Overview
Overview
In this project students will learn how to create and share InfoPics by creating a "5 InfoPic Slideshow."
Goals
Goals
- Highlight topics about which students are naturally curious
- Develop our visual storytelling skills.
- Develop summarization skills.
- Empower students to think about how they can constructively contribute to solutions to BIG problems
- Discuss intellectual property and open media licensing.
- Discuss responsible media decisions / digital citizenship.
Preparation
Preparation
- Share the "5 InfoPic Slideshow Project" Google Slideshow with students via Google Classroom.
- Verify Unsplash.com is not blocked on the school content filter, if it is request it be unblocked.
Procedures
Procedures
- Review or introduce process of accessing assignments in Google Classroom.
- Go over slides in the "5 InfoPic Slideshow Project" Google Slideshow with students.
- Review or introduce students to Unsplash.com as a copyright-friendly, curated source of images for media projects.
Extensions
Extensions
- Invite students to share InfoPics on their Seesaw learning journal and Seesaw class blog.
- With gentleness and kindness, review infopics created by others and discuss how they could be even better / more effective.
- Show students how to create infopics using Adobe Spark Post.