While trying my hand at creating my very first infographic, I headed over to
http://www.easel.ly/ to begin creating! Using their templates made my job very easy. To be honest, the hardest part about this process is coming up with your topic. Easel.ly had a variety of "Vhemes" or visual themes that you can choose from or you can use a blank canvas and build one yourself. There were options for selecting shapes, objects and text (oh my!) I found it very easy to work with for the most part. I am not alone in my struggles to blend colors with their templates. It was hard to match my colors to what was already preexisting in the template. I also found it difficult to line up my numbers and text accurately. There is a grid tool that is quite helpful when attempting to line up text and images. Here is what I came up with to show our Top Read Aloud Stories for the week (Of course, you know I had to read The Giving Tree one last time!) ~
I can imagine using this in my third grade classroom. Students would need a bit of training and guidance in the selection of a topic and the best way to present that keeping in mind ~
- visual aesthetics (use and selection of colors, themes and images)
- utilizing the less is more principle
- representing accurate data
How will you use this tool in your classroom?
Wow, I think I might try that program. I used piktochart, and I really struggled. I also find it interesting that The Giving Tree is so popular because that is listed in our textbook for 642 as a children's book that is more popular with adults because of the theme it explores. Great infographic, and I cannot wait to try that program!
ReplyDeleteI gave up on Piktochart after awhile. Once I got the hang of it easel.ly was much more user friendly easier to manipulate for me anyways. I think my kids might have picked The Giving Tree because they knew the books we read were three of my favs for reading to kids (especially at the end of the year! )
DeleteI've enjoyed this blog but especially the infographic and your avatar!
ReplyDeleteThanks!! I am having way more fun than I ever imagined!
DeleteI used easel.ly as well because Piktochart seemed more difficult. Great job on the infographic!
ReplyDeleteYou and I selected the same template and had some of the same struggles! :) Great job. I like how you used the people image for your graph. I wish I had done something like this with my class last week!
ReplyDeleteAnne, I saw that! Great minds.... I needed something fun after two weeks of SOL Testing and PALS! Save the thought for next year. I am thinking--- Favorite summer book reads??? What do you think?
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