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SUMMARY:Level II Visual Teaching Workshop: \"Critical/Creative Thinkin
 g Skills & the Six Methods of Visual Learning: Pedagogy and Imagery\"
DESCRIPTION:LEVEL II WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: Did you know that the brain
  processes visual information 60,000 times faster than text? Did you k
 now that visual teaching can improve classroom learning up to 400 perc
 ent? This “hands-on” research-based workshop is designed to provid
 e practical, effective strategies that optimize the teaching and learn
 ing process, while complementing existing programs and curricula. Work
 shop participants will learn teaching strategies and techniques to inc
 rease student achievement in the following areas:\n\nContent – Activ
 ities are practical, easy-to-implement applications that include:\n- T
 he Six Methods of Visual Learning\n- Media Literacy: changing the worl
 d one student at a time\n- Critical/Creative Thinking Skills\n- Gardne
 r's Multiple Intelligences\n- Differentiated Curriculum\n- Visual Rank
 ing: prioritizing, analyzing, evaluating, collaborating and discussion
 \n- Seeing Reason: analyzing cause-and-effect relationships through im
 age mapping and visual links\n- Viewing Evidence: hypothesizing and su
 pporting evidence, debating differences, reaching conclusions\n\nLife 
 Skills & Character Education\n- Kohlberg's Six Stages of Moral Develop
 ment\n- deBono's Six Thinking Hats\n- Meeting the Social and Emotional
  Needs of Gifted Students\n- Decision making skills: avoiding \"paraly
 sis by analysis\"\n- Drug awareness and refusal skills\n- Thinking cri
 tically about problems and opportunities\n- Overcoming achievement bar
 riers due to culture, gender bias or negative self-image\n\nFor more i
 nformation visit http://visualteaching.ning.com/events/level-ii-visual
 -teaching-7
DTSTART:20100206T143000Z
DTEND:20100206T213000Z
CATEGORIES:professional, development
LOCATION:Sutton Elementary
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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