Infographics

Infographics

In today’s blog I will be displaying my infographic I created from data and information I obtained from an article.  I will also be discussing three webapps used to create infographics and which one was my favorite.

Infographics are visual presentations of information that use the elements of design to display content. Infographics express complex messages to viewers in a way that enhances their comprehension. Images are often an extension of the content of a written article, but infographics convey a self-contained message or principle.  (Adams, 2011)

Infographics helps the visual learner in your class. With the images and large text, they can easily decipher the information you are trying to convey. You can strategically place charts and text in a manner that will make comprehension easier for students to understand.

I tried three webapps when I created my infographic. They were Easel.ly, Piktochart, and Infogram.  After playing around with them I chose to go with Easl.ly.

http://www.easel.ly/ 

I chose Easel.ly because upon creating my account I was welcomed by an ample amount of free templates to choose from. It was very simple to make changes, move, and add text and shapes to. There were objects I could embed which along with the templates were completely free to use. It was very user friendly I like the simplicity of adding media from my desktop by clicking on media tab. I was able to change the background, add charts, and upload images. This was the first time I ever created an infographic, I must say it was pretty fun and easy thanks to Easel.ly.

I read an article titled “Vast Majority of Americans Say Benefits of Childhood Vaccines Outweigh Risks”. The article was very interesting, being a new mom after 15 years of trying and doing research on vaccines, I was drawn to this article. I gathered information and statistics about vaccines and used images and text to represent them.  Here is my infographic.

http://piktochart.com/ 

One of the other webapps I played with was Piktochart. It was also easy to use. This webapp did not have as many free templates as Easel.ly. It was also difficult to move objects around. It was hard to keep images aligned properly always had to readjust. In order to get more templates you had to upgrade for $29.00 a month.

https://infogram.com/ 

The third webapp I tried was infogram.  This was my least favorite because it had few images and icons to choose from. I found it difficult to modify templates that were free to use. In order to upgrade for more images and templates you have to pay $18.00 a month. With less images and icons to work with, it make you infographic less visual.

Sources:

Adams, D. (2011, March 25). What Are Infographics and Why Are They Important? Retrieved from http://www.instantshift.com/2011/03/25/what-are-infographics-and-why-are-they-important/

Funk, C., Kennedy, B., & Hefferon, M. (2017, February 2). Vast Majority of Americans Say Benefits of Childhood Vaccines Outweigh Risks. Retrieved from http://www.pewinternet.org/2017/02/02/vast-majority-of-americans-say-benefits-of-childhood-vaccines-outweigh-risks/

Schulten, K. (2010). Teaching with infographics: Places to start. The Learning Network. https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/teaching-with-infographics-places-to-start/