My first attempt at an infographic:
Although I am familiar with graphs and figures from my day job, I have to admit I was not aware of the infographic explosion until this course (technology in the classroom). I certainly can recall graphs, maps, charts, and visual representations of data in the news. (Here are some sobering statistics.) However, I had no idea where to begin when we were asked to design an infographic about home-school communication. The first and only image that came to mind was a locked door--and the keys to open it. Not very original, but this simple visual meant that I could find the public domain images I needed on Creative Commons, and then draw together information from a number of sources to support my "point". Therein lies the problem. My infographic is offering some kind of advice, but not much insight. And the data that an infographic is supposed to help decipher was lacking. So: I thought I would go in search of an infographic that had the requisite visuals, content, and knowledge. Instead, it found me when I started using the news aggregator Zite and was fed the following:
