{"id":319,"date":"2010-11-07T07:33:49","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T13:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opengecko.com\/economics\/info\/"},"modified":"2010-11-07T09:45:49","modified_gmt":"2010-11-07T15:45:49","slug":"info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opengecko.com\/geckoview\/economics\/info\/","title":{"rendered":"Create an Infographic for Millennium Development Goal 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is an infographic?<\/h4>\n

It is a visual way of showing information (data) data so that it is easy to understand. They help to explain complicated information clearly and quickly.<\/font><\/p>\n

An infographic can be a video or a picture (like a poster).<\/font><\/p>\n

Here  is a video infographic explaining the 8 Millennium Development Goals<\/strong> and why we need them. Watch it and notice how simple but good-looking graphics are used to show the information. .<\/font><\/p>\n

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You probably agree that the information can be easier to understand this way than if you were reading it in a piece of text or if you were looking at tables of numbers. <\/font><\/p>\n

If you want to understand more about the Millennium Development Goals and see more video clips like this, visit this page.<\/font><\/p>\n

Here are some still-picture infographics which are more like posters. They are not all to do with the third Millennium Development Goal, but they are good examples. Click on them to see bigger versions.<\/font><\/p>\n

Notice how pictures, colour, numbers, text, graphs and diagrams are blended in a simple to read and interesting way.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"time-online1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"womenintheworkplace_blo12\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sources:<\/strong> History of Women in Workplace<\/a><\/p>\n

 How The World Spends Its Time Online<\/a><\/p>\n

Who are the entrepreneurs?<\/a> <\/p>\n

The CEO Gender Gap<\/a><\/p>\n

The Gender Gap<\/a><\/p>\n

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Your Task<\/h4>\n

Your task is to create an infographic which tells people about gender inequality around the world. It probably won\u2019t be as detailed as the ones above (some of these professional infographics take several months to create) but making it should hopefully be an interesting way of understanding some of the facts about gender inequality.<\/font><\/p>\n

It is recommended that you create graphs using MS EXCEL, using the files listed under \u2018Raw Data\u2019 below. Try to make them visually appealing through clever formatting. There is also some interactive software listed below which you could use to make maps (you may need to take screen shots [Print Screen] of the maps once you have created them).<\/font><\/p>\n

You can find images to help your infographic online. You should always give the sources of images and data at the bottom of your infographic. <\/font><\/p>\n

It is up to you what software you use to put the images, graphs and text together but I recommend MS Publisher or using just one slide in MS Powerpoint (this is probably the simplest way).<\/font><\/p>\n

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What is gender inequality?<\/h4>\n

There are many was that men and women are not equal in today\u2019s world and here are some things to look out for when designing your infographic:<\/font><\/p>\n