English 9 Regents
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Welcome to the 2017-2018 School Year
Project for summer reading
Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens
English 9
Mr. Borland
7 Habits
The rise of the infographic
Take notes on what an infographic is and why it is a useful communication tool.Show, Not Tell: The Rise of the Infographic
http://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/show-not-tell-the-rise-of-the-infographic/
Take notes on the origins and history of infographics and why they are so popular
Take notes on how to avoid making a bad infographic
http://blog.visme.co/bad-infographics/
http://www.verticalmeasures.com/content/what-makes-an-infographic-bad-how-to-make-it-better/
What is the biggest mistake people make when making an infographic?
https://venngage.com/blog/the-1-mistake-everyone-makes-when-creating-infographics/
After compiling information about creating an infographic you will
ü Choose the information from 7 Habits that you wish to communicate
ü Plan a creative design/layout for your infographic adhering to the criteria you have listed above.
ü Carefully choose the information you want to include
ü Use one of the web based programs to create, save and publish your info graphic or manually create/print images and combine them to create your info graphic.
Your finish products will be submitted to me electronically if possible and printed out poster sized.
Here are a few online resources for creating your infographic. Some may require an email sign up. I believe you can use your school email address as long as the site doesn’t require you to confirm it.
There are numerous additional web resources you can explore to complete this task feel free to dop so. Remember to cite any information taken directly from a source online or otherwise.
10 free tools for creating info graphics
http://www.creativebloq.com/infographic/tools-2131971
Venngage
https://venngage.com/?gclid=CPTP55rW_84CFYwkhgod9ysMbw