Infographics+Tools

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 * Take this quiz on Syria from the //New York Times//:**

@http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/09/06/world/middleeast/syria-quiz.html

=**For your project, you must do these things:**=


 * Pick a topic on a global issue that you think will sustain your interest during the duration of your research for your Capstone project. The fair is Thursday, May 1, 2014.
 * You must use Piktochart or Infogr.am or an Infographic creation tool that you approve with me.

=**Requirements:**=


 * Need to have a title that describes what your infographic is about, e.g. international poverty, AIDS in Africa
 * Information graphics are interesting because they reveal //differences//. You can show how something works, the evolution of somrthing, or a statistical representation of an idea.
 * Your topic must pertain to something relevant to a global issue and is school appropriate (no foul languages, no drug, sexual, racial reference).
 * Need to have 10-15 graphics (photos, backgrounds, drawings, illustrations, etc.) that help to promote the main idea for your infographic.
 * You must have statistics (numbers, percentages) be a part of your infographic.
 * You must use words to promote an understanding of your topic (usually, for every photo or image you have - you should have a concise statement to help your audience understand it).
 * DO NOT PLAGIARIZE.

=**I will be grading you based on these 4 questions:**=


 * Does it have a main idea or thesis?
 * Does the data support the main idea?
 * Do the graphics enhance and support the data?
 * Does the layout and design have a purpose; did you organize the graphics and text to communicate your ideas effectively?

=**First of all, what are infographics and why create them?**=


 * Did you know that of all of our five senses that vision is our most dominant sense? And that the area of the brain devoted to vision is the largest area of the brain?


 * People love to learn by examining visual representations of data. That’s been proven time and time again by the popularity of both infographics and Pinterest. So what if you could make your own infographics? What would you make of it? It’s actually easier than you think … even if you have zero design skills whatsoever.


 * Infographics are images created to explain a particular idea or dataset. They often contain beautiful graphics to increase their appeal and help catch your attention. Many of them use data visualizations. This representation is multi-modal in the sense that it can have different forms of text: flowcharts, diagrams, images, and many more. What makes infographics so popular is their visual attractiveness.


 * Data visualizations represent numerical data in a visual format. They can be anything from a simple bar graph to a complex three dimensional CAT Scan representation. Piktochart is a user-friendly data visualization tool to help everyone be able to communicate visually.


 * Piktochart is an online Web application that autonomizes the creation of infographics. Its vision is to allow the user the flexibility and control over what information will be viewed online.


 * You will be creating infographics to display the results of your Capstone project. The process of creating an infographic will test your skills in planning, researching, and distilling large amounts of data. Visual presentations are intended to communicate complex information, data, or knowledge quickly and clearly. By presenting information in a compact and creative format, infographics are able to quickly convey knowledge and engage your viewers. Due to their ability to present a huge amount of information in concise chunks and giving numbers/data a visual appeal, infographics are one of the best ways to share content. The ultimate goal is for you to present a lot of complex information in an easy to read format.


 * You will continue to use the SIRS and Opposing Viewpoints databases, as well as others I will show you to begin your research.

=**How to Create an Infographic:**=


 * **Pick a Topic/Collect Data:** Make a list of possible ideas for your infographic. Look at the worldwide news: stories often have unique angles that have not been explored by the mainstream media. Solve a problem or answer a question, explain a complex topic and describe the process of creating a valuable product.


 * **Idea Selection:** Is the concept easy to understand? When executed, will the infographic show something different? Are there credible sources to support your idea? Does the graphic get you emotionally charged? Can you narrate your graphic and use illustrations to visualize the words and ideas metaphorically?


 * **Find References For Your Material:** Use authoritative sources to gather interesting and legitimate facts. You will be using the SIRS and Opposing Viewpoints databases as well as other databases as they become applicable. I will teach you how to access and use those.


 * **Choose a Design:** The design of your infographic can make or break your visual content piece. Take time to select your background, color scheme, and graphs for your statistics. All the different sections should all feel part of the same theme. Background colors and images serve as layers of messaging that help blend the content with the graphics.


 * **Choose Eye-Catching Graphics:** People are attracted to visuals more than text. Types of graphical data you can use are maps, numeric statistics, timelines, and diagrams and explanations.


 * **Layout Your Information:** Laying out your information is a critical step in the infographic creation process. Make sure it is well organized and free of clutter.


 * **First Full Draft: Put the Pieces Together:** Check to make sure all of your content is present within the graphic. Check for the illustration’s accuracy. Is it consumable? Make sure the sections flow and connect with the main theme. Can it persuasively educate the reader about the topic? Can you automatically understand what the graphic is about?


 * **Provide Facts and Conclusions: Check, Refine, and Perfect:** Illustrate statistics. Make it simple. Is the most compelling information included? Are your sources included: check spelling and grammar. Does the theme work for the topic? Are the right sections included? Do the illustrations help you understand the topic/have no impact/or distract you from really getting the information?


 * **Edit, Edit, Edit:** Now it’s time to assemble your infographic. Similar to other forms of content creation, you must analyze content and design elements. Expect to put your infographic through an extensive editing process. Filter through everything and try to create a narrative. Define and describe the topic’s focus. Look for more information that you think will support and illuminate the topic and your infographic as a whole. Organize all the information in a logical sequence to create a gracious flow. Select points that would be interesting to visualize and group similar points together. Write the connecting narrative so the data points flow together from one section to the next.


 * **Share Your Knowledge With the World:** Now that your infographic is complete, share your work with the world via Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and at the Capstone Fair.

=**Common Core Standards**=


 * CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.7** Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.


 * CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.8** Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.


 * CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.5** Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.


 * 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.


 * CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.7** Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text.


 * 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).


 * CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.7** Translate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text into visual form (e.g., a table or chart) and translate information expressed visually or mathematically (e.g., in an equation) into words.

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=**Infographic Creation Tools:**=


 * Dipity**


 * Easel.ly**


 * Gliffy**


 * Infogr.am**


 * Piktochart**


 * TimeToast**


 * Venngage**


 * Visual.ly**


 * XTimeline**

=**Finding Fonts:**=


 * DaFont**


 * Abstract Fonts**


 * Ace Free Fonts**


 * Acid Fonts**


 * Better Fonts**


 * CoolText.com (interactive text/banner/button generator)**


 * Comic Font Generator**


 * Download 2200 Free Fonts**


 * FlamingText Fonts **


 * Font Park **


 * Font Pool**


 * Fonts.com**


 * Font Image Generator**


 * Fontspace**


 * Font Squirrel**


 * Free Fonts**


 * Free Mac Fonts- for Macintosh users only**


 * Freebytes Fonts**


 * Glowtxt (generate text with or without glow) **


 * Google Web Fonts**


 * Mike's Sketchpad**


 * 1001 Fonts **


 * OpenFontLibrary**


 * 3D Text Maker (generates static or animated text)**


 * Signbot (create animated srolling LED signage)**


 * Spell with Flickr**


 * Supalogo**


 * Textanim 2.0 (Animated text generator)**


 * Urban Fonts- from 3D to Western**


 * Your Fonts (to create signatures)**

=**Icon Libraries**=


 * iconbug**


 * Open Icon Library**


 * IconShock**


 * Softicons**


 * IconArchive**


 * Crystal Clear Icons**


 * Icon Archive**


 * Open Cipart Library**

=**Infographics in Education**=

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Easel.ly Tutorial

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The Common Core Connection

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Infographics Rubric

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 * Infographics in Education**


 * Ways to Teach Using Infographics**


 * Teaching with Infographics** **Infographics in Education**


 * Using Infographics in Class**


 * Infographics in Education**


 * 5 Great Tools for Creating Your Own Educational Infographics**


 * 19 Great Tools to Create Educational Infographics**


 * Resources for Infographics as a Creative Assessment**


 * Infographics for Librarians, Educators, and Other Cool Geeks**


 * Infographics Tools: How to Make Beautiful Visualisations**


 * Integrating Infographics Into the iClassroom**


 * Why Infographics Should Be Used in Education**


 * Teaching Infographics**


 * Lesson: Creating Infographics for Earth Day**


 * Create Infographics with Piktochart**


 * Five Free Tools for Creating Educational Infographics**


 * A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet: Infographics**


 * Critical Thinking via Infographics**


 * Creating Infographics in the Classroom**


 * The Do's and Don'ts of Infographic Design**


 * Data Visualized: More on Teaching with Infographics**


 * How to Turn Infographics in Effective Teaching Tools**


 * TeachersFirst's Resources for Infographics**


 * Teaching with Infographics**


 * 5 Infographics to Teach You How to Easily Create Infographics**


 * Teaching with Infographics**


 * Student Designed Infographics: Process and Product**


 * A Primer on Infographics in the Classroom**


 * Infographic Lesson Plan Page for Teachers**


 * Infographics in Education**

=**Infographics Lesson Plans**=


 * A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words**


 * Infographic Lesson Plan**


 * A Picture is Worth 1,000 Gigabytes**


 * How to Turn Infographics Into Effective Teaching Tools**


 * Engaging With Infographics**


 * 5 Lessons With Infographics**


 * Translating an Essay into an Infographic**


 * Infographics Lesson Plans**


 * Exploring Infographics**


 * A Primer on Infographics in the Classroom**


 * How to Use Infographics as a Teaching Tool**


 * How To Create Your Own ELT Infographic**


 * Infographic Project - 3rd Grade**


 * Infographic on Engrade Wiki**


 * Infographics from Creative Educator**


 * Infographics from Natomas Charter**


 * Info-What? Developing Visual Literacy Through Infographics**


 * More Than Words Can Say**


 * Infographic Rubric for Student Projects**


 * Create an Infographic For Your Classroom**


 * Let's Get Visual: Lesson Plan**


 * 3 Infographics Tools That You and Your Students Should Be Using**


 * Tell Your Library Story With Infographics**


 * Piktochart: Create Your Own Infographics**

Lesson Plan: Syria: Infographic from PBS

=**Creating with Piktochart**=


 * Tutorial Piktochart**


 * My Startup Story of Piktochart**


 * How to Publish and E-mail Me Your Piktocharts**


 * Using Piktochart in Class**


 * My Infographics Obsession: Piktochart**


 * 3 CCSS-Friendly Digital Tools**


 * My Teaching Piktochart**


 * How To Use Piktochart in the Classroom**


 * Piktochart: Create Great Infographics for Free**


 * Piktochart: Create Professional Looking Infographics the Easy Way**


 * Infographics Project: Lessons Learned from Piktochart**


 * Want Infographics? Try Piktochart!**


 * Teach With Data Visualization: Infographics**


 * Great Infographic of a Syllabus**


 * Anatomy of an Infographic**


 * Infographics in Practice**


 * 5 Tech-Friendly Lessons to Encourage Higher Order Thinking**


 * Is a Picture Worth $2,500.? Understanding Facts Visually**


 * Infographics Made Easy With Piktochart**


 * How to Make an Infographic Using Piktochart**


 * Piktochart's Latest Version**


 * Vimeo: Creating Infographics with Piktochart**


 * Create Customized Infographics with Piktochart**


 * Creating Infographics with Piktochart**


 * Impactful Infographics with Piktochart**


 * Create an Infographics for Free (Seriously)**


 * Infographic Creation Made Easy with Piktochart**


 * Create Your Infographic in 30 Minutes with Magic Piktochart**


 * Creating an Infographic: Nuts and Bolts**


 * How Do You Create and Infographic? Try Piktochart**


 * Directions: Piktochart: Getting Started!**


 * Piktochart: Creating Infographics in 30 Mintues**


 * Web Tools for Schools: Piktochart**


 * WOW: Piktochart.com**


 * Piktochart on Prezi**


 * How Create Infographics with Piktochart**


 * Piktochart: Best Infographic Tool**


 * Piktochart: Create More Cool Infographics**


 * Creating Your Own Infographics**


 * Piktochart: Create Your Own Infographics Drag and Drop Style**


 * Data Visualization with Piktochart** *

=**Infogr.am**=

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