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The first online infographic service that will be discussed here is Easel.ly. This service at first glance seems to be more kid friendly, has easy to use templates, and guides the user through using this service. This service allows users to insert charts, images, shapes, text, and more. After playing around with this service I can see how this would be a useful tool for those who are just beginning with infographics. Users do not need an account with this site to create an infographic.
Another online tool that can be used to create infographics is Infogr.am. When looking over this site I noticed that it is more complicated to use and navigate than any other online service that I have used or seen. The templates that are available seem more intended for corporate use than for the types of infographics that I am used to, or that I would be interested in creating. Users need to have an account in order to use this service.
The last online service for creating infographics that I will be reviewing in this blog post is Piktochart. This service is very similar to Easel.ly in that it can be very user friendly, however, it has more options available when adding to your infographic. There are banners, text boxes, shapes, and more that can be used in infographic creation. This site requires an account for users to create infographics. The account is free and users can create their account using Google. This is the service that I chose to create an infographic for this blog post about Social Media using information from the Pew Research Center.
Your infographic looks great! I like the links to the books. They are great suggestions for learning more about creating infographics. I also chose Piktograph. I found it to be easy to use, except for when it came time to put it in my blog post.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the book suggestions. Definitely going to look into them. It's interesting how people are on Facebook as much as looking for a job or looking up health diagnosis.
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ReplyDeleteYour blog site is very lovely! My experience using Infogr.am wasn't good at all. I found it difficult to use as well. I will have to go back and take a 2nd look at Picktochart. You have persuaded me to give it another try.
ReplyDeleteYour blog site is very lovely! My experience using Infogr.am wasn't good at all. I found it difficult to use as well. I will have to go back and take a 2nd look at Picktochart. You have persuaded me to give it another try.
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ReplyDeleteWow! First, thank you for sharing the extra resources. I appreciate having the names and titles to reference. Beautiful job with your infographic. Perfect colors, easy to read. The data was interesting too...I expected to see more parents monitoring child's technology and not just websites. Great job!
Hi Naomi,
ReplyDeleteI was blown away by your Piktochart! It is so well organized and I had no idea a picktochart could be interactive. As I scrolled over the bars and the actual statistics were revealed, I knew instantly that this was a service I needed to revisit and become more comfortable with to add to my arsenal of resources over the coming years.
Very well done!
-Johtell
Your explanation of the various inforgraphics was very helpful. Keep up the good work!
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