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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.TRANSCRIPT
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.
Visual thinking and learning utilize graphical
ways of working with ideas and presenting
information.
Research in both educational theory and
cognitive psychology tells us that visual
learning is among the very best methods for
teaching people of all ages how to think and
how to learn.
Learning Style Effective Techniques
Visual Pictures, images, spatial
understanding
Auditory Sound and music
Kinesthetic Body, hands, sense of touch
Verbal Words (in speech and writing)
Logical Logic, reasoning, systems
Social In groups or with other people
Solitary Alone and use self-study
Learning-styles-online.com
Widely Used
Universal
Effective
Communicate Quickly
Simple Techniques
Allan Paivio proposes
that we process verbal
and visual information
differently.
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 story.
Early written symbols based on
pictograms and ideograms.
Developed in a logographic writing
system around 5000 BC.
Ideograms are used today in main
stream society in airports and other
environments where a person may be
unfamiliar with the language.
• In ancient Egypt around 2000 BC, the first pure alphabet was
created.
• The Phoenician alphabet was the first alphabet that was based on
the principal that one sign represents one spoken sound.
• This Greek adaptation of vowels into their alphabet made it the
world‟s first true alphabet.
• The Romans, several hundreds of years later, refined the Greek
alphabet for the uppercase alphabet that is known today.
Medieval Europe held in it‟s time frame some
of the greatest book designers that ever lived
and some of the most beautiful books the
world has ever known. These books became
to be known as the Illuminated Manuscripts.
In the 15th century, the printing press was
invented. The inventor's method of printing
from movable type, allowed for the first time
the mass production of printed books.
During the Renaissance, scientists of this era
began to illustrate their research
and studies with images.
Leonardo da Vinci recognized the
impossibility of recording volumes of data,
and translated words into drawings from
different aspects.
As history repeats itself, we may find that a
great deal of information is better presented
visually rather than verbally.
• During Industrial Revolution a unique invention called lithography
introduced an efficient method to book production lead to a boom in
the production of texts.
•In 1826 was the invention of photography. The development of
photographic film revolutionizes visual imagery and communication.
•Modernism entered the popular culture in the 1930‟s. Modern ideas
in art appeared in commercials and logos. A booming post-World
War II American economy established a greater need for graphic
design, mainly in advertising and packaging.
In 1950, UNIVAC, was the first computer
that was designed to handle both
numeric and textual information.
The achievement of this apparatus
manifested the launch of the computer
era.
With research and technology advancing
at exponential rates a visualization
movement in modern computing allows
for more profound insights as well as
enhanced abilities to communicate ideas,
data, and concepts.
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.
Involve the viewer in the story unfolding
Use emotional and intellectual highlights
Create moments of discovery
Allow the viewer to reach their own
conclusions before having them
confirmed or denied
Make sure you have a story that
motivates the audience to want to
understand it
Trends:
• flashy animated simulations
• advanced, high video quality recreations
• real world simulated examples
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
Live Webcasts can…
• Enable students to interact with
professionals in all fields of study
• Give students the ability to ask questions,
and get answers, live
Construct a track
filled with ramps,
hills, and jumps using
a simple pencil tool
Virtual sledder rides
the created course
until he wipes out
Possibilities are only
limited by physics
and imagination
thrice3baked. (2006, December 23). Calculus Class Line Rider.
Retrieved November 20, 2009, from YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rywU3vi08m0
Created by a student as
a class project
Opportunities in
multiple math classes• -curves
• -arcs
• -lines
• -slope
• -parallel lines
• -perspective
• -parabolas
Bridge the gap between
games and teaching
Student-created
simulations used for
teaching all students
Incorporate games
students associate with
time wasting and showing
students that it can be
used as a learning tool
A Mind Map uses words, pictures, signs, numbers, colors, and other attributes to organize thoughts.
In 1960s, Collins and Quillian developed the theory into Mind Maps. Collins can be considered the father of modern mind map.
In 1970s, Tony Buzan have invented modern mind mapping.
Mind map helps you use your right brain.
There are different formats such as flow chart, concept maps, tree chart, fish bone chart, and others.
They all have different purposes.
There are more than a hundred programs for creating mind maps
Paul Foreman created a mind map for children that asked ”What would you do if there was a monster in the bed?”
From: Mind Map Switch Blog
Xmind tutorial Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao5GakiCsqk
Free Xmind Software download:
http://www.xmind.net/
(from a Math Teacher’s perspective)
Abstract language/notation
• Not learned in a real-world context
Each „strand‟ = a different course
• Algebra 1 & 2, Geometry, Statistics, etc.
A few “word problems” after the “drill & kill”
Visuals: mostly abstract (x/y) graphs, with
maybe a picture or 2 with the word problems
Two trains were traveling
in opposite directions . . .
Learn math through „real-world‟ contexts
Investigations in collaborative teams
Increased use of visuals
• Clipart, photos, videos, etc. related to the context
• Graphing, plotting, simulation, drawing programs
Use of LCD projector, doc camera, smart board
Powerpoint used for all class activities
• Class instructions, book pages, graphs, pictures
• Links to programs and internet sites
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?
Click pic to go to Biosphere 2 site
• Lots of free & cheap repositories
• BUT . . .
– Searching, searching, searching . . .
(to find the right thing for your curriculum)
– Struggles with computer security, red tape
• New tools to make your own, BUT ...
– How to find the right (and best) tool?
– They take TIME to learn and do!(which we teachers don’t have much of!)
• To transform data into a graphical representation in order to communicate information, concepts, relationships, etc.
• Traditional graphs, used in many disciplines:
Bar, line, pie, scatter, box, map graphs .
• Countless new ways to visualize data, information, concepts, and processes
A “Periodic Table” of visualization methods at visual-literacy.org
Click pic to go to site
HIV Cases in World & Africa
@ http://www.alwayswithhonor.com/#7439
Click pic to go to interactive graph
• Hans Rosling at a 2006 TED conference
• Shows how world economic and social
conditions have changed over timeLife e
xpecta
ncy
Click pic to
watch the
video
• Jonathon Harris at a 2007 TED Conference
• Visualizing the world’s feelings via the internet
Click pic to
watch the
video