This was REALLY fun to make! Once I picked my template, I just couldn’t stop! I have worked at Sterling Meadows every summer/holiday since I was seventeen, so when I found out we could pick any topic, I picked an infographic on this wonderful, locally owned company! If you live near Virginia Beach, you should totally bring your pup!
I used Piktochart for my infographic. I felt like their templates were the easiest to use. I started with easel.ly, but I didn’t like that you only had a few options. The challenges I encountered for positioning of images and text. If I had a wireless mouse, I think I could have finished a lot faster, but I left that at school! I think about that with my students as well, but I think they have more patience than I do! At some points, I was ready to throw in the towel because I would make a slight change and BOOM, everything would move! I finally figured out I could lock everything in place, so that definitely helped!
When teaching infographics to my middle school students, I will be very specific in what they need to include. I will let them design it however they like, but when it comes to the information that needs to be included, I will let them know what I want. I also like to provide them with examples, so this project is perfect to use as an example. I think this would be a fun review assignment; each kid gets an English topic, and they must make an infographic on what we should remember about that topic. For example, a student could get figurative language and make a piktochart on all the different types we have studied over the course of the year.
What I do wonder is if students can work on the same infographic at the same time? With google slides, students can have the same slide presentation up on their individual computers, and make edits at the same time. Can you do that with these infographic websites?
Natalie Pernites 
I like your infographic. I used Canva. It would be a great review project for students at the end of a unit. It might be a little difficult for my 3rd graders though!
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I really like your infographic. I also used Piktochart to make mine. I really loved all the templates they offered. I think middle schoolers would really enjoy making one of these. It would be great it multiple people could edit the same one. Perhaps there is something like that out there!
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I totally agree that a wireless mouse is crucial when designing infographics, slidedocs, etc. Ever subtle movement creates a huge change- intentional or unintentional! This is not only frustrating for us as adults but also for most of my students too.
I also agree that students need specific boundaries and guidelines for projects like these because it is important that content is integrated and it doesn’t simple become an art project.
– Lauren B.
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I loved creating my infographic using Piktochart as well. Once I found a template and figured out the nuances of the website I think it was really fun and easy. You clearly care a lot about the dogs and the company, so I am sure it made it easier to create an awesome graphic. It looks great, it’s easy to follow and very informative. Great job!
-Nick
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Very nice infographic! I really like the colors you chose and I think this would make a great brochure. Did you share this with the owners of Sterling Meadows, if not, you should 🙂 I wish I had used Piktochart, I used Canva and it wasn’t that user friendly and took forever to move everything around…at least I know now to use Piktochart if I do an inforgraphic assignment for my students.
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