Using Infographics (LIBS 602 Sandbox #3)

Today’s challenge was creating my own infographic. Infographics are a creative method of presenting information using images and text. I am not good at creating my own drawings, but the program I chose, Canva, had tons of beautiful templates to choose from. In fact, the hardest part of this challenge was choosing a template. I…

Teaching with Images (LIBS 602 Sandbox #2)

Over the years, I have spent a lot of time teaching my students how to avoid plagiarism. With what I have learned this week about copyright law, I can now teach them how to avoid copyright infringement as well. In order to do that, I need to become an expert in citing images. Therefore, I…

Word Clouds: A Useful Classroom Tool (LIBS 602 Sandbox #1)

It has been fun exploring word clouds this week! Word cloud generators take a word list you provide and cluster them into a shape using a wide variety of colors and fonts. I tested Word It Out, Answer Garden, Monkey Learn, Word Art, and ABC Ya to see which word cloud generator fits my current…