Daily Infographic: A Source for Visual Texts

Adult education learners need to know how to interpret infographics to navigate daily living. Infographics are in pamphlets, in videos and on social media, and they are on the GED test and other assessments. Furthermore, because of their pictorial representations, infographics can help learners understand complex information. 

Daily Infographic is a website that does just what it says–each day it posts a new infographic. Visit the site to see the new daily infographic or sign up to have it emailed to you. Search the archives by topic, including health, education, crime, entertainment, holidays and more. Each infographic is followed by a detailed text explanation for tutor or teacher background information. 

Examples from Daily Infographic

The Three Different Types of Curry

6 Tips to Take Control of Your Anxiety

How to Spot Fake News

The 14 Plant-Based Protein Sources

Top 10 Most Popular Apps Worldwide

4 Types of Self Care Everyone Needs

Activities for Infographics

• Before showing learners the infographic, give them the title and have them make predictions about what the infographic will look like and what it will say.
• Hide the text of the infographic and let learners guess what the text says.
• Learners give an oral summary of the infographic or explain it to a partner. 
• Learners talk about what they might change about or add to the infographic.
• Learners make infographics. They could be edited versions of the infographics they looked at in class or ones they create fully themselves. They could do this with paper and scissors or with the digital tools that Daily Infographic suggests. 

Thanks to Lizelena Iglesias for sharing Daily Infographic as a part of her keynote session at ATLAS’s 2024 Language and Literacy Institute. 

For questions or comments about this Tutor Tip, contact Tutor Training Coordinator Meghan Boyle at mboyle@literacymn.org.