Numbers are hard. More specifically data can be overwhelming for adults and students alike, and often times the delivery of new information can lose its intended effect if it is too difficult to read. Luckily, infographics have been a movement towards communicating important ideas in an easy to understand format. More then just a bar graph or pie chart, infographics can be used to convey not just statistics, but visually display a variety of facts to easily digest. This directly relates to education, as infographics and digital posters are quickly taking the place of more traditional displays (i.e paper posters...no one will miss the glue sticks...). Depending on the format that you wish to create your digital poster or infographic in, this also gives students the ability to embed digital media, not just relying on worn out crayons and fancy scissors. Ultimately, this also forces students to reconsider what is important and how best to display information and statistics. We already ask for students to chose the best graph to represent data, this is simply the natural progression, asking students to chose the best way to display all information. There are a number of websites that streamline this process, allowing students to focus on what is most important...pictures of cats. To see this type of visualization of information in action, check out the video below.
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