Infographics

Infographics are representations of data using information graphics and visual representations. They are everywhere on the web today.  Our society, with its decreasing attention spans, seem to drawn to these eye-catching, bright messages containing small, but relevant, pieces of information.  Infographics are usually easy to read, straight to the point, and usually contain interesting factual information.  Since people remember 10% of what they hear, 20% of what they read and a whopping 80% of what they see, the impact of infographics can be huge.  Teachers certainly need to master using this media in their instruction in the classroom and teach their students how to create their own infographics to represent information.
                                  
When students create infographics in the classroom, they are using information, visual, and technology literacies.  This can be created as a formative or summative assessment.  In creating infographics, students are conducting research which is information literacy, working on the layout for optimal appeal of the infographic which is visual literacy,  presenting it to an audience which is media literacy, and using the technology tools to create it which is digital literacy.  In the process, the students are demonstrating their mastery of the content that has been taught.

This is an excellent link to a site "A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet" and a ton of information on infographics:

 

http://mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.com/p/infographics.html#.T83jPr8zm80