I designed an infographic for my second ILP using a site called canva.com. The website is very similar to the Weebly site that we used to create our class webpages a few weeks ago. Many of the design options are drag-and-drop, and teachers can quickly customize the infographic with information from their lesson(s). The templates and customization aspects are very user friendly and easy to learn. The created infographics can be made public and/or shared directly via social media and email.
Infographics should be a great tool to use in social studies to create quick-look study guides and to deliver new content. The unique designs of infographics give the students something more to look at than typical study guides. What do you think about the infographic below? Do you think students would enjoy using something like this to compliment the traditional note taking and lecturing associated with history classes?
This is an incredible infographic for your second ILP. I never had thoughts about doing an infographic because it just seems rather difficult to create nor would I know where to start. Your graphic was clear, concise, and straight to the point. I'm curious about how you selected the design and layout of it or if it all just came together in your head or something you had to work with at first.
ReplyDeleteThe Canva site has adjustable templates similar to the templates we saw on the Weebly site for class webpages. I changed the colors, pictures, layout, and text to fit the needs of the lesson I was hypothetically teaching. It wasn't a painful process at all. Try it out!
DeleteThis is an incredible infographic for your second ILP. I never had thoughts about doing an infographic because it just seems rather difficult to create nor would I know where to start. Your graphic was clear, concise, and straight to the point. I'm curious about how you selected the design and layout of it or if it all just came together in your head or something you had to work with at first.
ReplyDeleteI did an infographic for my ILP as well, and I agree with you in that infographics are great tools to use as study guides. I think the one you created is really eye catching and if I were a student in your class, I'd much rather study print outs that look like this for my study guide opposed to traditional ones. I'm curious how you would rate canva.com to make the infographic? I used Piktochart.com for mine and thought it was super easy and fun to use!
ReplyDeleteI saw piktochart.com as an option, but I favored the familiar appearance of the Canva site. I plan to try out the other infographic creators in the future. I really enjoyed the Canva experience, though. I recommend it!
DeleteBen, your infographic is amazing. Yes, I think students would love to use this to study in a Social Studies class. I love the color scheme and design of it. It's simple and easy to follow. It would be great for a quick review or even an introduction to a lesson! I did an Edmodo and I think it would be really cool to incorporate an infographic like yours onto an Edmodo. Specifically, I was thinking of posting an infographic the day before starting a new lesson. Students could check it out before coming to class and have an idea of what is going to be talked about that day. Do you think you would use this in your future classroom?
ReplyDeleteI definitely plan to use this in my future classroom. I think History classes are notorious for being primarily lecture-based, boring classes. I like your idea of using infographics as a quick-look introduction. I hope to use tools like this to add variation and motivate my students more than the traditional history teacher.
DeleteI have always loved using infographics in school. It made everything so much more enjoyable and colorful, which is a major plus. They are great to use a study guides, and there were even times when I would use them for presentation purposes. I spent a lot of time making infographics in high school because I thoroughly enjoyed the process, and could definitely see myself using this tool in my future classroom.
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