Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Blog #4: Infographics
In the wave of the new Common Core Standards, informational writing is forefront in writing curriculum in the core courses (Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts). Infographics are a means for teachers to achieve greater visual appeal for students to grasp informational writing. More importantly, creating infographics fosters critical thinking, as well as a deeper-level synthesis. Share the infographics you found for math and science (link your pictures and tell what they are). Now share here how you think you could use infographics in your future classroom (using them as a model, as a simple informational text to read, as a method of response to a reading, as a tool for them to create for any activity, etc.). Be innovative and try to think how you could make it a critical thinking application in YOUR content area.
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Infographics are really neat! I did not really know what they were until I googled them. When the images popped up, I realized that I see these infographics all the time! In many of my previous school textbooks, I have seen infographics. I rely on infographics to help me understand the material in a summarized way. Infographics are also easy to understand.
ReplyDeleteThe infographics that I found were really neat. The math infographic I found was relating the food we eat and their portion sizes to the number of calories and distance it would take to burn off the food. The math infographic was illustrating that our bodies burn calories with exercise at a rate of 100 calories per mile. Therefore, for a Thanksgiving dinner, one would have to run/walk 26.2 miles to burn off all of those calories. The inforgraphic illustrated each individual food and the amount of miles it would take to burn off the calories.
The science inforgraphic that I found was illustrating the ecosystems of the world. It portrays a circle of ecosystems divided by those ecosystems that are on land, and those ecosystems that are aquatic. It is also divided up into percentages of the amount of land/aquatic species are present. It gives detail to the marine species, desert species, freshwater species, coral reefs, grasslands, and much more.
I will definitely be using inforgraphics in my classroom! Now that I think of it, I think infographics are what allowed me to survive my tough science classes throughout high school and college. I would use infographics almost every day so that my students will be able to see a visual representation of the material in a simpler format. Using the inforgraphics will increase their critical thinking and allow them to understand the concepts easier. I will most likely have them create their own infographics in the classroom for points. Maybe even create an infographic myself and hand them out for students to study as a guide to an exam. If I allowed them to create their own infographic, each one would have to use their own personal imagination and critical thinking skill to perform that task. With that, evey person's infographic would be different and yet, illustrate the same concepts.
http://www.newmango.com/infographics/inf/meal.png (Math)
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/92/52/00/9252009f78efaf6be9be6c435102d3a9.jpg (Science)
Mariah, I liked both ideas you used for the info graphics. I think the math info graphic not only is informational, but it also give real life application that your students will be interested to use. I like how the info graphic labeled the food by miles it would take to run to burn the calories, it takes a new outlook to math and calculations. Also, the science info graphic was really nice as well. I liked how it had the general ecosystems and also went into further detail within the systems. This info graphic draws in students as well with the detailed pictures. I also agree that info graphics help so much in learning, and I think if students could create their own on a subject it would for sure would add to their critical thinking, seeing what they find important to have and what not too.
DeleteI also had never really known what an infograph was until I looked them up. I too realized that I had actually seen them all the time in just about all of my classes. They are great ideas and will most definitely be a great tool in the classroom!
Deletehttp://visual.ly/10-unknown-facts-about-math
ReplyDeleteThis info graphic was for math and it gave 10 unknown facts about math. I would use this info graphic in my class to show the interesting facts that students may not know about math to spark their interest. I would hope that by seeing these unkowng facts, that my students would want to learn more about math in general. Some of the examples were that 0.999 is equal to 1 and it shows how mathematically it can be proven. Also, it shows the easiest way to remember the value of Pi. I would have this infographic in my class posted on the wall, so students could take a glance at it whenever they would like.
http://www.kidsdiscover.com/infographics/infographic-photosynthesis-for-kid/
This info graphic explained the process of photosynthesis. It shows how the sun shines down and the plants absorb the sunlight from the chlorophyll. Finally, it shows how the oxygen and water atoms come together to produce food. This info graphic provides pictures and shows in great detail how the process works. This is a major idea in science and the info graphic does a great job of illustrating it. I would definitely use this info graphic when teaching a lesson on photosynthesis.
I realized as well that info graphics are a great way to teach information to my students. I would use them all the time for all purposes because not only are they informational, but they provide pictures, and color to give students a visual presence. For my English class, I would use info graphics for models, and for multiple reasons. Some examples I would use would be a model on how to use MLA documenting because it is a common style student use on research and argumentative papers. I would have pictures of how to use in text citation, showing a word document and pointing out how to correctly use that method. Also, I would have info graphics on literary tools for poetry, from tone to rhyme scheme, I would have examples and definitions of how these things are used. Info graphics are a great tool for any classroom and content area because it gives pictures on how ideas work. I would have my info graphics be informational, but I would also want it to be colorful and have a lot of pictures to spark my students interest initially.
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DeleteTyler, I really like how you chose the 10 unknown facts about math. I think it's a good way to bring people that don't like Math to make them like math, by knowing and understanding 10 different facts! I think the photosynthesis is a great idea! I actually chose that to be my personal infographic! Infographics really help everything to be easy to understand.
DeleteAs Mariah said above, the 10 facts about math was very cool. I love how it gets students interested in a topic that is sometimes hard to get interested in. I struggled in math because I always found it somewhat boring, and also difficult, an infograph that is eye catching and interesting would totally help me along in areas that are difficult to me. Very cool ideas!
DeleteThe infograph that I found for math was a very interesting one. This infograph was over multiplication, and the different ways of being able to complete the task of multiplication. I had no idea that there were so many different ways of multiplying in math. I would use this in my class quite often. I am going to be a science teacher, and in science there is multiplying involved in many different scientific formulas. Having this infograph, as a poster, would be very helpful for when ever a students needs a little assistance.
ReplyDeleteFor science, I found a pretty cool infograph on whether or not you enjoy science, and if you do what types of professions you could enjoy later in life. This isn't a particularly scientific infograph in terms of stats and facts, but it would be a very neat poster to have in a science classroom. I would be teaching in a middle school science classroom and in middle school students slowly begin to understand what they actually enjoy. Having a poster of science related professions could help students get an idea of a what they could possibly be in the great field of science.
I would most definitely use infographics in my classroom. I never really knew what an infographic was until I actually looked them up. They are very eye catching and interesting to follow. I know, when I was in middle school, something like these posted up around the room would have caught my eye when I would day dream. I'd rather have my students learn something when they find it hard to pay attention, so, having an eye catching, informational, and interesting poster hung up around the room is very appealing for me.
http://www.coetail.com/kandrews/2013/10/10/infographics-in-math-class/
http://vizualarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Science_Careers_SEED_July2013.jpg
I like the math info graphic because it also brings a new perspective to the idea of multiplying and how it is used in various aspects of math. This info graphic shows the critical thinking and synthesizing that info graphics do for students by extending their thinking and applying it to various areas of a subject. Also, I liked how the science info graphic had real life application and could show students the importance behind the subject. I think we both agree that info graphics must be eye catching and at first draw students in so they can find an interest to learn the information.
DeleteRyan, I like how you found an infographic that was different ways of multiplication. I think it's really important for people to know how to multiply in many different ways to help them better understand the whole multiplication process. I also like how you incorporated different jobs and career paths for the science part of the infographic. I think this will show a clear understanding of what science professions are out there.
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