Infographics
in education
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Leslie Barrett
Education Specialist: Technology & Library Media Services
ESC Region 13
Email: leslie.barrett@esc13.txed.net
Twitter: @lesliebarrett13
Objectives
Define
What is an infographic?
Explain
What is the education connection?
Explore
How would I do this?
1. What are Infographics?
Definition, Usage and Popularity of Infographics From Speckboy Design Magazine
Library Research Service - Colorado Study
Library Impact Study
School Libraries and Student Achievement Infographic
From Library Research Service
Example Analysis
- What is the main message of this infographic?
- What types of visuals does the infographic use?
- In what ways might this infographic (or one like it) support student learning?
The Great Gatsby Character Map
From Visual.ly
Anatomy of a Scene
From PBS
Checkpoint
What are you thinking?
- connections to yourself
- connections to your work
- connections to student learning
- connections to your teachers
- other connections
2. Why use infographics in education?
TEKS Mini Tour
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ELAR Writing Strand K-12
Students compose a variety of written texts with a clear controlling idea, coherent organization, and sufficient detail.
ELAR Research Strand K-12
Students are expected to know how to locate a range of relevant sources and evaluate, synthesize, and present ideas and information.
ELAR Media Literacy TEKS K-12
Students use comprehension skills to analyze how words, images, graphics and sounds work together in various forms to impact meaning.
Social Studies TEKS K-12 (in some form or fashion)
Analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause and effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, drawing inferences and conclusions.
Science TEKS
- K-2 Record and organize data using pictures, numbers and words
- 3.2C Construct maps, graphic organizers, simple tables, charts, and bar graphs using tools and current technology to organize, examine and evaluate measured data.
- 6.2 E Analyze data to formulate reasonable explanations, communicate valid conclusions supported by the data, and predict trends.
Math TEKS
- Can infographics help support student understanding of math concepts?
TEKS Snapshots and Process Standards
Easy to read format from Lead4ward
Marzano's High Yield Instructional Strategies
In the book Classroom Instruction That Works, Robert Marzano (and friends) identifies nine strategies that have positive effects on student achievement. Those nine strategies include:
- Identifying similarities and differences
- Summarizing and note taking
- Reinforcing effort and providing recognition
- Homework and practice
- Non-linguistic respresentations
- Cooperative learning
- Setting objectives and providing feedback
- Generating and testing hypotheses
- Questions, cues and advance organizers
Marzano's Strategies Summarized
Created by Jim Shipley & Associates (www.jimshipley.net)
Marzano's 9 Infographic
My first real infographic...
Checkpoint
- What are you thinking?
- What connections are you making between infographics and education?
Classroom Examples
Infographics as Assessments for Nonfiction Reading
From Getting Smart and Susan Lucille Davis
How Real Kids Create Infographics
From Edsurge and Kerry Gallagher
3. How Does This Work?
Library PR: Publicize your library statistics!
Better: give the stats to students and let them create an infographic for you!
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