Infographics

Easel.ly

I must admit I don't know a whole lot about infographics. Sure, I've seen them everywhere on the Internet, but I had never tried to create a document using them, or read about their history.

I really liked reading the link posted for today's "Thing". It gave me a great understanding of how they came about, and how infographics are helpful for learning, and for making documents easy to digest.

I decided to go with Easel.ly for no apparent reason, other than the name sounded cool.
I spent about half an hour playing with their site.
I created a fun page called "Redheads vs Blondes".

My feelings about this tool are twofold:

A) it would take a while to get the full functionality of the site mastered

BUT

B) it seems really useful for professional or academic purposes.
I can actually see myself using this for an assignment or a staff presentation when I become a librarian. It's interesting, eye catching, and a great way to sum up complicated information in a one page format.


Here's the link to my partly done infographic:
My Easel.ly