today, particularly as media for advertising, it is even more important that they become commonplace in classroom instruction. Please see our other posts about the
state of infographics in education,
using apps in 1:1 programs to make them, and creating
personal infographics
to teach the components of their design.
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