Week 3- Digital Images: Infographic, GIF, and Collage

Created using Visme. An easy-to-use Infographic Maker.

Chameleon GIF

This GIF would be used to show an adaptation of an animal. Students could create their own GIFs of the animal adaptations as well. 

Mackinac Bridge Collage using Pixlr

Digital Image Lesson Plan:

Objective: Students will study an animal and use at least 4 photos to show it’s life cycle in an infographic.

During our animal research book clubs, students research one subtopic at a time. They will first research the life cycle of their animal and take notes from books and online resources. They’ll find photos using the appropriate Creative Commons licenses and create an infographic from Visme or Canva. Students will post the infographic on Seesaw and use their voice to explain their animals life cycle. All online resources and digital image creation will be used on the student’s iPad.

Application:

The multimedia principles that are seen in this infographic are the Signaling Principle and Spatial Contiguity Principle. The Spatial Contiguity Principle is seen where the text is directly with an image and number step. The Signaling Principle is evident where I have the steps numbered in the infographic. Unfortunately, using digital images takes away from the ability to use narration. I would rather use narration to explain the steps of my infographic and that’s why my lesson has the Modality Principle embedded in it.

Reflection:

The objectives this week really challenged the “creative” side of me. Using tools such as Canva, Pixlr, and Visme really made it easier to edit an image and create an infographic. I can see myself creating infographics to help study science or social studies concepts. Students can also use these tools to create presentations. As I’m writing this post I’m realizing how fortunate I am right now to have access to devices and internet at my school. I know that schools get some kind of discount when they purchase devices but I hope that devices continue to get more affordable for ALL schools.