Week #5 Infographics

This week I focused on creating an infographic. Basically it is data that has been streamlined for the reader to help understand the data at a glance. Without reading an entire article about something we can create multimedia content that shows a summary of an article.

Uses in the Classroom: 
The possibilities are endless when it comes to how you want to use an infographic in a classroom. As the teacher you can create a summary of content for students to see and use as a review. They could create one for a fictional book report or summary of informational text. I might use this one as part of my social studies unit that covers why we work.

Copyright:
All images are property of piktochart. Data used for this infographic is from Frank Tomas's Jan. 19, 2014 article in USA Today.

Issues to Consider:
This takes a lot of time to gather the materials in a way that can be turned into a sort of story format. With this simple one I had made it was hard to find ways on how to display this information. Students would need ample time to brainstorm, gather data, outline, design and edit.  I originally started with the idea to use my class data wall to see what they are doing and not doing but thought it might be a little dull for something so flashy.