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Visual Learning: From The Learners

10/5/2014

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Four videos
   of students
      Showing Their Work


Visual learning - what does this mean?

Most teachers interpret this phrase to mean that they need show their students videos, photos, graphs, charts, and other imagery in order to induce better learning. Cue PowerPoint! Boot up You Tube!

Yes, these are excellent methods for better teaching in the 21st century.

But there is another way to utilize visual learning in your classroom: Have the students create their own visuals. Of course, this idea revolves around mind-mapping.

Mind-Mapping: The easiest, most effective, and most underutilized teaching strategy in the game.

YOU can include this superb technique in your teaching practice! Tomorrow!

Click on the photos to check out these videos to see my students explain their work, and you will better understand how and why you too should be using the mind map in your classroom.

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1. Determine Your Purpose. Allisen takes you through a few of her mind maps and explains how each serves a different purpose: Brainstorming writing ideas, taking notes in a classroom, setting reading goals, and more.


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2. Begin With A Central Idea. Diana explains the mind maps she created focusing on music, her dream jobs, literary lessons, and preparing for a quiz in social studies.


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3. Radiate From The Center. Daniel shows you how to create branches from the central idea with his mind maps on running track, The Great Gatsby, playing in a table-tennis tournament, and aiming to make the paralympics.


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4. Be Artistic. Emily discusses pushing your artistic boundaries through her doodles, collages, and other pieces

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    Daniel Weinstein

    I teach AP Language and Creative Writing at Great Neck South High School on Long Island. 

    Teaching philosophies: Student-centered. Collaborative. Goal-setting. Coaching. Divergent thinking. Portfolio. Writing as therapy. Take Risks! Find your voice. Experiment! Freewrite. Poetry. Memoir. Editing. Layers. Deadlines. Frontload. Rap and hip-hop. Expository technique. Drawing. Art. Magic Markers. Mind Maps. Publishing. Music. Cellphones. Ipods. Wikipedia. Twitter. Facebook. Stay modern. Stay open-minded. Keep learning. 

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