Terry's Tech Tips

Spice it up!  Create a Course Expectation Infographic Think about most students' first day of school.  They start out in Advisory, reviewing a multitude of compliance documents and completing a form agreeing to all the contents.  Not that exciting.  This year, they'll receive their laptop in Advisory as well - very exciting!  The rest of the day will be spent in each class, getting to know their new teacher (inspiring) and reviewing course expectations (not as exciting). If you are thinking of spicing up your first day, you may want to consider presenting your Course Expectations using an Infographic!  The example above is based on a course that I will teach in the spring. Reasons why Infographics work: Infographics are everywhere on the web - with good reason.  Infographics play to our brain's strengths: 60,000 times faster Humans process visual information 60,000 times faster than text. https://images.app.goo.gl/82HPWapeQh5raZe...

Last week's post featured some research I had done on student cell phone use and the impact on student learning .  I created the following infographic: Click here for a larger Infographic view Why use Infographics with my students? Infographics represent a new type of digital literacy.  They tell a story relying heavily on visuals with some supporting text.  Whether you choose to create infographics for your students or have students create them as an assignment, research shows that: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/visual-content-marketing-delivers-results-infographic/116496/#close Research found the following impacts on learning due to the way the brain processes information: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/visual-content-marketing-delivers-results-infographic/116496/#close Because of these factors,  Infographics are 30 times more likely to be read on the web over text based pages: https://www.searchenginejournal...