I was lucky enough to be invited to speak at the local CASSA teaching conference, Oct 2015. The overall theme was "memory", and featured a great keynote talk from Prof. Susan Gathercole. The aim of my talk was just to introduce visual note-taking as a thing, and to encourage discussion of how teachers could begin to incorporate in the classroom. More info: http://www.cassateaching.co.uk/programmes/cpd-and-leadership/events/memory-conference

1. V I S U A L N O T E - TA K I N G :
L I S T E N I N G , L E A R N I N G , R E M E M B E R I N G
F R A N C I S R O W L A N D

2. I am a user experience designer at the
European Bioinformatics Institute (Hinxton)
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3. At talks and meetings, I make visual notes – often
called sketchnotes – to help me actively listen, to
process information, and to remember
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5. This has helped me in lots of ways (and sharing my
notes apparently helps others, too).
Importantly, I think this can help your students in
their learning.
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6. H O W C A N V I S U A L N O T E - TA K I N G H E L P
S T U D E N T S ?
• engagement
• thinking
• attention
• recall
• expression
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7. A N D T H E R E ’ S M O R E …
• Group learning?
• Feedback for teachers?
• Confidence, risk-taking
• Skill development
• Memory
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@jennifercham

8. J A N E T I WA S A ' S T E D TA L K ( 5 : 0 6 )
“How animations can help scientists
test a hypothesis” – Janet Iwasa
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9. TA L K A M O N G S T
Y O U R S E LV E S
W H AT D I D Y O U F I N D
I N T E R E S T I N G O R M E M O R A B L E
A B O U T T H AT TA L K ?
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10. A L I T T L E WA R M - U P
H O L D O N … T H I S I S M E A N T T O B E A W O R K S H O P !
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11. P E N & PA P E R
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12. F I L L U P A PA G E W I T H L I N E S ,
S H A P E S , A N D D O O D L E S
S K E T C H I N G WA R M - U P ( P T. 1 )
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13. D R A W A G I R A F F E
S K E T C H I N G WA R M - U P ( P T. 2 )
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after Ed Emberley

14. D R A W A F O X
S K E T C H I N G WA R M - U P ( P T. 2 )
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after Ed Emberley

15. T H I S T I M E , T RY M A K I N G
V I S U A L N O T E S
N O W I T ’ S Y O U R T U R N …
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16. G R E G G A G E ' S T E D TA L K ( 5 : 5 2 )
“How to control someone else’s arm
with your brain” – Greg Gage
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17. S H A R E Y O U R N O T E S
A N D Y O U R E X P E R I E N C E
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18. C O U L D Y O U I N T R O D U C E
V I S U A L N O T E - TA K I N G T O
T H E C L A S S R O O M ?
!
!
T H A N K Y O U F O R L I S T E N I N G !
S O N O W W H A T ?
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19. F U R T H E R R E A D I N G
( I K N E W Y O U W O U L D A S K )
• Mike Rohde - “Sketchnote Handbook & Workbook”
• Sunni Brown – “Doodle Revolution”
• Sunni Brown – “Doodlers, unite!” TED talk
• Sketchnote Army website
• Gathercole & Alloway – “Understanding Working Memory”
• Peter Doolittle – Working Memory TED talk
• Katarina Schwartz – “Making Learning Visible” (article)
• Marquardt & Greenberg – “Sketchnotes for Visual Thinking in HCI”
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