Blog and Infographic Project (Activity)
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| − | In this project, students will learn more about an open source topic, create an inforgraphic based upon their research, and write a blog post reflecting upon what they learned. | + | In this project, students will learn more about an open source topic, create an inforgraphic based upon their research, and write a blog post reflecting upon what they learned. |
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|'''Prerequisite Knowledge''' | |'''Prerequisite Knowledge''' | ||
| − | Students should already know how to post to a blog (see Parts 1 and 2 of [[Blog_Activity]]) | + | * Students should already know how to post to a blog (see Parts 1 and 2 of [[Blog_Activity]]) |
| + | * No programming knowledge is required, making this activity acceptable for CS0 and non-majors courses | ||
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|'''Learning Objectives''' | |'''Learning Objectives''' | ||
| − | * To increase awareness of | + | * To increase awareness of the impact of Open Source use within society |
| + | * To work with someone at opensource.com to actually publish one or a few of these | ||
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=== Background: === | === Background: === | ||
| + | Increasingly, infographics are being used to summarize information on a topic in a succinct and visually appealing way. For this project, students will work in a group to create their own unique infographic based upon research into Open Source Software. You should not just copy an infographic on your topic that you found online. This is an opportunity to use your creativity to experiment with an increasingly popular format for marketing on the Web. | ||
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| + | This blog describes a number of free tools that will help you to create infographics: [[http://www.creativebloq.com/infographic/tools-2131971]]. | ||
=== Directions: === | === Directions: === | ||
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=== Deliverables: === | === Deliverables: === | ||
Revision as of 19:55, 26 May 2015
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Blog and Infographic Project |
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In this project, students will learn more about an open source topic, create an inforgraphic based upon their research, and write a blog post reflecting upon what they learned. |
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Background:
Increasingly, infographics are being used to summarize information on a topic in a succinct and visually appealing way. For this project, students will work in a group to create their own unique infographic based upon research into Open Source Software. You should not just copy an infographic on your topic that you found online. This is an opportunity to use your creativity to experiment with an increasingly popular format for marketing on the Web.
This blog describes a number of free tools that will help you to create infographics: [[1]].
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