"The importance of infographics in literacy education is essential. Literacy is more than just reading and writing. Literate people can infer meaning, communicate with others, and capture ideas in many different ways. With infographics, I hope that educators can broaden our students' visual literacy."
This presentation explores the use of student-created infographics as an assessment of mastery of content knowledge. It also provides information on the 21st century literacies involved in the creation of an infographic.
Finally! The secret ingredient to writing a good book has been revealed. Plot Lines, the infographic from Delayed Gratification, the slow journalism magazine, shows the dominant themes in last year's books nominated for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. An interactive, zooming viewer available on the original landing page.