Infographics

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brief explanation of infographics and how they can be used in a high school yearbook.

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An Example of a Simple Infographic for this Yearbook Class!.

People Who Do the Read-ing Every WeekPeople Who Glance over the ReadingPeople Who Do SOME of the ReadingPeople Who Say, "What Reading? There was a reading assignment?"

• So an infographic is just a way of sharing information (usually statistics or other numbers) in a visually appealing way.

For example, would you rather read this REPORT about dyslexia…or this INFOGRAPHIC?

So what does thishave to do withYearbook class?

Answer: Infographics can be used

to present extra information or a piece of a story in a cool-looking way.

Number of students

Who've re-ceived a speed-

ing ticket.

0123456789

FreshmenSophomoresJuniorsSeniors

This infographic could be an interesting “ex-tra story” on the sophomore class pages, since sopho-mores take driver’s ed.

What are some

Infographicsthat mightwork in a

yearbook?

But we can’t STEAL

other people’s infographics, we need to create

our own!

Assignment #1:Take a look at some other schools’ yearbooks. Find an infographic:• That you like• That might work in our

HHS yearbook if we put in our own data.

AND…

Assignment #2:Choose one of the “Awesome Infographic Ideas” from the Assignments page on the wiki and make it happen. *

* Full details about these two assignments can be found on the wiki on the Assignment page,