Well...I'd say I have some work to do in the creativity department. I used piktochart to create my infographic. The infographic was designed to be used in my classroom. Young children need what seems like endless reminders to put away their belongings when they enter the classroom in the morning. I thought that creating an infographic might be helpful. It took me a little while to navigate piktochart. It reminded me a little of the program Pages. It's fairly user-friendly, but I need to play around a lot more with uploading more interesting pictures and graphics. The stock images they have (in the free version) are just plain boring. When I create my next one, I plan to use more engaging visuals (since that is the whole point!) I do think my infographic is very clear and easy to follow. I also think it will help some of my first graders in the future. They can refer to the infographic (or I can direct them to it).
As for using this with students, I think younger children would need some assistance with manipulating the spaces and images. The whole clicking and dragging move can be hard for little fingers. But, I think they could certainly help with the design of it. For older students, it would be a helpful tool for presentations or simply to convey what they've learned about a topic in a concise manner. If you can't be concise, you may not really understand what you're talking about, so an infographic would help students consolidate their understanding of a topic.
I like your idea of using infographics for class management. I agree younger students probably couldn't design one independently but maybe they could help with a shared project (e.g. the class could create one info graphic together and make guided design choices like choosing between 3 photos that they would include or between 3 color palates, etc).
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