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Visually Speaking INFOGRAPHICS Infographics are beautiful, stunning to look at, and help with creating and sharing information with graphics.  I have investigated three infographic platforms: Easelly , Piktochart , and Infogram .  I hope to share highlights of the styles, ease of use, and flexibility in an educational setting.   https://www.easel.ly/ Easelly provides a variety of ways to share information in a creative and hassle-free way.  I enjoyed looking at all of the graphics, high quality templates were clear and exciting to look at, and last but not least, you can share your infographics with your favorite people and educational clientele.     Easelly may be a platform to use to share data and pertinent information in a profound and visual  way! Check out their introduction video to see if Easelly will fit your needs!   https://youtu.be/EAUs-OxKCMc Catching viewers attention is not going to be diffic...

Instagram I have found a great way to share videos, pictures, and messages to reach out to families, parents, students, faculty, and the community!  It is so easy to add pictures and videos to share socially and get the word out about what you are doing in the library.  Capturing images, showcasing work, introducing new books, sharing via videos, and connecting with stakeholders will enhance your library program instantly!  I love it!!   Of course pictures of students would need to have permission, but I think students would gravitate to this platform as a way of being introduced to more reading opportunities.  W ith so many social network platforms, which ones do most parents and other stakeholders follow.  An individual would have to place all of these in one location and make sure all of the information shared is consistently. My handle if you are interested :) . As I find more activities to share from this past year, I will add ...

Feed Readers I came across an article that informed me about Feed Readers.  I did not really know much about these items and wanted to give you my take on a few that were mentioned and which one I would choose as a librarian.  Our campus is an Apple campus and my main criteria would need to be applicable for Mac computers. ** Feedly **  free and there are upgrades available for more features from $5.00- $18.00.  The five blogs below can be added without too much manipulating of the program.  Access to the blogs is as easy as 1...2...3...  Once the site is up and running the way you would like to to run, several of your viewers will enjoy the features of easily being able to learn about Feedly and want to create one themselves! https://feedly.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/topics/29951-about-feedly I enjoyed using Feedly free with a few features that are easily accessible within the program.   Other Feed Readers you may want to look into a...