What are these Infographics?

So I've been seeing these things everywhere online and I just realized they have a name and more purpose than I realized. I thought I'd share just a little bit of information about them. They're called infographics.

Like this one:


Courtesy of: Schools.com

What is an infographic? Infographics are found all over the web now. They are posters of information given in graphic form. Think Glogster or Prezi in one page/poster form. You can find or make infographics about almost anything. The neat this is that the fonts, font sizes, colors, and graphics can be manipulated to stand out on the page. This makes it visually interesting to the reader and lets the most important information stand out. It's great to include graphs or flowcharts too.

I think these could be very neat tools for sharing information about a unit such as biographies, animals, landforms, how to solve a math problem, graphs and data... The list could go on. And I assure your visual learners will be drawn to them.

I've just been introduced to this, so I am learning too. But you should check out these articles about infographics and these sites of graphics for you to use.

Places to get more information:

Great Article: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/teaching-with-infographics-places-to-start/

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/teaching-with-infographics-science-and-health/



Infographics for you to use:

How to Become A....: http://www.schools.com/visuals

Use or Create: http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/

Create 5 Free Infographics (very easily!): http://creately.com/

and check them out on Pinterest! (search for infographics)