Draw for Learning

Visual literacy.

If seeing is believing then how might seeing learning help?

Quite a lot actually. Consider 80% of sensory impressions are visual. We can take in some 10 million pieces of information in per second. So why write every thing?

Mind mapping is simply capturing information in a way that replicates nature to include how we think and perceive things, through association and by making connections.

Replace written learning with the five-branch flow of a mind map for visual clarity, ease and speed for comprehension. Whether teaching, learning or reviewing, Mind Maps conveniently also provide the Creative Thinking Skill of highlighting the essence of a topic.

In fact, Mind Maps put the information conveniently into hand. With the big idea in the palm, the five branches are easily numerated on the fingers. Great, right ?

Start with something familiar to students, like fish. If you live in a fishing village this makes sense. If fish is not top of mind, pick something else, fun and relatable before moving toward class lessons, whatever they are.

Mind Maps were made popular by psychologist Tony Buzan, though they date back centuries.

Mind Maps are playful and open-ended while following a clear structure, making them a perfect creative thinking tool for processing information.

Thought leaders around the world identify creativity as a crucial 21st century skill.

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Mind Map

Mind Maps as Hand Maps

Start Mind Maps with Familiar Topics - Like Fish

Mind Maps for Lessons

Tanya is currently in Madagascar at Wings of Change, a vocational hospital school and hotel social enterprise in the fishing village of Ambatozavavy.

www.wingsofchange.co

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