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SUMMARY:Level II Visual Teaching Workshop
DESCRIPTION: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 pe
 rcent?  This “hands-on” research-based workshop is designed to pr
 ovide practical, effective strategies that optimize the teaching and l
 earning process, while complementing existing programs and curricula. 
 Workshop participants will learn teaching strategies and techniques to
  increase student achievement in the following areas:\n\nContent – A
 ctivities are practical, easy-to-implement applications that include:\
 n- The Six Methods of Visual Learning\n- Media Literacy: changing the 
 world one student at a time\n- Critical/Creative Thinking Skills\n- Ga
 rdner's Multiple Intelligences\n- Differentiated Curriculum\n- Visual 
 Ranking: prioritizing, analyzing, evaluating, collaborating and discus
 sion\n- Seeing Reason: analyzing cause-and-effect relationships throug
 h image mapping and visual links\n- Viewing Evidence: hypothesizing an
 d supporting evidence, debating differences, reaching conclusions\n\nL
 ife Skills & Character Education\n- Kohlberg's Six Stages of Moral Dev
 elopment\n- deBono's Six Thinking Hats\n- Meeting the Social and Emoti
 onal Needs of Gifted Students\n- Decision making skills: avoiding \"pa
 ralysis by analysis\"\n- Drug awareness and refusal skills\n- Thinking
  critically about problems and opportunities\n- Overcoming achievement
  barriers due to culture, gender bias or negative self-image\n\nFor mo
 re information visit http://visualteaching.ning.com/events/level-ii-vi
 sual-teaching-2
DTSTART:20090502T150000Z
DTEND:20090502T220000Z
CATEGORIES:teacher, training
LOCATION:Laredo Public Library
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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