Infographic

I chose to create my infographic using easel.ly because I found that their free templates lend themselves to the data I wanted to use.  Infogr.am seemed pretty similar to easel.ly, but easel.ly appeared to be easier to use (perhaps because the demo video I watched, explained the site a little better for my understanding).  I liked Piktochart, but I didn't find that the templates would be useful for this particular data, at least not the way I pictured it in my mind.  I think I might like to use that site in the future, though.

I could see myself using infographics in the library for things like introducing genres, detailing what each section of the library holds/where you could find something in particular, and displaying book collections (i.e. Bluebonnet books or other award winning lists that students like to read from).  In addition, I think this is a great tool to use in the classroom, because it really helps students digest information found.  All in all, this was a useful assignment because I think infographics really catch students' eyes and portray information in a quick way, rather than giving out long winded informative literature.

Below is the infographic I created using data found from Pew Research Center.



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I chose this data to use for this assignment because we started out talking a lot about social media use in schools, namely Facebook and Twitter.  We've also discussed Tumblr briefly.  I found the percentages for which social media sites were most used, helpful, because it lets me know which of the sites would be most effective, when reaching my students, in the future.




Pew Research Center data found at: http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/04/09/teens-social-media-technology-2015/