Infographic


Diana Laufenberg states, “Infographics work in the classroom because they grab students and allow an entry point to learning” and “allows us to focus on the information that’s important” (Schulten, 2010). I thought about this and realized that even myself as an educator would rather read an infographic of information rather than an entire article on data. Infographic are visually appealing while still depicting the important information. Therefore, letting student create them would be a wonderful learning experience.
Infogram
                       
              Pros
o   The layout was easy to use and provided animation features.
o   The infographic could be widened if needed.
o   There were free templates to use.
o   You can embed videos from YouTube

Cons
o   Provided Few free images/icons which makes it less visually appealing.
o   The nice graphics needed a pro account to be used. Pro account is $19 a month.
Piktochart.com 
              Pros
o   User friendly
o   There were many icons that could be used.
o   There were some animation features
o   Has an “inspire me feature” that shows beautiful creations of other users.
o   $39.99 a year for pro account (Which is about $3 a month) 
Cons
o   Limited use of templates in free account.
o   Can be tedious when creating from scratch.  
Easel.ly
               Pros
o   The layout is simple
o   $4 a month for a pro account.
o   offers webinars and tutorials for designing infographics for the classroom.

Ø  Cons
o   If topic does not fit into a specific theme, your infographic will be much more difficult to create
o   Can be time consuming
Untimely, I chose to use Piktochart. The reason I chose to use Piktochart instead of the other two platforms was mainly due to being able to navigate the features easily. I chose the article from the Pew Research Center’s Internet and Technology titled: Teens, Social Media & Technology 2018. 
Here is the infographic below.


Works Cited

Schulten, K. (2010). Teaching with infographics: A student project model. The Learning Network. Retrieved from
https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/27/teaching-with-infographics-a-student-project-model/

Anderson, M. & Jiang, Jingjing. (2018). Teens, Social Media & Technology 2018. Pew Research Center: Internet, Science & Tech., Retrieved from
http://www.pewinternet.org/2018/05/31/teens-social-media-technology-2018/

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