Introducing Infographics to the Classroom

At the commencement of the unit into using infographics to present information, the focus was for students to gain an understanding what an infographic was, how they were used and what makes a great infographic. Students were not asked to find an infographic related to the elective, instead, they looked at finding infographics that connected to their personal interests (celebrities, sport, movies, geographical). Discussions focused on to content and the visual aesthetics of the infographic. 

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Students responded to questioning relating to the inforgraphic that they chose to analyse and interpret.

• Which infographic was the best?
• What made them interesting, content/design or a bit of both?
• What role did the use of colour, font, graphics and images have on the infographic?
• Were your feelings towards the information affected by the design of the inforgraphic?

Students identified the qualities to them that made a great infographic with the common themes included: infographics should be visually appealing and well presented; the graphics used look interesting; the information included interesting statistics and information/facts.