You can make an infographic about anything!!
Check out Cool Infographics to see many examples. Better yet, make your own infographic. There are many great sites that help you make them for free. Try Visual.ly or Infogr.am to get started.
You've been seeing them around, perhaps even on this library website. Infographics are the new cool thing. What are they? Infographics visually represent data, information, knowledge, and arguments. They tell complex stories by combining a variety of charts, graphs, timelines, and other tools. They synthesize large amounts of information and use visual strategies that make it easy for the viewer to digest and understand. Here's a sample infographic about social media and college admissions. You can make an infographic about anything!! Check out Cool Infographics to see many examples. Better yet, make your own infographic. There are many great sites that help you make them for free. Try Visual.ly or Infogr.am to get started.
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Unless you've been hiding under a rock you've probably noticed that Facebook is in the process of rolling out its new format called Timeline. It is voluntary right now but apparently over the next couple of weeks it will be mandatory.
There has been a lot of buzz about this; some of it is panic and others are downplaying the whole thing. What does it really mean for you? Facebook is describing Timeline as the story of your life. In some ways it looks like a resume - cover photo, biographical info and chronological posts and pictures. If you've been on Facebook for awhile and have posted some questionable/stupid stuff it will come back to haunt you now. The good news is that you can clean it up. The bad news is that it appears to be a tedious process. See the PC World link below for a description of how to make sure Timeline doesn't showcase bad decisions you've made in the past: |
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