Digital Images

make action GIFs like this at MakeaGif

Use in the classroom or learning environment:

I really like the infographic creator and I think I’m going to use it in my French III class. There’s a unit where we discuss French actors and actresses and I’m going to include making an infographic. Students will have to create an infographic on an actor or actress of their choosing and create an infographic. This will be a prewriting activity before they write a formal biography paper.

At Ford we provide access to computers for students in several different ways. The media center is open after school, students can use them before school, and we’ve actually started opening the school up on Sunday evenings so students and come in and use the computers.

Application:

For my lesson plan, I’m using the infographic following the pre-training principle. They will create their infographic with basic, simple information about their actor or actress and then they will create their formal paper. Hopefully that once they created their infographic they will be able to better remember the information. I think that when creating the infographic, you must adhere to the spatial contiguity principle. The reader must build connections between the images being shown and the information that you’re trying to convey.

Reflection:

It was cool to go and create the meme, gif, and infographic. Although I’ve known about them and seen them for years, I’ve never actually sat down and created any of the three. I really liked using pixlr. I thought that was a effortless way to edit pictures especially with it being free. I know I’ll be using that site in the future for personal pictures or maybe when designing logos and images for our tennis uniforms or spirit wear.

We do have to think about how and if our students access the internet. With more and more materials like books, test, quizzes, homework, being online we have to consider that not every one of our students could have access to it. The area that I teach in is a mix of lower middle class to upper middle class. So, I see both spectrum and the differences between them. It is getting extremely costly to have broadband internet. It’s an expensive bill to have. I always try to provide language lab time to allow students enough in class time to complete assignments.