Infographics

**Infographics**
 Infographics are images containing graphics and text, including statistics about a certain subject.  **Resources for Creating Infographics:** []  Blog post about a user's first experience with Easel.ly

[] Use **Powerpoint ** by changing the Page Setup of a slide to create a larger workspace then saving it as a JPG. This would be a great way to focus on the content and processing rather than the new technology tool for a student's first infographic.

Use the **Pages App** with this 8.5 X 18 template on the iPad:

Guideline for Making Good Infographics:  @http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2013/05/06/an-infographic-guideline-for-making-good-infographics/

 Why teach with infographics?  Types of infographics
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;">Quickly visualize idea/concept
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;">Compact way to present data and information
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;">Helps students make connections, relationships patterns
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;">Helps make sense of complex data sets
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;">HOTS
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;">Research, results
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;">Process, sequence, or timeline
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;">Informative, persuasive
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;">Comparison

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;">Follow these Pinterest boards for Infographic examples: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #56187c; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; text-decoration: none;">[] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #56187c; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; text-decoration: none;">[]

Language Arts Informational Text - [] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; line-height: 1.5;">Kathy Schrock also has some info on using Infographics for Assessment - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #56187c; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; line-height: 1.5;">[|http://www.schrockguide.net/infographics-as-an-assessment.html#]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;">Debbie Boehm of Clear Creek ISD's TCEA 2013 presentation: []