I had a great time making infographics. I love the genre because it is simple yet effective. I had a great time, but it was more challenging that I had expected. When it came time to apply what I had learned to a student project, my love affair hit a rough patch. How was I…
How do you get fourth grade students to understand the perils of sea voyages back in the early days of exploration? These students who hop on airplanes and cross oceans sometimes three or four times a year without a second thought. How do you pull them back in time? I chose the image for this…
The moment I heard that we could choose to make an infographic as our final project I was hooked. I’ve had Column Five’s Infographic app for my iPhone for months and compulsively check out the latest addition every day. As I found out, infographic artist have an incredible knack for making the complicated look simple.…
A literacy coordinator, an ESL teacher, and a learning support specialist walk into a bar. Just joking, we actually walked into a presentation. (I’m the ESL specialist in case you’re wondering.) A few weeks ago, two colleagues and I gave a workshop to parents of children in grades 3-5. Since many of our students speak more…