Task 1:
Understand the nature of Infographics
In
Learning Activity 4, you will explore one form of text types commonly found in
academic interactions; that is the Infographics.
In this learning activity, the term Infographics
is used to the commonly referred to as informative
posters. This shift in terminology can be observed as the impact of the
rapid development in ICT.
How
much do you know about Infographics?
Why is it necessary for you to be knowledgeable and skillful in working with Infographics?
A
Coming to terms with
Infographics.
Study these three samples of Infographics and complete the table that follows.
Click on the image to get larger view.
Complete this table
based on your observation of the three infographics above.
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Infographic-1
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Infographic-2
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Infographic-3
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Where do you think this
infographic can be found?
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School’s Bulletin board or website
for students
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School’s Bulletin board or website
for students
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School’s Bulletin board or website
for students
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What is the title of the text?
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M Study Tips
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10 Ways To Study Smart
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8 Top Tips to Boost your learning
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What could be the author’s purpose
for creating it?
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Offer advide on best learning
strategies
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Offer advices to study
smart
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Offer advice on best learning
strategies
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Who is probably the audience?
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All students
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All students
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All students
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Can you immediately get the
author’s message? Why?
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Tips #5 is not clear for me. The
icon M isnot matched with the message
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Not really. Tips #1, #7 and #10
need to be read carefully. The Icon used to represent them are not really
matched with the message
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Only sleep, focus, and exercise
icon are matched with the message.
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Can you find any clue about the
source of each of the ‘tips’?
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No.
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Yes. It is youthcentral.vic.gov.au
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Yes. Yourincrediblebrain.com
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B Read the advice statements below. Which
infographics suggests each of them. Put a check mark (ü) in the right column to indicate your responses.
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ADVICE STATEMENTS
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Infographics
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1
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2
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3
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1 Study in a distraction-free place.
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ü
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2 Plan your study well.
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ü
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3 Make notes of what you study.
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ü
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4 Discuss your study with others to get better understanding
of it.
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ü
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ü
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5 Refresh your memory regularly by doing quizzes or
exercises.
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ü
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6 Get to know about how you learn.
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ü
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7 Get sufficient sleep time.
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ü
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ü
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8 Eat only healthy food.
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ü
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9 Take regular exercise to keep you fit.
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ü
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10 Keep
yourself motivated to learn.
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ü
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C Based on your experience in doing the learning
activities for section A and B, which of the following statements is a
characteristic of a good infographics? Put a check mark (ü) in the right column to indicate your responses.
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1 An Informative Posters or infogrpahic is
a visual presentation of Information.
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ü
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2 It combines text and graphics.
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ü
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3 It is a simple, yet, well structured and well organized
piece of text in itself.
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ü
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4 It is visually appealing to readers.
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ü
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5 It has a title, presented in lettering that can be read
from a distance.
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ü
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6 It has sections that is labelled with clear headings.
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ü
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7 It contains text and graphics that are neatly arranged.
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ü
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8 It is supported by the use of relevant graphics that help
illustrate the intended message.
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ü
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9 It is supported by grammatically acceptable written text.
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ü
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10 It
has details of the sources used to obtain the information and graphics on its
lower corner.
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ü
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