How to Use Infographics to Teach Data in the Primary Classroom

Course Summary

Visualise Data in the Primary Classroom is a hands-on course designed to help teachers use infographics as a tool to enhance learning in Year 3-6 classrooms. Infographics are powerful for representing information visually, helping students grasp complex data quickly and clearly.

In this course, you’ll learn how to introduce infographics into your teaching, guide students in creating their own, and explore how they can be used across various subjects to summarise learning, compare information, and express viewpoints. You’ll also discover how to read and interpret different types of infographics and implement lesson plans to teach this valuable skill.

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You will learn:

• How to use infographics to help Year 3-6 students understand data, compare texts, express a point of view or summarise learning.
• How to read and understand seven different types of infographics.
• How to design, create and publish infographics in any subject area
• How to use a range of lesson plans to teach infographics.

Course time:

This course will take you 2 hours to complete. Enjoy it in one session or spread it out over a few weeks. You will have ongoing access via your personal dashboard.

Accreditation:

This course is mapped to the Professional Standards for Teachers. It is accredited for teacher professional development hours:

Proficient Teacher – all states and territories:

• 2.1.2 Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area to develop engaging teaching activities.
• 3.3.2 Plan and implement well-structured learning and teaching programs or lesson sequences that engage students and promote learning.
• 3.4.2 Select and/or create and use a range of resources, including ICT, to engage students in their learning.

This course is accredited by TQI for 2 hours of professional development for teachers in the ACT for 2025.

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Course Content

Getting Started

01.

Introduction

02.

Set some learning goals

About Infographics

03.

Our digital world

04.

Why teach infographics?

05.

Using infographics in the curriculum

Reading Infographics

06.

How to read an infographic

07.

Seven types of infographics

08.

List infographics

09.

Comparison infographics

10.

Flowchart infographics

11.

Visual article infographics

12.

Map infographics

13.

Timeline infographics

14.

Data visualisation infographics

15.

Blending infographic types

Creating Infographics

16.

Steps to creating an infographic

17.

Step 1 - Decide on your story

18.

Step 2 - Retrieve data and information

19.

Step 3 - Choose a type

20.

Step 4 - Design and create

21.

Step 5 - Publish

Your Teaching

22.

Teaching tips

23.

Cool lesson plans

Reflection

24.

Reflection

25.

Taxonomy of learning

26.

Suggestions for collaboration

27.

Congratulations

Course instructors

Mark Drummond from Cool Australia is your course teacher. He has worked in the education sector for over 11 years as a classroom teacher, Leader of Pedagogy within an Ed-Tech startup and as an educational consultant. Mark is an absolute science nerd and loves talking about dinosaurs as much as he loves talking about education (which is a lot)!

Sana Hijazi is a specialist Mathematics and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) teacher. She worked in the ICT industry before becoming a classroom teacher. Sana has also been an education consultant for ICT in NSW schools. She facilitates professional development workshops for teachers about how to better integrate ICT into the curriculum. Sana is passionate about innovative professional development that supports teachers to deliver quality education.

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