Infographics in the Classroom


This page is a Webliography of resources mentioned in an article that appeared in Today's Catholic Teacher magazine. Overtime, additional resources may be added. 

 


 

Definitions 

     Infographic - This wikipedia article includes a definition of infographic. 

     What Is Media Literacy? - Media literacy as defined by the Media Literacy Project.

 

Media Literacy Lesson Plans

     Introductory Media Literacy Lessons for Elementary School Students - Center for Media Literacy

    Media literacy key concepts Introduction: What is media anyway? - Media Smarts

    Critical Media Literacy: Commercial Advertising - ReadWriteThink

 

Existing Infographics

     iPads in Class - Geoff Belleau's Pinterest Board of infographics for K - 12 teachers.

     Educational Infographics - Pinterest board, infographics for students

     eLearning Infographics - Searchable data base of infographics for classroom use.

     Data for Good - A collection of infographics designed to drive positive change. 

     8 Awesome Educational Infographics for Teachers - Tips and tricks for teachers presented in infographics. 

 

Tools for Creating Infographics

     RubiStar - Use this tool to create rubrics for designing infographics.

     Infogr.am 

     Easel.ly 

     Piktochart 

     Canva 

     Wordle - Create word clouds with younger students. 

     Tagxedo -  Create word clouds with younger students. 

      

 

Today's Catholic Teacher article