Tweet ”This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is Read more »
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Common Core State Standards and Visual Learning: Part 1
September 20th, 2011
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Tweet Since the release of the Common Core State Standards in June 2010, states across the country are recognizing how the outlined requirements of this initiative support high-quality education standards and are adopting them as their own. Developed by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, the Common Core State Read more »
Moving Away From Lectures: Visual Learning Supports New Learning Models
June 21st, 2011
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Tweet Scientific studies support many different ways of working with students to enhance learning. In one recent study that was published in Science Magazine, Louis Deslauriers and his colleagues found that learning focused around problem solving, discussion and group work had a higher level of engagement and more than twice the learning and comprehension compared Read more »
Constructivist Theory Inspired Learning
June 14th, 2011
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Tweet Constructivist theory or constructivism is a learning model that empowers students to learn through their own classroom-guided experiences and reflect upon those experiences. Let’s talk more about this learning model today, and how visual thinking and learning tools can support this type of learning.
Use Visual Thinking to Facilitate Critical Thinking
June 7th, 2011
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Tweet Critical thinking is one of those terms that is bantered around quite often when talking about the skills students need for the 21st century and to excel in academic pursuits, life and work. Yet, it’s probably one of the toughest set of skills to define, model and teach. Critical Thinking includes good problem solving Read more »
Visually Tell a Story
May 24th, 2011
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Tweet Every lesson in the classroom tells a story. Whether it’s the story of how rain evaporates, how dinosaurs became extinct or how the seasons change, everything can be framed in a narrative. In fact, there’s a lot of evidence that supports teaching with a storytelling method. What’s more is that you can couple this Read more »
Thinking in Pictures With Inspiration
May 17th, 2011
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Tweet In Temple Grandin’s inspiring speech on TED.com titled “Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds,” she talks about how – as an autistic mind – she sees and thinks about the world around her in pictures.1 Grandin describes the minds of children and adults on the autism and Asperger spectrum as being Read more »
Moving from Experts to Guides – Help Students Learn for Today and Tomorrow
May 10th, 2011
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Tweet Throughout history schools have been the place to go to if you wanted access to information and learn from experts. Whether imparted by a teacher or assigned readings from classroom textbooks, schools have historically been the place to get access to information and to learn the “right” answer. Teachers and students have traditionally lived Read more »
Visually Think Through the Brainstorming Process
April 26th, 2011
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Tweet So your students have sat down at their computers to begin brainstorming. They have a main idea in the center of their screens and maybe they’ve started to RapidFire® every concept that comes to mind on the topic. Soon their screens are full of words, pictures and symbols that represent their thoughts. This visual Read more »
