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brief explanation of infographics and how they can be used in a high school yearbook.
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An Example of a Simple Infographic for this Yearbook Class!.
People Who Do the Read-ing Every WeekPeople Who Glance over the ReadingPeople Who Do SOME of the ReadingPeople Who Say, "What Reading? There was a reading assignment?"
• So an infographic is just a way of sharing information (usually statistics or other numbers) in a visually appealing way.
For example, would you rather read this REPORT about dyslexia…or this INFOGRAPHIC?
So what does thishave to do withYearbook class?
Answer: Infographics can be used
to present extra information or a piece of a story in a cool-looking way.
Number of students
Who've re-ceived a speed-
ing ticket.
0123456789
FreshmenSophomoresJuniorsSeniors
This infographic could be an interesting “ex-tra story” on the sophomore class pages, since sopho-mores take driver’s ed.
What are some
Infographicsthat mightwork in a
yearbook?
But we can’t STEAL
other people’s infographics, we need to create
our own!
Assignment #1:Take a look at some other schools’ yearbooks. Find an infographic:• That you like• That might work in our
HHS yearbook if we put in our own data.
AND…
Assignment #2:Choose one of the “Awesome Infographic Ideas” from the Assignments page on the wiki and make it happen. *
* Full details about these two assignments can be found on the wiki on the Assignment page,