infographics Archives - Ditch That Textbook https://ditchthattextbook.com/tag/infographics/ Ed tech, creative teaching, less reliance on the textbook. Sun, 28 Nov 2021 15:47:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Creating eye-popping infographics with Google Drawings https://ditchthattextbook.com/creating-eye-popping-infographics-with-google-drawings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=creating-eye-popping-infographics-with-google-drawings https://ditchthattextbook.com/creating-eye-popping-infographics-with-google-drawings/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2020 17:29:17 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=4891 Infographics are visually stimulating and force us to summarize well. These brain-friendly student creations can be a great change of pace for essays and research papers.  Infographics are everywhere. I first started noticing them on the front page of USA Today as a journalism major in college. As Pinterest became more popular, the long, tall […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/creating-eye-popping-infographics-with-google-drawings/feed/ 19 The Google Drawings Manifesto for Teachers https://ditchthattextbook.com/the-google-drawings-manifesto-for-teachers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-google-drawings-manifesto-for-teachers https://ditchthattextbook.com/the-google-drawings-manifesto-for-teachers/#comments Mon, 10 Feb 2020 14:31:05 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=5453 Google Drawings is a blank slate for your students’ creativity. Find lots of tips, tricks and teaching ideas in this post.Google Drawings is the hidden gem in the core G Suite tools for education. Everyone is familiar with Google Docs, Google Slides and Google Sheets. They correlate nicely with the Microsoft Office products we used for […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/the-google-drawings-manifesto-for-teachers/feed/ 11 10 ways icons from The Noun Project can impact learning https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-ways-icons-from-the-noun-project-can-impact-learning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-ways-icons-from-the-noun-project-can-impact-learning https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-ways-icons-from-the-noun-project-can-impact-learning/#comments Wed, 29 Jan 2020 01:28:33 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=5970 Icons can help students construct understanding and remember new ideas. The Noun Project has the hook-up. Here's how! (Icons via TheNounProject.com)Images are powerful and very brain friendly. The majority of people think in pictures -- and some think exclusively in pictures.  At times, including photos, illustrations and other images can be considered silly and unnecessary in education […]

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