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Using Infographics & Evernote

Alexis Swinehart & Todd Miller

• Please visit http://padlet.com/wall/radnorinfographic

• Please list what you know about infographics OR any questions you have about infographics

• Define Infographics

• Explore their power in teaching & learning

• Analyze Effective Design

• Understand Social Media Tool - Evernote

• Create an Evernote Binder for Your Content

Hierarchy of Digital Distractions

Visual Representations

such as signs, charts,

maps, or diagrams that aid

comprehension of a given

text-based content.

TED Talk

David McCandless

The Beauty of Data Visualization

“Visualizing information, so that we can see the

patterns and connections that matter and then

designing that information so it makes more

sense, or it tells a story, or allows us to focus

only on the information that’s important.”

David McCandless in the opening to his TED talk, The Beauty of Data Visualization

• Eye Catching

• Tell a Story

• Identify relationships among data

• Build/Assess Knowledge

• Require Critical Thinking

• Keystone Connection

• Engaging!

• Confusing formats – Multiple layers of data

• Information can be misinterpreted

• Data can be manipulated – Beware of Author’s Bias

Resource

Resource

Comparison

Evolution

Status

Evernote Binder: Look at the examples and identify a few infographics you like and don’t like.

Use the following questions to guide your discussion:

• What is the purpose of the infographic?

• What story is being told?

• How are colors used differently in each one?

• How could colors, sizes, and kinds of object be used to mislead people away from the data?

• How do the words support or distract from the message?

• How is it organized? What is

the purpose?

• What is the story being told?

Summarize information

• Make inferences? (Hidden

purpose/Missing P-O-V)

• What doe you still wonder?

• The Do’s and Don’ts of

Infographic Design

• Coolinfographics.com

• Dailyinfographic.com

• Info Graphic World

• Kathy Schrock's Infographics

as Creative Assessment

• David McCandless

Tools to Create Infographics

• easel.ly

• piktochart

• infogram

• Many Eyes

• Visual.ly

• GoodLabs

• Designed for note taking and archiving.

• A note can be formatted text, a full web page, web page excerpt, a link, a photo, a voice memo, or a hand written ink note.

• Notes can have file attachments.

• Notes can be sorted into folders, tagged, annotated, edited.

• Notes can be part of a notebook.

Highlights Article

Shared Folder

Notebooks

Notebook Collections

Tags

Evernote /Infographics

Notes

Tags

Shared Notebooks

Notebooks

Tags

InfographicsLegos

Notes

Notebooks

Shared Notebooks

Individual Notebooks

Notes

Pick Notebook

Tag Notes

Clip ArticleClip Full PageClip URL

Clip Article

Highlight Selection

Right Click – Add to Evernote 4

Title

Notebook

Edit Tools

Web Clipping

• Organize by subject and add different notebooks for different classes• Organize by project with all notes pertaining to a single project in a

single notebook• Organize by tagging, adding tags for easier searching• Take a picture of the white board during class time and share notes with

all students• Easily share class notes, PowerPoints etc. by sharing a note with students

or parents• Store handouts, study guides in Evernote and share for constant access• Create and maintain electronic portfolios for• Student’s can organize and share their own notes with the teacher or each

other• Record lectures or interviews easily and review them in other devices• Collect web clips with annotations and share notes with other users