Infographics are informational posters that provide research in a concise manner for students to understand. These are creative, colorful ways to convey a lot of information in a simple easy to comprehend manner for students in the classroom.Teachers can use them to pre-teach or teach a new lesson, summarize points in a topic, introduce a novel or author, present a topic, or present a book/news article review (Infographics). This project ties into component 1C because teachers can use infographics as a way to introduce students to a project they might be doing or to provide background information on a topic they will be learning about. By stating these things, the teacher is providing some objectives or outcomes they hope their students to achieve while completing a task. Infographics also allow for teachers to clarify unfamiliar topics to their students before teaching a lesson. This is a great tool to incorporate into the classroom and that is why it is included in this portfolio. There are endless ways teachers can use and implement infographics into their classroom. These benefit students in a lot of ways. Infographics makes information more accessible and easier to comprehend. They also help with idea organization and feeds into a student's tendency to learn by seeing and interacting (Infographics). Teachers can create infrographics using the programs Easel.ly, Visme, and Piktochart (Fecich). All of these programs allow teachers to create amazing infographics without much of a hassle. I personally liked Piktochart. It is easy to format and use. All a teacher has to do is provide the research and then they can have fun organizing and making it visually appealing. During the creation of this project, I had to research facts about Autism. From there I typed the information into Piktochart and formatted my infographic in a visually appealing way. If I could do anything differently I would find more information to fill in some of the negative space on the infographic. I might also choose another topic that is more relevant to my classroom at the time. In my future classroom, I will use infographics to introduce a book we might be reading and to provide quick facts about a subject my students might be unfamiliar with. This tool ties into what I am learning in Educational Psychology because infographics can be used as a scaffold for student learning. By providing quick, easy to understand information, infographics make great tools for getting students started on learning a new task.
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