TEACHING WITH INFOGRAPHICS CONSTRUCTING MEANING – REFINING THINKING

LISA MARIE JOHNSON, PHDLISAMARIE.JOHNSON@ASHFORD.EDU@KURIOUSMIND

18TH ANNUAL SLOAN-C INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE – ORLANDO, FL, USA

OUR FLOW...• Define infographics

• Explore their power in teaching & learning

• Explore effective design

• View a very select few examples

• Explore resources and tools

• Go forth and create your own!

WHAT ARE INFOGRAPHICS?

INFOGRAPHICS ARE...

Data (& Concept) Visualizations

Graphics showing information... Information – Graphics ...

NOT A NEW (TEACHING) TOOL!

Egyptian Stellahttp://www.insightdigital.org

WHY SO POWERFUL?

• Stereoscopic binocular color vision … our Visual Reality!

• A picture is worth a thousand words…

• Learner-generated content!• Constructing meaning• Refining thinking

DAVID MCCANDLESS

The Beauty of Data Visualization

http://www.ted.com/talks/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization.html

Points of Interest14:44 – 16:41

Critical ThinkingConceptsIdeasWorldviews

EFFECTIVE DESIGN

• Have a point... or two!

• Consistent color scheme

• White / blank space / balance

• High-impact visuals

• Data, data, data!

• References...?!

“Infographics: The Power of Visual Storytelling”http://www.columnfivemedia.com/book/

CONSIDERATION

Be Accessible

… Describe …

SELECTED EXAMPLES...• Good.Ishttp://www.good.is/infographics/

• Mashable.Comhttp://mashable.com/follow/topics/infographics/

• DavidWarlick.Comhttp://davidwarlick.com/graphicaday/?p=1197

• DailyInfographic.Comhttp://dailyinfographic.com/

RESOURCES & TOOLS• Word

(or other document creation tool)

• PowerPoint (or other presentation tool)

• Excel (or other spreadsheet tool with visualization option)

• Photoshop (or other graphic tool)

• Easel.ly http://www.easel.ly/

• Infogr.am http://infogr.am/

• Visual.ly http://visual.ly/

• And many more…. DavidWarlick.Comhttp://davidwarlick.com/colearners/?p=624

Create an Infographic with PowerPointAJ George – IconLogic – I Came, I Saw, I Learned

http://goo.gl/aL2u7

TEACHING WITH INFOGRAPHICS CONSTRUCTING MEANING – REFINING THINKING

LISA MARIE JOHNSON, PHDLISAMARIE.JOHNSON@ASHFORD.EDU@KURIOUSMIND

18TH ANNUAL SLOAN-C INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE – ORLANDO, FL, USA