Jill Gough (@jgough) and Shelley Paul (@lottascales) are facilitating a session entitled Visual Note Taking – Join the Doodle Revolution at the 2014 Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) conference.

The provocation:

How might note taking become more active, personal, brain-compatible and shareable? How might we incorporate symbols and doodles to improve listening, better express ideas, summarize/synthesize learning and make connections? Join a conversation and practice session to explore how we might grow ourselves and our learners through doodling and visual thinking.

The plan:

• Introductions
• Read Ish by Peter Reynolds
• Share artifacts of visual note taking and impact at school
• Practice by sketch noting Simon Sinek’s TED Talk How Great Leaders Inspire Action
  
  
  
• Gallery walk to show and share (#ShowYourWork)
• Repeat as time permits
• Reflect using the Visible Thinking Routine, Connect, Extend, Challenge

The norms:

• I can talk about what I know, and I can talk about what I don’t know.
• I can be brave, vulnerable, kind, and considerate to myself and others while learning.
• I can learn from mistakes, and I can celebrate what I thought before and now know.

The slide deck:

The sketchbook handout:

The reflection:  Connect, Extend, Challenge

• How do these ideas connect to what you already know?
• What new ideas did you get that extend or push your thinking in new directions?
• What is now a challenge for you to get your mind around? What questions, wonderings, and puzzles do you now have?

[Cross posted on Finding the Signal]