What is an Infographic?
A visual representation of Information
Why infographics?
Students, with their diminishing attention spans, are inexorably drawn to these shiny, brightly colorful messages with small, relevant, clearly-displayed nuggets of information. They’re straight to the point To communicate a message or present data in an interesting way
Different Types: Statistical Timeline Informational etc.
Timelines infographics visually represent a sequence of events that happen over time, allowing the user to understand the visualized data quickly and effectively.
Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears poll actual students in your classroom or at your campus and compare the data (Poll everywhere, Ed modo)
“The Beauty of Data Visualization” Check this video Ted Talks:David McCandless Presentation Free Web tool to make Infographics Free Infographics (A picture is worth 1,000 words.)