Are you looking for a game-changing tool to make your classroom materials pop? Piktochart AI Infographic Generator allows you to create eye-catching visual aids within seconds – perfect for study guides, lesson plans, and classroom presentations. There are many visual aid options, but this blog post will focus on the Infographic Generator, which includes five options: List, Timeline, Comparison, Newsletter, and Chart. Whether you’re breaking down complex scientific concepts, illustrating historical timelines, or creating engaging study materials, it’s straightforward. You can create up to four free infographics every month without registering. If you register, you can create fifty infographics monthly. Describe your topic by entering text into the chat bar, then click to generate infographics. After your design appears, choose from several templates to change the style of your infographic. Registered members can change images using the AI-image creator (free on the site, but each use does count as one 50 free AI credits), text, font, and more. While editing power is limited, this blog post will discuss ways to edit pictures. Finished products are shared using a URL, embed code, or downloaded as an image in PNG format.
Applying the Triple E Framework
The Triple E Framework, created by Dr. Liz Kolb, states that “effective technology integration begins with good instructional strategies and not fancy tools” (tripleeframework.com). Dr. Kolb wrote a book, Learning First, Technology Second (ISTE, 2017), which lays out the three main uses of technology in education: to Engage, Enhance, or Extend learning goals. We can use this framework to decipher why we use specific classroom tools. Here is a rubric based on the Triple E Framework you can use to evaluate whether Piktochart AI Infographic Generator (or any other technology) is a good fit with your learning goals and whether you should use it in your lesson.
- Engage in learning goals: The Piktochart AI Infographic Generator allows students to focus on the content and questions, enabling them to become active rather than passive learners. Students can instantly create infographics using a simple prompt or uploading a document.
- Enhance learning goals: The Piktochart AI Infographic Generator creates pathways for students to demonstrate their understanding of the learning goals in a way they cannot do without technology, as they can instantly create visual infographics.
- Extend learning goals: Dr. Kolb describes extended learning as an opportunity for students to learn, connect, and collaborate outside the regular school day and as a way to create a bridge between school learning and everyday life experiences. If students create their accounts, Piktochart AI Infographic Generator is a great way to keep students engaged during distance learning. Finished infographics can easily be shared via URL.
SAMR Connection
The SAMR Model, by Dr. Ruben Puentedura, suggests that technology implementation has four levels. Therefore, we can use this model as a guideline to analyze how we use technology tools in the classroom. For example, Piktochart AI Infographic Generator could be used at the Substitution, Augmentation, and Modification levels of SAMR.
- Substitution: The substitution level is the most basic level of SAMR and refers to when technology acts as a direct substitute without any functional improvements. An example of this level is using Piktochart AI Infographic Generator to create an image rather than drawing it yourself.
- Augmentation: At the augmentation level, the technology acts as a direct substitute and includes some functional improvements. An example of how Piktochart AI Infographic Generator can be at the level of augmentation is the ability for students to create the infographic in 10 seconds or less (creating it without technology would take a lot longer). You can also swap out images and edit text, offering functional improvements.
- Modification: The level of modification occurs when technology allows for significant task redesign. For example, the finished infographic created using the Piktochart AI Infographic Generator can be shared with the teacher or the students’ families using the provided link or an embed code. This sharing would not be possible without technology.
Take advantage of Part 2 of the Tech Tool of the Month: Piktochart AI Infographic Generator, where we’ll discuss using the tool and classroom ideas. In the meantime, let us know how you have used Piktochart AI Infographic Generator in your education setting in the comment section below.