visual learning Archives - Ditch That Textbook https://ditchthattextbook.com/tag/visual-learning/ Ed tech, creative teaching, less reliance on the textbook. Mon, 29 Mar 2021 16:28:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 How to get and use free images the RIGHT way in class https://ditchthattextbook.com/how-to-get-and-use-free-images-the-right-way-in-class/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-get-and-use-free-images-the-right-way-in-class https://ditchthattextbook.com/how-to-get-and-use-free-images-the-right-way-in-class/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2020 10:10:00 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=3473 Images can bring presentations, reports and other student work to life. Students should learn to use images responsibly. Here’s what you need to know to help them.Creating posters has been a staple of so many classrooms of different ages. Usually, it entails gathering some important supplies before starting -- posterboard, glue, markers, etc. Many teachers will […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/15-free-google-drawings-graphic-organizers-and-how-to-make-your-own/feed/ 62 5 tips for live sketchnoting https://ditchthattextbook.com/5-tips-for-live-sketchnoting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-tips-for-live-sketchnoting https://ditchthattextbook.com/5-tips-for-live-sketchnoting/#respond Mon, 07 Jan 2019 09:30:08 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=8696 [callout]This post is written by Sylvia Duckworth, an award-winning teacher and sketchnoting enthusiast from Toronto, Canada. You can connect with her on Twitter @sylviaduckworth and on her website sylviaduckworth.com [/callout] Live sketchnoting (doodling while someone is talking) is the most challenging form of sketchnoting. It is stressful at first, but it gets easier over time with practice. Here […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/5-tips-for-live-sketchnoting/feed/ 0 5 lessons to teach with timelines https://ditchthattextbook.com/5-lessons-to-teach-with-timelines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-lessons-to-teach-with-timelines https://ditchthattextbook.com/5-lessons-to-teach-with-timelines/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2016 11:45:29 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=3959 [guestpost]Today’s post was written by Anna Warfield from Storyboard That. Storyboard That is a web tool where users can organize ideas and improve communication with graphics and text. Comic strips, book summaries, movie plots and more are more vivid when created in Storyboard That. It’s a great tool that I was planning on writing about […]

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