exploiting infographics - developing critical thinking

E X P L O I T I N G I N F O G R A P H I C S - D E V E L O P I N G C R I T I C A L T H I N K I N G

N I K P E A C H E Y

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Nik PeacheyLearning Technology Consultant, Author, Teacher Trainer



W H AT I S C R I T I C A L T H I N K I N G ?



– “ M I C H A E L S C R I V E N & R I C H A R D PA U L H T T P : / / W W W. C R I T I C A LT H I N K I N G . O R G / PA G E S /

D E F I N I N G - C R I T I C A L - T H I N K I N G / 4 1 0 ”

“Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing,

applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by,

observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action.”

T H E N AT I O N A L C O U N C I L F O R E X C E L L E N C E I N C R I T I C A L T H I N K I N G I N S T R U C T I O N


http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/defining-critical-thinking/410

http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/defining-critical-thinking/410


W H Y I S I T S O I M P O RTA N T ?



W H Y T H I N K C R I T I C A L LY ?

• The foundation of informed thought

• “Authoritative” and “credible” sources are no longer defined within the library

• Anyone can create and share information

• Information is and has always been manipulated to control



" R E - E X A M I N E A L L Y O U H AV E B E E N T O L D AT S C H O O L O R C H U R C H O R I N A N Y B O O K ,

D I S M I S S W H AT E V E R I N S U LT S Y O U R O W N S O U L , "

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E X P L O I T I N G I N F O G R A P H I C S T O D E V E L O P C R I T I C A L T H I N K I N G S K I L L S



W H AT ’ S A N I N F O G R A P H I C ?

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W H Y U S E I N F O G R A P H I C S ?

• Convey dense information in an easy to read way • Reduce screen reading fatigue • Less language dependent - more accessible to

lower levels • Vocabulary rich • More stimulating for visual learners • Images aid understanding of concept and memory • Academic skills of dealing with graphical

information • We can use them to encourage critical thinking



TA S K S F O R I N F O G R A P H I C S

I N F O G R A P H I C S



W H E R E D O Y O U F I T ?


Ask your students to find out where they fit in the information.


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P E R S O N A L I S AT I O N O F I N F O R M AT I O N


You can also use this as a mingle task by asking students to try to find someone in the classroom who fits into any of the same statistics that they do.


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FA C T F I N D I N G


Ask your students to find x-number of what they believe are the most important or significant facts in the infographic. Get them to justify their choice and explain why these points are the most significant.


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T R U E FA L S E S TAT E M E N T S

Write true false sentences to check students know what the statistics infer.


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TA S K B A S E D


This encourages students to think about applying information and making it purposeful for their own lives.


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P E E R C R E AT E D T E S T S


Give your students an infographic and get them to create a quiz based around it. Once the students have created their quiz they can use it to check the comprehension or knowledge of other students in their class. You can make this competitive and have teams to quiz each other.


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C O N V E R T T O W R I T T E N T E X T


Ask your students to take notes about the most important information in the infographic and then use the notes to write a summary. The summary could have some form of publication as a motivation, such as a newspaper report website publication.


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M A K E A S P O K E N P R E S E N TAT I O N


You can ask your students to prepare an oral presentation based on the information they took from the infographic.


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C H E C K I N G S O U R C E S


Get students to check the sources of any statistics mentioned in an infographic to make sure they are correct and that the sources are valid.


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E X P L O R I N G B I A S & M O T I V E


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Ask the students to find out who created the infographic and why they think it was created. This involves them researching the source and thinking about the relationship between the company that created the graphic and the information in it.


http://tinyurl.com/lyoj3b

http://visual.ly/sixty-years-bombshell


PA R A L L E L R E S E A R C H


Get students to recreate the research. Think about the questions that were asked to extract the information. Create their own polls and surveys.



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C R E AT E R E S E A R C HS U R V E Y S A N D P O L L S

https://www.typeform.com/


https://www.typeform.com/


C R E AT E R E S E A R C HS U R V E Y S A N D P O L L S

https://docs.google.com/forms/u/0/


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P R E S E N T I N G R E S E A R C HI N F O G R A P H I C S



D R A W. I OC R E AT E I N F O G R A P H I C S

https://www.draw.io/


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G E N I A L . LYC R E AT I N G I N F O G R A P H I C S

https://www.genial.ly/


https://www.genial.ly/


I N F O G R A P H I C C R E AT I O N TA S K S

• Infographic yourself

• Convert text to infographic

• Fan infographic

• Class survey

• Social research infographic

• Theme infographic

• Process infographic

• Historical time line

• Vocabulary map

• Grammar infographic

Nik Peachey | Writer | Trainer | Head of Learning - EnglishUp

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I N F O G R A P H I C S O U R C E S

• http://elearninginfographics.com/

• http://dailyinfographic.com/

• http://www.coolinfographics.com/

• http://infographicworld.com/

• Search on any search engine


http://elearninginfographics.com/

http://dailyinfographic.com/

http://www.coolinfographics.com/

http://infographicworld.com/


S AV I N G I N F O G R A P H I C SI N F O G R A P H I C S

http://www.pinterest.com/nikpeachey/boards/


http://www.pinterest.com/nikpeachey/infographics-for-students/


E D T E C H I N E LT N E W S L E T T E RK E E P I N T O U C H

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