I love infographics, but oftentimes, they are misused. When we try to change the standard "PowerPoint" presentation into an infographic, we miss the point of infographics. I'm a supporter of steering away from the standard "PowerPoint" presentation that throws all of the information onto the slide. This is especially true for students.
As a former high school English teacher, I have been subject to many regurgitated presentations; presentations that are so text and information-heavy that students get lost in their words. That's where infographics come in - they should be short and sweet. They should challenge students to get to the point. That's not only a hard thing for students, but a challenging one for professionals.
The tools below are excellent platforms for the creation of infographics. However, without instruction of the point of infographics, they too can miss their meaning and become text and information-heavy.
So, do it - challenge your peers, your students, and yourself to get to the point and share infographics.
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Upload your own images
Download as an image file
Share via Google + and Twitter
Search from a gallery of icons and templates
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Upload your own images
Download as an image file or PDF
Share with a link or embed code
Search from a gallery of vhemes, objects, shapes, and backgrounds
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Add media
Share with a link, embed code, and Twitter
Edit and customize pre-existing items
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Upload your own images
Download as an image or PDF
Share with a link or Twitter
Edit and customize pre-existing items with a huge gallery selection!
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Upload your own images
Share via Google + or Twitter
Edit and customize pre-existing items with a huge gallery selection!
A large gallery of pictograms and graphs to integrate with data
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Upload your own resume
Download as an image or PDF
Share with a link, embed code, Google + or Twitter
Edit and customize pre-existing items with a huge gallery selection!
Partners with Venngage
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Download as an image (PNG, JPEG) or PDF
Share with a link, embed code, Google + or Twitter
Collaborate with others simultaneously
Easily embed in other products (especially Google)
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For more fun tools & integration/innovation tips, check out Fennovation.org!
Good list of the tools to work with Data into the classroom. I would recommend tuvalabs.com as it provides real world data to explore and also activity to engage meaningfully with it.
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