Thing #20 - Visual Learning

I put a Bubbl diagram together on the topic of Triangle Proofs:

I also did a tagxedo of one of the Triangle Proof theorems:

These visual learning tools offer unique perspectives on educational themes - perspectives that are engaging enough to rouse curiosity from a student view - trying to "get" the message. As educators, we are competing for the students' attention, curiosity and time.  These tools are an additional avenue worth pursuing to facilitate learning new, and sometimes uninterestion topics.

The Bubbl diagram is a nice way to organize a concept overview and show students the links to related items and to tie those items together.

The tools are helpful because they are graphic, visual, intriguing and informative. The idea is to pique the students' interest and to increase their knowledge and understanding. These graphics provide a different pathway into the students' brains and hopefully open the right portals for education to occur. I can see me using these tools and projecting them onto the Brightlink screen during my classes. I can also see assigning students to put together their own Tagxedos and showing them to their classmates on the big screen. They could also be printed out and displayed in the classroom.



The screen shot of my Tagxedo reflection: