Work of Art with Piktochart

Art and visuals are important things to have in the classroom. They help visual learners and young students to learn about new things, and having posters in the classroom help remind students about certain topics. This week I used Piktochart, an online infographic maker. Although the templates seem to be more for business infographics with lots of data I used it to create a set of classroom rules for a Pre-K or Kindergarten class. You can see it here.

The website was actually very easy to use. When you make your first infographic the website will show you how to do certain things as you start to explore the page. There are also different templates you can choose from to create an infographic. There are ones for free and if you upgrade to the Pro version there are more templates to choose from and also you can choose a color scheme. With Piktochart you can also create a presentation or a poster to print out. I think that the website is so easy to use because it has a toolbar at the top and when you hover over each button it tells you what it does.

Teachers could definitely use this website to create their own posters, presentations, or infographics for their classes. At the same time, students could use Piktochart for a project about a certain topic. Since it is so easy to use I think that possibly 3rd or 4th graders could figure it out but if assistance is needed the teacher can help out.

Overall, Piktochart was such an amazing website to use because of its easy use. I really enjoyed using it and I hope to use it for different projects in the future.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Summary of Learning

Taking this course, Principles of Instructional Technologies, has really showed me how much effect I can have on my students. I've learned about so many new technology tools that I had never heard of before that could really benefit me in the future. I've also read about important topics related to technology like a Professional Learning Network and about digital citizenship. To show how some of the topics of this course connected I created a graphic on Canva . All of these topics are related and are important in the use of technology. Summary of Learning by Isabel Gabin The biggest thing that I learned from this class is the importance of sharing what you are doing online for the benefit of others. Using a blog, like this one, or Twitter to share what you are doing in your classroom and your ideas about education is so important. It not only benefits other teachers, but it also benefits their students. I think that it's amazing to know that people all over the worl...
Read more

Food Groups!

Hello all. This week I created a resource to teach food groups to kids. I found images and used Microsoft Word to create an image to upload to Thinglink . Although the free version of Thinglink is very limiting I worked around it. I used information from the MyPlate teacher resources website  to create my Thinglink. Check out my post on my teacher blog  for more information about how I would use this resource in the classroom.
Read more

Healthy vs. Unhealthy Foods Activity

Hello everyone. This week I created a Quizlet  to test students' knowledge on the difference between healthy and unhealthy foods. Quizlet is a great website for digital flashcards but I used it for this part of my lesson plan as an online matching game. Check out my teacher blog post here  for more information.
Read more