Infographics

In the education world, presenting new information and having students present is inevitable and with that comes new creative ways to present. After learning about a cool method in presenting information from http://www.dailyinfographic.com, I learned that infographics are visual tools that offer great ways to present information by summing up key points in a clean professional looking manner. Not to mention, visualizing information when presenting new information is also necessary because, as Laufenberg states in "Teaching with Infographics","...so that we can see the patterns and connections that matter and then designing that information so it makes more sense, or it tells a story, or allows us to focus only on the information that’s important. (Schulten,2010)

As I began my exploration for websites/programs that allow for the creation of infographics, I reviewed Infogr.am, Easel.ly, and Piktochart. I found that Infogr.am wasn't exactly what I needed to present my information. Infogr.am seems to be cutting edge for solely data presentation in the form of graphs,charts, etc.and although it had a simple interface and was easy to understand,I wasn't necessarily bought with the free and public templates.In my opinion, they weren't visually appealing for the visual person I am, plus who doesn't appreciate a good visual! Easel.ly and Piktocharts were equally amazing. Their free templates were a lot more visually appealing and had an array of options in creating that beautiful, professional- looking presentation that one looks for when needing to present information. Needless to say, I went with Piktochart because they had the appropriate graphics for the information I needed to present from Pew Research Center. I believe these visually stimulating infographics are exactly what will continue to enable 21st century learners to continue to delve into digital learning. Give one a try!

Here is the link to my infographic on "Book Reading 2016" from Pew Research Center.

https://magic.piktochart.com/editor/piktochart/17157850#

References

Perrin, A. (2016, September 01). Book Reading 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2016, from http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/09/01/book-reading-2016/

Schulten, K. (2010, August 27). Teaching With Infographics | A Student Project Model. Retrieved October 15, 2016, from http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/27/teaching-with-infographics-a-student-project-model/comment-page-1/