Infographics are all the rage now in technology, pinterest, and you can even include them in your classroom to spice it up. New infographics pop up daily on all sorts of subjects. from mortgages to ice cream, estimating software to infographics about infographics. This creates a great visual representation of concepts that you recently went over.
Infographics suit heavy information into a easily understandable visual snapshot of something that may otherwise be plain text, and can help widen the audience of a subject. Many of the infographics we see have been created for the purpose of marketing, but yours will be strictly educational.
You can have your students create their own infographic for the classroom. It could range over a story problem that they solved using different methods.
Below features the best web 2.0 tools to create infographics, whether that be the teacher creating the awesome infographics or the students creating their own.
A great site to gain more knowledge on how to design your own infographics is this link: http://www.queness.com/post/9942/how-to-design-your-own-infographics I have made a few of my own for next year, since they do take time to make right, since I use Visual.ly here is a YouTube video explaining on how to make them.
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