Using Infographics as Creative Assessments

As the old adage goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, and information represented in pictures can be very powerful. Information graphics, or infographics, are visual representations of information, data, or knowledge. Infographics ask for an active response from the viewer, raising the questions, “What am I seeing?” and “What does it mean?” Infographics are easy to read and easy to digest, and the technology to create one is relatively easy to learn.

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