Journal 3

Krauss, J. (2012). Infographics:more than words can say. Learning and Leading with Technology, 39(5), 10-14. Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/February-2012.aspx

"Infographics; More Than Words Can Say" shows us how teaching students to use infographics can be important in more areas than may be apparent.  It helps students meet the standard in any subject that requires information literacy.  Creating infographics requires students to make sense of the materials they learn so that they can share it with others.  It boosts comprehension by appealing to the visual aspect of learning to enhance what students have read or listened to.  Further more, it can help students with computational thinking, skills that can be useful outside of computer technology and applied to real world situations.  Infographs is also important now more than ever with our new technologies that allow us more information and data to share with our students.  This information is only useful if students can make sense of it, which infographs can do.

How can I incorporate infographics in teaching my students?
In my class I will have student both gather information from infographs created by others, and then create their own infographs.  It is an important to have students both use and create infographs in order for it to help students truly meet the standards it is capable of.

Why is using infographs a useful and important tool to bring into the classroom?
In using infographics in my lessons I can engage students about all different subjects in a manner that is less intimidating.   Students may also become more engaged in their own processing and sharing of information when they get to do so with a creative technology tool rather than the typical paper.