Iconic
How can we communicate with our students more effectively through good design and attention to visual literacy skills? One idea I came across involved utilizing icons. An icon is a simple picture or...
View ArticleVisually Appealing Writing
My favorite tool to present content, take notes, and display thoughts visually is Mindmeister. (I have the paid account. That’s how you know I mean business ) It forces me and my students to...
View ArticleHelping Students Present
This week I pulled a little inspiration from the hilarious “Life After Death By Powerpoint.” I created a Google Presentation to outline some bad habits I have seen from my MS students. The students...
View ArticleDigital Family History
I came across an awesome 3-D digital timeline creator Tiki-Toki. To test it out I created a brief snapshot of my family’s journey overseas. After showing my science classes this example, a group of...
View ArticleAstronauts Love Infographics
Astronauts love infographics! They must, judging by the array of excellent visuals they produce. Space lends itself to infographics. The vastness, abundance of data, hard to fathom concepts, and...
View ArticleHow Does Footwear Affect Running Time?
I created a video outline of the experimental method for my middle school science students. I used my 4 year old daughter as the lead actress and iMovie to piece everything together. The thing I found...
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