1. LEARNER MAPS
Making learning visible

2. What is a learner map?
 Learner Maps is a visual representation of children's
learning.
 It draws on ideas from mind mapping, infographics and
Mike Rohde's Sketchnoting handbook to create an
assessment tool that helps us to zoom out to see the
whole child.
 Learner maps are messy, creative and a load of fun.
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3. A good learner map is worth a thousand words

4. The big ideas
Mindmapping
Big picture assessment
Infographics
Sketchnoting
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5. Mindmapping

6. infographics
“Visualisations that present complex information quickly and clearly”

7. Te Whāriki
How do I fly?
Skills
What can I do?
Knowledge
What do I know
about my world?
Play interests
What are my favourite
games and toys?
Dispositions
What is my default ways
of being?
Cultural identity
What is my
whakapapa?
Working theories
What am I wondering
about?
Funds of
knowledge
What knowledge do I
bring from home?
Schema
What patterns do I
repeat in my play?
Relationships
Who is important to me?
Learning
strategies
How do I go about learning
new things?
Islands of
interest
What am I an expert in?
Multiple
Intelligence
What kind of smart
am I?
Learner identities
Who am I as a
learner?
Attitudes
What is my ways of
thinking?
Strengths
What am I good at?

19. LEARNER MAPS

20. Create a learner map
Brainstorm the key ideas
Sketchnote the learner map
Share with others
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21. Te Whāriki
How do I fly?
Skills
What can I do?
Knowledge
What do I know
about my world?
Play interests
What are my favourite
games and toys?
Dispositions
What is my default ways
of being?
Cultural identity
What is my
whakapapa?
Working theories
What am I wondering
about?
Funds of
knowledge
What knowledge do I
bring from home?
Schema
What patterns do I
repeat in my play?
Relationships
Who is important to me?
Learning
strategies
How do I go about learning
new things?
Islands of
interest
What am I an expert in?
Multiple
Intelligence
What kind of smart
am I?
Learner identities
Who am I as a
learner?
Attitudes
What is my ways of
thinking?
Strengths
What am I good at?

22. Why use learner maps?
 It helps us to zoom out and take a holistic view on children’s
learning and progress.
 It generate creative and in-depth conversations about
children’s learning.
 It’s affordable and we don’t need access to technology to
create them.
 Learner maps can explain complex ideas quickly and clearly.
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23. Reflect on the session
Something new
Something to rethink
Something to do
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24. Share your work
Dalene.mactier@gmail.com
The sketchnote handbook by
Mike Rohde
http://www.slideshare.net/Dale
neMactier/learner-maps
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