A presentation by Lisa Stevens delivered at the Practical Pedagogies conference at IST 3rd and 4th November 2016 about sketchnoting/visual note taking from the point of view of an educator; why use it, examples of how to use it and how to do it!
3. What is sketch
noting?
“Sketchnotes are purposeful
doodling while listening to
something interesting.
Sketchnotes don't require high
drawing skills, but do require a
skill to visually synthesize and
summarize via shapes,
connectors, and text.
Sketchnotes are as much a
method of note taking as they are
a form of creative expression.”
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33. ‘How to’ guidance
Verbal to Visual classroom -Youtube tutorials
Mike Rohde’s Sketchnote Handbook
Sylvia Duckworth Sketchnoting and Beginner’s Guide to
Sketchnoting (on an iPad) plus
https://sylviaduckworth.com/sketchnotes/
Sketchnote Scribes Google+ community
Wendi Pillars 4 quick mythbusters about using visual notes in
the classroom
Tips and tools to improve student note taking skills
34.
35. “What did Einstein,
JFK, Edison, Marie
Curie and Henry For
shave in common?
They were all
inveterate doodlers.”
“There is no such
thing as a mindless
doodle.”
“Edu-sketching is visual
notetaking with intention,
specifically geared to the
classroom as another
strategy to enhance
learning.”
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Notes de l'éditeur
Kevin Thorn - Sketchnoting is a form of Visual Writing by expressing ideas, concepts, and important thoughts in a meaningful flow by listening, processing, and transferring what you hear by sketching either by analog or digital.
“When you draw an object, the mind becomes deeply, intensely attentive,” says the designer Milton Glaser, an author of a 2008 monograph titled Drawing Is Thinking. “And it’s that act of attention that allows you to really grasp something, to become fully conscious of it.”
Arguably, making graphic marks predates verbal language, so whether as a simple doodle or a more deliberate free-hand drawing, the act is essential to expressing spontaneous concepts and emotions.
What’s more, according to a study published in the Journal of Applied Cognitive Psychology, doodlers find it easier to recall dull information (even 29 percent more) than non-doodlers, because the latter are more likely to daydream.
Neuro plasticity - rewiring the brain
what do you visualise at this point?
• Holism. It exercises students' kinesthetic, auditory, linguistic, and verbal modalities.
• Feedback. Visuals offer tangible, immediate insight that teachers can use to gauge and build upon comprehension.
• Chemical changes. It can generate a much-needed dopamine surge for pleasure, oxytocin surge due to love and trust that undergirds success, and a decrease in cortisol associated with stress.
• Connectivity. Ideas filtered through visual notes leap off the page and nourish the brain's love for connections, imagery, and storytelling.
• Fun. Big-picture comprehension. Deep thinking and imagining. Synthesizing information. Cerebral satisfaction. A "brain break." A chance to revisit content. Listening. Laughing.
Reflection : “We don’t learn from experiences, we learn from reflecting on the experience” John Dewey
Note Taking: How can we summarize main ideas visually?
Visual Thinking: How can we make thinking visual and visible to others?
Content Creation: How can we take concepts and content, in order to be able to share visually to appeal to a larger audience
Memory Aid: Doodling triggers memory after the event has passed. Visuals beat text when it comes to remembering
Process Ideation: Documenting the formation of concepts and ideas
Storytelling: Conveying of events through images and text
Mind Mapping: Brainstorming and organizing of ideas, thoughts and connections
In 2009 Jackie Andrade a professor at the University of Plymouth created a psychological experiment to see if doodling was of any benefit to your memory. One group was asked to doodle whilst listening to a phone message and the other group didn’t. The group that doodled retained 29% more information than the group that didn’t. Whilst this is hardly conclusive proof that doodling is a huge aid to memory it does point towards its potential.
http://www.comicsineducation.com/exemplars.html
“Sketchnotes are intelligent note-taking,” says Ovenell-Carter, director of educational technologies and a teacher at Mulgrave School, a K-12 independent school in Vancouver, B.C. “The note-taking process is normally passive. But with sketchnotes, you don’t write anything down until your thoughts are there. It’s already digested.” https://plus.google.com/communities/115990332552316650304
I draw on the iPad with Procreate app and the Musemee Notier Prime Stylus (If you buy one, make sure to get extra replacement tips as well). Click here and here for a tutorials on how to use the Procreate app