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SUMMARY:Level I Visual Teaching Workshop: \"Visual Teaching Tools for 
 the Classroom: Encouraging Attitudes of Excellence & Leadership\"
DESCRIPTION:LEVEL I WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: It is hard to argue with the
  observation that the generation of students now moving into and throu
 gh our educational system is by far the most visually stimulated gener
 ation that system has ever had to teach. In fact, research shows that 
 65% of our students are visual learners. This “hands-on” research-
 based workshop is designed to provide practical, effective strategies 
 that optimize the teaching and learning process, while complementing e
 xisting programs and curricula. Workshop participants will learn teach
 ing strategies and techniques to increase student achievement in the f
 ollowing areas:\n\nBrain Compatible Strategies: Brain-Based learning i
 s a dynamic, interdisciplinary, systemwide approach based on the way c
 urrent research in neuroscience suggests our brain naturally learns be
 st.\n- Multiple Intelligences\n- Lateral Thinking Skills\n- Utilizing 
 the Visual Cortex for Retention\n- Using Color and Music as Teaching T
 ools\n\nMethods of Visual Learning\n- Encoding and Decoding Visual Rep
 resentation for TAKS\n- Identifying Visual Internal/External Learners\
 n- Constructing Visual Thinking Maps\n- Creating Watergraphs™ (photo
 graphic watercolor renderings)\n- Moving ELL Students From Visual Comm
 unication to Language Acquisition\n\nVisual Teaching Strategies\n- Ful
 l Spectrum Visual Literacy\n- Active and Performance-based Learning\n-
  Dynamic Translation\n- Multidisciplinary Approach\n- Technology-based
  Instruction\n\nRelated Topics\n- Life Skills\n- Student-based Portfol
 ios\n- Character Education\n- Cooperative Learning\n\nFor more informa
 tion visit http://visualteaching.ning.com/events/level-i-visual-teachi
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DTEND:20100327T210000Z
CATEGORIES:professional, development
LOCATION:Corpus Christi Museum of Science & History, Water Garden Room
WEBSITE:http://www.VisualTeachingAlliance.com
URL:http://www.VisualTeachingAlliance.com
CONTACT:512 567.7291
ORGANIZER:Visual Teaching Alliance
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Timothy 
 Gangwer":http://visualteaching.ning.com/profile/TimGangwer
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