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INFOGRAPHICS ELA SECTION NCDPI MARCH 2015

WHAT IS AN INFOGRAPHIC?

EFFECTIVE INFOGRAPHICS Visual Essay  Explicit Topic and Purpose (Thesis)  Supporting Evidence  An Illustrated Mode Clean Avoid large chunks of text Avoid image overload Accessible and Interesting

Topic and Purpose?  The infographic thesis Supporting Evidence?  Credible  Organized, Coherent, and Accessible Mode?  Compare/Contrast

 Topic and Purpose?  Supportin g Evidence?  Mode? An effective essay must have a clear, explicit thesis. An effective infographic must have a clear, explicit topic/purpose. If not, the entire piece suffers.

POSTER VS. INFOGRAPHIC WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

GREAT EXAMPLES:

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF USING OR CREATING INFOGRAPHICS?  Excellent for visual learners.  Helps teach how to organize information effectively.  Great tool for emphasizing the importance of strong summaries.  Can be a way to teach how to synthesize information. (making charts and graphs)  Could be a way to practice the writing process.  Reading infographics helps to build knowledge about topics.  Reading infographics is a great way to practice interpreting facts from charts/graphs.

7 STEPS TO CREATING AN INFOGRAPHIC

PRE-STEP: EXPLORE Look at several very strong examples of infographics that you have chosen in advance before beginning the steps. Use infographics to deliver information to your students. Talk about what makes this information accessible and interesting. Have great examples hanging in your room. Resources:

STEP ONE: SELECT AN ENGAGING TOPIC A successful infographic has a strong thesis statement worth arguing or an interesting topic worth exploring. Resource:

STEP TWO: DECIDE PURPOSE AND MODE Resource: classroom-5-simple-ideas/ classroom-5-simple-ideas/

STEP THREE: GATHER THE DATA This is the most important step to creating an effective infographic. Solid Credible Resource:

STEP FOUR: ORGANIZE THE DATA Resource:

STEP FIVE: PLAN AND PLAY Resource:

WHERE TO FIND INFOGRAPHIC TEMPLATES:  Visual.Ly  Easel.ly  Piktochart  Infogr.am

STEP SIX: CREATE AND EVALUATE Checklist: Clear Topic and Purpose Illustrated Mode Strong, Organized Supporting Evidence Visual Interest Resource:

STEP SEVEN: PUBLISH

7 STEPS FOR CREATING AN INFOGRAPHIC

IDEAS FOR USING INFOGRAPHICS IN THE CLASSROOM

IDEAS: 1.introduce the protagonist of a story 2.talk about a character’s decision in literature 3.highlight an important event or the climax in a story 4.compare a book with a movie 5.discuss the historical setting of a book 6.pre-teach a new subject 7.present a new idea or topic – build background knowledge 8.promote critical literacy 9.use as a draft to bigger research 10. creative assessment

RESOURCES

WHERE CAN I GO TO LEARN MORE? Here is a LiveBinder that has everything infographic: Larry Ferrlazzo keeps track of infographics with the “best of”: infographics/ Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Infographics is full of great info and sites to explore: This lesson is one of our favorites:

WHAT DO STUDENTS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT INFOGRAPHICS? The best thing about the infographic is when I finish it. It is a really good study guide for me. It helps me understand things about the concept better. The most interesting part of making infographics was turning our boring vocabulary into something you can visually see and yet it helps you learn. I think that the best part of making infographics is getting to understand the information and make it into a visual form that other people can look at to help them understand, and you can also look at theirs to help you understand. The best part in making infographics was using pictures to help understand everything. Pictures really help. Why do you like infographics?

“I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN”... INFOGRAPHICS!

EDUCATOR INFOGRAPHIC CONTEST Show us what you can do! Create a fabulous infographic on an educational topic of your choice and send it to by April 24. We will choose the top three and the authors will win an instructional resource as well as be published in our May Scoop!

SUMMER OPPORTUNITY IF YOU LOVE INFOGRAPHICS! This summer we will offer a one day workshop on creating and using infographics to enrich instruction! More information coming soon! Join our listserve!

THANK YOU! Thank you for attending! Many thanks to the teachers from Bentonville Public Schools for the materials they shared at the NCTE conference last fall: /NCTEInfographics.pdf

CONTACT INFORMATION Julie Joslin, Ed.D. Section Chief English Language Arts Anna Lea Frost, M.Ed. 6-8 English Language Arts Consultant Angie Stephenson, M.Ed English Language Arts Consultant Lisa McIntosh, MSA K-5 English Language Arts Consultant Resource: under “Webinars”