Using transliteracy teaching methods like AVID, GLAD, Art and Sketchnoting bring all the senses to the forefront. Students’ engagement is increased. Using the tools in Google slides to insert audio in the form of a voice-over and music or adding student-created video to a slide brings the slide to life. The audience can read, listen, watch and process the meaning embedded in the slide in a more memorable and meaningful way. Transliteracy creates multiple access points so that all students can access the content. The students are building neural pathways.
Sketchnoting delivers content in a way that is memorable, effective, and creative, improving overall retention. It helps the creator of the sketch notes to organize their thoughts and it has been proven to yield psycho-emotional benefits. Similar to doodles, sketch notes incorporate color and line to create icons that are easy for students to decipher. Although one must be sensitive to the culture of the audience as it can skew the interpretation of the drawings. Personally, I love looking at or reading someone else’s sketch notes. So I love sharing sketch notes that I find that connect to my curriculum. In fourth-grade note-taking has to be taught. This lesson in Quizizz is geared towards middle school students, but I use it to introduce the various note-taking styles. Sketchnotes are very popular and my students love to draw. Another resource I like to use is “Jon Pearson takes what students like to do-Draw and shows how drawing motivates Reading Writing Math and Self-Confidence”. In the book, he gives lots of exercises to combine drawing in demonstrations for students. I like that he makes art accessible to all including me. I do not have much confidence in my drawing. I enjoy learning how to incorporate drawing in the classroom even if I am not very good at drawing myself. I must say that I find sketch noting rather intimidating.
I am so excited to use the resources listed in this week’s iCare. Sylvia Duckworth is inspiring and I added her to my Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube watch lists. Then I added Fresco to my apps. Amazing resources! Now all I need is more time to do some sketchnoting myself. I did some pencil drawings, but they are not even worth photographing. I am going to try putting something together on Fresco. I am worried that I won’t have enough time to show my thinking in sketch notes. I am going to give it my best college try, the clock is ticking. ⏰