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"The misconceptions about visual thinking are alarming. On one hand, this critical skill seems integral for contemporary learning, since almost every modern input is visual in nature. Yet this key proficiency seems almost entirely absent from state standards and daily classroom lessons."
Beth Dichter's insight:
What is visual thinking? How can we teach visual thinking to our learners? ASIDE has an excellent post that provides five presentations that explore visual thinking from different perspectives. All of them share information on the "the power of visuals to craft a layered approach toward teaching with creative design." The five presentations (all from slideshare) are: * Visual Thinking Presentation * Visual Thinking and the Writing Process * Visual Thinking for Brainstorming, Planning, Learning, Collaborating, Harvesting * An Introduction to Visual Thinking * Visual Thinking Help us to... Each of these presentations provides a different viewpoint. Many of our learners are visual learners today. This post will provide you with great resources to help them hone the skill of visual thinking (and will also help you). 
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"We continually look for resources to use for “mini” lessons or “do nows” to help learners interpret data and draw conclusions through visual analysis.
Beth Dichter's insight:
Finding great graphs to use with students is sometimes difficult. The Wall Street Journal may be the place to turn. This post shares examples of 3 graphs published in their Statshat column. This appears to be a new feature since the first publication is dated May 9, 2014. These graphs will be useful for elementary and middle school. If you teach high school you may want to check out "the Numbers blog (which) examines the way numbers are used and abused,” and the topics are equally as diverse as those on Statshot."
Melissa Marshall's curator insight,
August 7, 2014 11:58 PM
Here are some great graphical resources found in the WSJ! Obviously some are quite Americanised but there are some great ones you could use for a discussion on statistics, skewed data or how data is used in the media to reinforce a bias.
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"In the scholastic world's quest to pinpoint new "literacies," one of the most essential skills in a student's toolkit isn't new at all. "Graphicacy" is the vital proficiency with visual inputs that all learners must master in the modern classroom. Graphicacy refers to the encoding and decoding of images, particularly in the close examination of details that construct visual meaning. It stands with literacy, oracy, and numeracy as one of the four indispensable corners of education."
Beth Dichter's insight:
In education we talk about a variety of literacies, and one that comes up more often today is visual literacy, which may also be referred to as graphicacy. This post explores this concept providing a historical perspective as well as links to a number of excellent resources. There are also many visuals with the post, including the one above that looks at the many forms of graphicacy that we see in our classrooms (and provides a number of definitions). Many of these forms may be created by students using technology. There is also a short video, To Understand is to Perceive Patterns, that looks at how patterns in nature are repeated.
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There are many mind mapping tools available to use, and MindMaple is new to me. There is a light version available at no cost, or you can spend $9.99 per year for the professional. Why use mind maps? It "allows users to represent abstract ideas in a concrete, visible way that encourages conceptual thinking." This post shows 3 mind maps, all of which are from the lite version. They are also running a contest through June 27, 2012. Create "the most creative mind map with MindMaple" and win a $250 Amazon.com gift card.
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Want to communicate the right way in your e-learning courses? One trick is to apply visual thinking skills. This post on visual thinking offers some tips.
Beth Dichter's insight:
Many more schools are considering blended learning, and this may mean that you will be asked to put more of your materials online in a learning management system. If you have questions about the best way to design components of an online course this post will help you learn about visual thinking and how to apply visual thinking to an online course (where it is so critical). The post includes the following sections: * What is visual thinking? * How to learn more about visual thinking * Good books on visual thinking * Your next steps... There are quite a few visuals in this post that help you learn some of the basic techniques as well as six videos that will help you learn drawing skills, the process of visual thinking, and more.
Patricia laronze's curator insight,
February 18, 2015 11:17 AM
How to convert your text-based information to images and text that show concepts and the flow of ideas. 
Cristian David Muñoz Alvarez's curator insight,
October 3, 2015 9:43 AM
Herramientas que transforman la educación
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TUZZit is a online collaborative whiteboard that will help you to develop your creativity. It's the perfect tool for visual and design thinking. Through our canvas library learn new visual methodolgies.
Beth Dichter's insight:
TUZZit is a new tool to me and it is free. If you find that many of your students are visual learners take some time to check out this tool. One feature that many may find helpful is the library of "canvases" that provide structure for a wide variety of projects. Most of these are more geared to business but you can also create your own canvas. Other features include inserting images and videos and creating post-it notes. Larry Ferlazzo, who led me to this tool states "In some ways it seems like an Exploratree on steroids." If you are planning on collaborating on a project consider testing this tool with your colleagues.
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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!
Bryan Hartsig's curator insight,
May 23, 2013 8:38 AM
text and visual pairings can inspire keen connections in the learning process....
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"One of the challenges we run into again and again in our teaching is the 'forest for the trees' pitfall...we stress both core facts and larger themes. This seemingly dual focus can sometimes puzzle our students as they try to internalize one notion or the other. Ideally, we try to show how the details and the ideas are actually the same thing. Or to borrow the words of the furniture savant Charles Eames, 'The details are not the details. They make the design.'" Rich with resources and links this article explores how using design in our classrooms "combines all the top-tier thinking skills, such as creativity and ingenuity."
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Sketch notaking is just one way!
Thx Beth Dichter