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I love the idea of having students complete their own histories as readers. I used easel.ly to create my own. The website was easy to navigate; and since the templates were ready-made, it was just a matter of choosing what would work. I chose the walkway template because it mimicked the original.
At first, I had a difficult time. The formatting seemed very sensitive. If I tried to move things around, some of my other images or text boxes would disappear. After awhile, I began to get the hang of things. There were not a lot of choices as far as adding clip art and shapes, however, the choices that were available were easy to use. It was also simple to upload images into the infographic and adjust the font type, size, and color.
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I LOVE your idea to create a road as a reader inforgraphic! What a fun way for students to reflect on their reading choices throughout a school year or throughout their elementary years. Bravo! I would like to steal this idea to use in my classroom next year! I think your infographic is pleasing to the eye, easy to read and follow, and has just the right amount of information on it! Great job!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kate! I am planning on using this with my students next year as well!
DeleteI saw this infographic when looking for my own to post and I love it! The use of a road draws the reader's eyes across the document and the use of the book covers makes the information easily accessible. Your idea of having the students create their own would be a wonderful way to kick off a school year! You and I share many of the same favorite picks.
ReplyDeleteLike everyone else, I fully intend to steal your findings to use one day! I love that the "walkway" style sort of moves the reader easily through the information, that would be particularly good for young students I think. I used Piktochart, but after looking at your post I did check out easel.ly and I really liked their templates. I might not have looked into it more beyond scanning the tool link from Blackboard if I hadn't read your post, so thank you! I can see myself using their site in the future.
ReplyDeleteI think that, after looking at so many different examples, the infographics with the "winding road" theme are easiest to follow and appeal most to me. I love how colorful your design was. It made it fun to read. I love the choices you featured. Many of those title hold fond memories for me.
ReplyDeleteWow, this infographic made me eager to use one in 5th grade! I agree with other commentary about how the eye smoothly follows the path, flowing through the images and text. I thought the roadside signs were a perfect way to indicate grade level. The white road also made the black book titles easy to read. Loved it!
ReplyDeleteI have to echo everyone's comments. This is a great idea and I look forward to exploring this template as I chose Piktochart for mine. This will be great with my high school students since it will let me understand what they like to read and we can practice citing images.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the inspiration.
-Joe