ILP "Participation" - Lynda Tutorial on Visual Thinking Strategies

1) Activity Log
Visual Thinking Strategies
- 4:41 started tutorial
-4:42 Gives an overview of visual thinking strategies
-4:43 shows how an image can be used as starting point for a discussion
-4:44 says it encourages kids to answer questions in multiple subjects
-4:45 Yenawine talked to cognitive developmental scientist to collaborate
-4:46 breaks down the steps to using Visual Thinking Strategies in the classroom
-4:46 fosters credibility and self confidence bc there are no "wrong answers"
-4:48 seeing where the student is coming from helps create natural links and disagree without frustration
- 4:50 VTS is about reflection and looking inside 'teacher quote'
-4:50 teachers say how they doubted it at first but then grew to love it
-4:52 helps teachers grow and do better in other areas too
-4:52 principal talks about VTS in his school
-4:53 Yenawine talks about vts fostering ongoing learning
- 4:54 interview of Philip Yenawine starts
-4:56 talks about process of looking and needing to learn those skills
-4:58 discusses trends of museum goers
-4:59 Discusses the basics and the creation of VTS
-5:01 everyone participates in VTS in the classroom
-5:02 talks about how it supports and encourages students at a disadvantage (EL, LD) to answer and give ideas
-5:03 gives example of a teacher implementing VTS when she needed it most
-5:04 tutorial ends



2) By watching this tutorial, I learned about Visual Thinking strategies and how they are used in the classroom. I learned that this can be an effective method to use with all students, but especially with students that may not have the confidence to answer questions in a normal lesson, such as students with learning disabilities or English language learners. I learned the basic steps of how to use Visual Thinking strategies in the most effective way, and also how it actually ends up helping students in all subject areas.

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