Infographics

I had never heard of Infographics before this assignment.  I can definitely see what a great tool it would be to use in the classroom or in the library, though!  I think students would love to use something like this in their assignments.  Personally, I plan to keep practicing with it.

The PEW Internet article I chose for this assignment is called The Rise of E-Reading (April 4, 2012).  It can be found at: http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012/04/04/the-rise-of-e-reading/.  The article contains a study about how e-reading is increasing as ownership of different electronic devices such as tablets, e-readers, laptops, cell phones, increases as well.  I included some of the highlights of this article in the Infographics that I created.  I decided to use easel.ly for my Infographics because it seemed simpler than Piktochart and Infogr.am so I figured that it would be easier to use.  I have a feeling that students would probably choose either Piktochart or Infogr.am instead because they seem to offer more features.   The three tools are similar in that they all start out with choosing a theme, creating, and publishing your work.  But they do offer different features.  You should probably just choose whichever one you feel most comfortable with or is closest to your own style.  You can take a look at my Infographics on e-Reading below:
                           

If you'd like, you can click on the link to see it better.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/easel.ly/all_easels/459351/EReadingRises/image.jpg

(Note:  The above figures have changed since this report.  In 2014, more people are using their tablets, e-readers, cell phones, and computers last.)

(Length of article:  20 pages)