visual thinking Archives - Ditch That Textbook https://ditchthattextbook.com/tag/visual-thinking/ Ed tech, creative teaching, less reliance on the textbook. Mon, 12 Jul 2021 14:33:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 10 ways icons from The Noun Project can impact learning https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-ways-icons-from-the-noun-project-can-impact-learning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-ways-icons-from-the-noun-project-can-impact-learning https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-ways-icons-from-the-noun-project-can-impact-learning/#comments Wed, 29 Jan 2020 01:28:33 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=5970 Icons can help students construct understanding and remember new ideas. The Noun Project has the hook-up. Here's how! (Icons via TheNounProject.com)Images are powerful and very brain friendly. The majority of people think in pictures -- and some think exclusively in pictures.  At times, including photos, illustrations and other images can be considered silly and unnecessary in education […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-ways-icons-from-the-noun-project-can-impact-learning/feed/ 2 Caption This! A fun, deep-thinking Google Drawings activity https://ditchthattextbook.com/caption-this-a-fun-deep-thinking-google-drawings-activity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=caption-this-a-fun-deep-thinking-google-drawings-activity https://ditchthattextbook.com/caption-this-a-fun-deep-thinking-google-drawings-activity/#comments Wed, 03 Jan 2018 16:54:17 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=6328 This post is co-authored by Ditch That Textbook’s Matt Miller and Laura Steinbrink. Laura is a high school English teacher and tech coach from Plato, Missouri. Check out her blog, Rockin’ the Boat, at rockintheboat.com. If you are like me (Laura), you are constantly searching for a new, fresh activity to help connect your students with […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/caption-this-a-fun-deep-thinking-google-drawings-activity/feed/ 7 Crash! Bang! Boom! How to add Google Drawings comic strips to your class https://ditchthattextbook.com/crash-bang-boom-how-to-add-google-drawings-comic-strips-to-your-class/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=crash-bang-boom-how-to-add-google-drawings-comic-strips-to-your-class https://ditchthattextbook.com/crash-bang-boom-how-to-add-google-drawings-comic-strips-to-your-class/#comments Wed, 20 Dec 2017 19:46:38 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=6262 Comic strips captivated us as children. Tap into that energy in the classroom with Google Drawings comic strips! Here’s how. (Icons via TheNounProject.com with a NounPro account.) This post is co-authored by Ditch That Textbook’s Matt Miller and Cori Orlando, a teacher on special assignment (TOSA) from Simi Valley, California. Find her blog, Leading in Limbo, […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/crash-bang-boom-how-to-add-google-drawings-comic-strips-to-your-class/feed/ 4 10 ways to collaborate digitally + visually in class https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-ways-to-collaborate-digitally-visually-in-class/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-ways-to-collaborate-digitally-visually-in-class https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-ways-to-collaborate-digitally-visually-in-class/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2017 17:13:58 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=5124 In my own high school Spanish classes, this happened all the time. We talked in class. I wrote and drew notes on the board, creating a great summary of our discussion. Guess what the students wanted to do at the end of class. Yep, you guessed it: take a picture of the whiteboard. I’m not […]

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