Infographics

Infographics 

An infographic is a compelling way to share important information in an eye-catching and creative way. People tend to pay more attention to eye grabbing and simple infographics. There are several free web applications available to use to create an infographic, like Easelly, Piktochart, and Infogram. Here are critiques for some of these infographic creating applications.

Easel.ly

Easelly is a free online web application that creates infographics of whatever information you are interested in sharing. Easelly is user friendly with many choices like template, font, and colors. The tabs are set to the left and the page you are working on is shown with measurements surrounding. The menu choices on the left are easy to see and navigate. The infographic templates are bright, well organized, and very pleasing to the eye. This one is my favorite. I like the bright infographics and the pictures and text are easy to manipulate.

Piktochart.com

Piktochart is another free web application where you can create visual content in any form. The menu has choices for font, color, and templates. Some of the templates are more complicated with smaller and more bits of information. They promote it as so easy you do not need someone to help you use Piktochart for your creation.  It was relatively easy for a beginner to navigate.

Infogr.am

Infogram is a free online resource to create memorable charts, maps, and reports. There is an option to upgrade for a fee. When I started to investigate the web application it seemed pretty easy to read and navigate. There are templates to choose from, as well as fonts, graphics, color, and shapes. I found Infogram user friendly and had many options, even with the free version, for a user to create a product. The menu page seemed dark and boring, which did not catch my eye.

Infographic created on Easelly 

Sources

Weyer, M. & Casares, J.E. (2019). Pre-Kindergarten-Third Grade Literacy. National Conference of State Legislatures. https://www.ncsl.org/research/education/pre-kindergarten-third-grade-literacy.aspx.