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We transact with text in many forms.

Charts, graphs and maps are texts.

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Information

Graphics and Data

Visual Learning

(Infographics)

What are Infographics?

What are Infographics?Infographics are visual representations of data or information used to explain complex concepts.

Why Focus on Infographics?Students are consumers of large numbers of infographics and complex visual texts through online media.

Common Core ConnectionsIntegration of Knowledge and Ideas:

Grade 2 - CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.7Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.

Grade 5 - CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.8Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).

Grade 9-10 - CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.8Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.

PA Core Eligible ContentIntegration of Knowledge and Ideas:Grade 3

Grade 5

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Focus on DATA

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Types of Infographics

Visual Text (Poster)A Skeptics Guide to Meditation

Information Graphic(Contains some data)Ed Tech

Data Visualization(Complex data sets)The Antibiotic Abacus

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/09/meditation-skeptics_n_5954090.html

https://www.graphite.org/edtech-infographic

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/antibiotic-resistance/

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Information Graphic

Teaching About and With InfographicsGoal: help students distill the most important pieces of information from any given text and form a conclusion.

• What is the main conclusion or story you can identify from the graphic?• What do the numbers in the graphic represent, i.e. what are the units?• Where did the data come from, and how was it collected?• How are the numbers/data in the graphic represented? (E.g., does the

author use graphs, charts, maps, etc.? Do they use color, pattern, size, or position to communicate about the data?)

• What questions do you have about the graphic? What confuses you?• What do you like and dislike about the graphic?

Students should learn to analyze and interpret infographics before developing their own.

Infographic Examples

Looking at author’s purpose• http://

visual.ly/hamburgers-economics-americas-favorite-food

Comparing 2 infographics on the same topic• http://

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Beyond Cool:Transacting and Learning to Learn

http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20120620/electric-skates-require-dutchman