Using infographics is a great way to convey important information to students. The visuals are much more appealing to the eye than reading a paragraph on a poster. Infographics are especially helpful in the elementary aged students because many are just learning to read or are EL students, though it is not limited to elementary.
Easel.ly free account version is as basic as it could get. It does have infographics that are available from the public that you could personalize, which is great. The graphics, background, templets, charts, and video tool options are basic and limited. You could upgrade to Pro for a fee which should give you more options. I rate Easel.ly a 2 out of 5. It was most basic out of Infogram and Piktochart.
http://infogr.am/
Infogram has limited free templets as well with the free account. If you would like more options, you could upgrade to the premium plans. I rate Infogram a 3 out of 5. I did not like that it has very little templets to choose from, but the tools it offered were better than Piktochart and Easel.ly. Infogram allowed the user Giphy, Flicker, and SlideShare. In addition the graphics were better quality and has more options for elements.
The pros to Piktochart were that it provided a variety of templets for infographics, which were helpful in designing and organizing information. The graphs also had a variety to choose from which was a nice feature. It was easy to sign up for a free account and the tools were user friendly. The cons were that the photographs and tools were limited and basic. I had a hard time finding a good picture and I could not include a picture from the web. I choose Piktochart for my infographic because of the variety of graphs it offered. I rate Pictochart 4 out of 5.
This following link will take you to the infographic I created using Piktochart!
https://create.piktochart.com/output/56226970-infographic
Krystal,
ReplyDeleteI completely agree that an infographic is a much more appealing visual than a paragraph, especially at the elementary level. It can also be used as a "quick read" or "quick facts" for middle and high school.
Absolutely! Emergent readers and/or ELs would definitely be able to "read" a simple infographic.
ReplyDeleteI like how you rated each site out of 5 as I was able to easily see which one that you thought was the best. I think we can even use infographics with parents. They are a great way to quickly learn important information.
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