Twitter wins again for CPD and collaboration in education

Apr 13, 2012 by Mark Anderson    6 Comments    Posted under: CPD, Everything ICT, Infographics

So it happened ‘like’ this.

• I followed @elearninglaura
• I saw on her profile she had a blog (good it is too)
• I saw a post on her blog about a tool for making your own infographics (Piktochart)
• I thought cool – @fullonlearning (who also has a superb blog) will like that and so tweeted her about it
• @TeamTait saw that tweet and thought – “Cool, I’ll have some of that”
• @TeamTait asked @ICTEvangelist (me) – “What could I make?”
• @ICTEvangelist replies “Something to motivate Y11 in the run up to their exams?”
• @TeamTait asks on Twitter “What sort of thing can I put in?”
• @holden_tight @StaceyReay @StuartMaginnis all reply giving fab ideas
• @TeamTait makes the superb infographic below and says anyone can use it.

I ♥ Twitter

Make your own infographics for free

Apr 13, 2012 by Mark Anderson    No Comments    Posted under: Cool sites

Thanks to the wonderful blog of Laura Knight (@elearninglaura) http://www.elearninglaura.net/ I stumbled across the brilliant tool – PiktoChart where you can easily make your own cool infographics.

The best thing is that you can create some cool infographics in the easy to use UI really easily and for free. Okay, for some of the cooler features you have to pay for a bit extra, but hey – the free version is cool nonetheless. I can see this being used in lots of subjects, particularly when working with statistics and demonstrating them in fun and interesting ways. Maths, Geography, Business Studies, Drama, Music….. the list goes on.

Give it a go!