Why Visual Communication is an Important Skill to Learn Effective communication is one of the most vital life skills we need to succeed. Conveying your ideas, thoughts, feelings, facts and information clearly and concisely has always been important — but it’s never been as important as it is now. Media is consumed at all hours…
How to Plan an Infographic Project for Your Class Lesson plans are an important part of any teacher’s daily work. Whether you plan your lessons months in advance or the night before, it’s important to keep them fun and fresh. Students respond to differentiation in lessons, and of course entertaining assignments and topics are always…
Teachers in the United States are fortunate to be teaching at a time when technology companies are increasingly offering their products for free or at a low cost to teachers for instructional use. Teachers interested in blended learning can use tech tools to give students choice to complete assignments. Tech tools also offer teachers the…
Thanks to all of the educators and teachers who joined today’s live training. We hope you learned a lot about the power of infographics in the classroom… as well as a few ways to start using Easel.ly! In case you missed it, or want a quick recap of what we learned, you can view the…
Easel.ly Crash Course: Now Available for FREE on Udemy If you’ve ever attended any of our live events, you know that we really love showing people all of the great things they can do with infographics. Anyone can use infographics, from teachers and students, to small business owners, nonprofits and more. Anyone who needs to…
Creating an infographic is an entirely new world for many people, whether you’re a teacher, small business owner, or even a blogger. You know you want to share data in a visual and engaging way… but where do you even find the data? Step #1 to creating a great infographic is finding data that is…
Recently, The Indiana Council for Economic Education offered 4th through 12th grade teachers the opportunity to have their students participate in the Indiana Stock Market Program. Here, students kept track of investments using a stock simulation and participated in an infographic competition. Students were allowed to choose from ten different investment-related topics to create…
We had a ton of fun with all of the great people who engaged us today on Twitter. The #NYCSchoolsTechChat raised a lot of important questions about how infographics can impact education. Since we know things get a little crazy during a Twitter chat, we created this resource for all of you so you can…
Technology and education go hand-in-hand, with teachers and schools incorporating new tools and software every year. With the introduction of new tech, however, comes concerns about comprehension, data literacy, and critical thinking. Kristin Fontichiaro and Angie Oehrli from the University of Michigan are working to address concerns about data literacy and high school students. They…
Watch our Teacher Video Chat Here and Read the Notes Below: We chatted with Jim Bentley, an award-winning middle school teacher in the Elk Grove Unified School District in California and National Faculty at the Buck Institute for Education. He’s passionate about integrating subjects through the use of filmmaking and project based learning. He had a…
Printing Your Infographic “How do I print my infographic?” is one of the most frequently asked questions we get here at Easel.ly. Because of that, we’re going to highlight how you can print your infographic step-by-step. We’ll provide directions for printing from your office or home computer and through third parties like Office Depot or…
Watch the Video Chat Here and Read the Notes Below: We chatted with Megan Schonhar, an English Teacher at Greer Middle College Charter High School in South Carolina and author of the article, Using Easel.ly To Create Infographics in the Classroom. Her article can be found in the Technology in Literacy Education blog by the Technology…
