Learning Happens Everywhere!

What is "the value of illustrative lessons and design-based investigations...using one's visual imagination to approach educational problems (whether historical, literary, mathamatical, or scientific) can yield tremendous dividents in student collaboration and engagement."

This post explores visual thinking with an excellent video by Sean Kelly called "Visual Thinking: Writing with Pictures" (which is worth the 3 minutes it will take to watch it). As always there are great resources, in this case looking at mind mapping. And to show both sides of this story you will also find a link to an article 'Data Visualization: It's Pretty, But Is It Useful?'

A great post to gather ideas about visual thinking!

 

Via Beth Dichter

The “design-thinking” process for education championed by IDEO and the d.school at Stanford are a method to problem-solving and improving the learning process from K-12 and especially in post-secondary. Students and lifelong learners who experiment with the design process are often the most inspired people I’ve met in my life.

Via Dennis T OConnor, Kim Flintoff

Drawing a professional-looking flow chart, data flow diagram, or decision making process has never been so easy. With an intuitive interface that works just like the office applications you are used to, Gliffy's free flow chart software helps you create and share an endless variety of flow charts.

Via Dennis T OConnor, Kim Flintoff