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Why is visual learning so important?
Do you want to learn effectively?
Do you know how to use visual aids for teaching?
Do you know how to use visuals to clear the fog inside your mind?
★Visual learning is a teaching and learning style in which ideas, concepts, data, and information are associated with images and techniques.
★From a psychological standpoint it is a type of sensory learning controlled by the cortical visual areas of the brain.
What is Visual Learning ?
How many Learning Styles do you know?There are seven kinds of learning styles
and each of them have different techniques.For example, visual provides spatial
understanding.
We’re Different Among those learning
styles, everyone in our group is different. You can try to create your own on the website: Learning-styles-online.com
Visual Learning
Because…1)Widely Used
2) Universal
3) Effective
4) Communicate
Quickly
5) Simple Techniques
Why do we need Visual Learning?
Dual-Coding Theory
Allan Paivio proposes
that we process verbal
and visual information
differently.
A Brief History of Visual Learning
From an era approximately 40,000 years ago, man began using images that they painted on cave or rock walls and ceilings to tell their stories.
Cuneiforms and Hieroglyphs
Renaissance
People begin using painting
History shows that the development of visual communications has been the underlying fire and drive to visual learning. From mans’ early cave drawings to the latest in graphic design, we have seen visual learning evolve from its simplest form to the technological marvel it is today.
The first computer in the
world.
Nova. (2009, October 22). The Elegant Universe - M Theory (9/11). (NewParadigmScience, Submitter, & Nova, Producer) Retrieved November 22, 2009, from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb2vWj6ITGo
Students can…• Be asked to find video
examples• Create and submit
their own videos• View videos related to
specific topics
Teachers can…• Create a library of related
video shorts and clips• Record their own videos to
upload
Video in the classroom
One of the best tools to help you learn
The whole picture
A Mind Map uses words, pictures, signs, numbers, colors,
and other attributes to organize
thoughts.
1. In 1960s, Collins and Quillian developed the theory of Mind Maps. Collins can be considered the father of modern mind map.
2. In 1970s, Tony Buzan invented modern
mind mapping.
Mind maps help you use your right brain.
Left and Right Brain
★ There are different formats such as flow chart, concept map, tree chart, fish bone chart, and others.
★ They all have different purposes.
Different Formats
There are more than a hundred programs for creating mind
maps.
Mind-mapping Programs
Paul Foreman created a mind map for children who asked ”What would you do if there was a
monster in the cupboard?”
From: Mind Map Switch Blog
Example
Visual Learning in a K-12 Classroom
(from a Math Teacher’s perspective)
Traditional Math Teaching
U5, Lesson 1 – The Shape of Things (TATS - p. 326)
a) List 3D space-shapes you see in Biosphere 2.
b) Give at least two examples of the 2D plane-shapes used to make up a space-shape.
c) Pick a space-shape in this room & sketch it. What parts would you need to measure to describe its size?
Resource from: http:// http://www.b2science.org/
Finding Visuals on the Internet(Graphics, videos, simulations, etc.)
Gizmos - Interactive simulations
Resource from: http://www.explorelearning.com/
Smartview Interactive graphing calculator
Resource from: http://www.tomreardon.com/TI_SmartView_files/TI_SmartView_Primer_V2.pdf
TI Navigator Networked student calculators
Resource from: http://www.sharinginspiration.org/contribs/contrib_22/part_A/Berlin_Mai_2008.pdf
Google Sketchup Free 3D Drawing Program
Resource from: http://sketchup.google.com/
Interactive ‘periodic table’ of visualizations
Click pic to go to site
Resource from: http:// visual-literacy.org
Data Visualization ExampleDouble bar graph
HIV Cases in World & Africa
Data Visualization Example3D Pie Chart
Data Visualization Example3D Data Map
Data Visualization Example
A wordle for an article about Web 2.0
Resource from: http:// manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com
Data Visualization ExampleMap of overpopulation vs. environmental effects
Resource from: http://www.alwayswithhonor.com/#7439
Web Trend Map
The leading internet names & domains mapped onto the Tokyo metro map.
Resource from: http://informationarchitects.jp/wtm4/
Data Visualization ExampleInteractive graph of inflation’s parts
Data Visualization Example
• Hans Rosling at a 2006 TED conference Shows how world economic and social conditions have changed over time
Life
exp
ecta
ncy
Resource from: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html
Data Visualization Example
• Jonathon Harris at a 2007 TED ConferenceVisualizing the world’s feelings via the internet
Resource from: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jonathan_harris_tells_the_web_s_secret_stories.html
Questions?