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Why use infographics in the classroom? Why should students create them?
We live in a visual society. Students are used to interactive stimuli that is all around them. Infographics:
- Will hold your students interest
- Allow them to present their learning in a new way
- Appeal to visual learners
- incorporate a wide variety of skills that require a high level of critical thinking.
- Allow for creativity
- Are a great way to assess student learning
- Present on a topic or issue
- are a new way to create a timeline
- Can present key ideas in a news article
Using Teacher Created Infographics
Infographics in the classroom are a handy and attractive educational or learning aid. Some ideas are:
Infographics in the classroom are a handy and attractive educational or learning aid. Some ideas are:
- Find infographics online and share them with the students. You could circulate them through the class blog, twitter or the class website.
- As a teacher you could easily create infographics to illustrate your topic area, giving the students an overview of the content
- Get students to answer questions based on an infographic
- Teach students to make interpretations based on statistics on an infographics
Infographics and the Common Core.
Language Arts
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.7 Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.
History
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7 Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
Science
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.7 Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).
Math
•CCSS.Math.Practice.MP4 Model with mathematics.
Math Common Core Infographic
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.7 Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.
History
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7 Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
Science
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.7 Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).
Math
•CCSS.Math.Practice.MP4 Model with mathematics.
Math Common Core Infographic