VISUAL TEACHING

Visual Teaching Alliance

The Visual Teaching Network provides a platform to share knowledge and educational strategies in the field of visual literacy.

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  • Tim Gangwer
  • Emily O'Connor
  • valorie aletha mckamie
  • Shanna Galloway
  • Deena Hayes
  • Kavya
  • maria salazar
  • JACQUELINE MARTIN
  • Rene Ibarra
  • Brenda Waterbury
  • Lyn Dudark
  • patsy smith
  • Terry Williford
  • Lyn McCelvey
  • Michael Fisher
  • Charles Sovyak

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Tim Gangwer

How to Teach the Right-Brained Child to Read

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Posted by Tim Gangwer on July 25, 2010 at 9:37pm

Tim Gangwer

What Can You Learn From a Cell Phone?

Marc Prensky


What Can You Learn From A Cell Phone? – Almost Anything!


How to use the 1.5 billion computers already in our students’ and trainees’ pockets to increase learning, at home and around the world

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Posted by Tim Gangwer on July 21, 2010 at 2:00pm

Tim Gangwer

What Video Games Can Teach Us

Here's some news for you to share with your parents and teachers: Video games might actually be good for you.

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Posted by Tim Gangwer on July 20, 2010 at 1:38pm

Tim Gangwer

Preparing Students With 21st Century Skills





Schools today face a serious challenge of preparing students with 21st century skills. Since the


report “A National at Risk” published by National Commission on Excellence in Education in 1983, many similar definitions from different sources have emerged. However, most definitions point to the same goal: that being technology literate is much more than just having good technology skills. It is learning core subjects with application of th

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Posted by Tim Gangwer on July 14, 2010 at 11:34am

Tim Gangwer

Industry Makes Pitch That Smartphones Belong in Classroom

SAN FRANCISCO — The cellphone industry has a suggestion for improving the math skills of American students: spend more time on cellphones in the classroom.


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Posted by Tim Gangwer on July 9, 2010 at 1:23pm

 

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TEXT SIZE: A A | POST A COMMENT | PRINT | SEND TO FRIEND How to Teach the Right-Brained Child to Read Overview Learning to read is perhaps one of the most important accomplishments your child will master. The ability to read will encourage future…
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Here's some news for you to share with your parents and teachers: Video games might actually be good for you. Whenever a wave of teenage violence strikes, movies, TV, or video games often take the heat. Some adults assume that movies, TV, and video…
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Schools today face a serious challenge of preparing students with 21st century skills. Since the report “A National at Risk” published by National Commission on Excellence in Education in 1983, many similar definitions from different sources have…
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- Who is the Visual Teacher?: The three-prong definition. - Socratic Teaching: Are you a critical thinking teacher who teaches critical thinking skills? - Inquiry-Based Instruction & Technology: Ask - Investigate - Create - Discuss - Reflect. - Para…
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SAN FRANCISCO — The cellphone industry has a suggestion for improving the math skills of American students: spend more time on cellphones in the classroom. Enlarge This Image Dusty Oliver Students at Southwest High School in Jacksonville, N.C., were…
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Level I Visual Teaching Workshop at Burbank Elementary School
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Brain Compatible Strategies: Brain-Based learning is a dynamic, interdisciplinary, systemwide approach based on the way current research in neuroscience suggests our brain naturally learns best. - Multiple Intelligences - Lateral Thinking Skills - U…
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LEVEL II WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: Did you know that the brain processes visual information 60,000 times faster than text? Did you know that visual teaching can improve classroom learning up to 400 percent? This “hands-on” research-based workshop is des…
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Successful Models for Using a Set of Digital Cameras in a College of Education The use of images is becoming more pervasive in modern culture, and schools must adapt their curricula and instructional practices accordingly. Visual literacy is becomin…
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Purposefully increasing one’s ability to visually perceive has the added benefit of increasing one’s functional intelligence. Visual perception is easily increased by exposure to new and interesting sights and visual l experiences. These can be gain…
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