1. VISION AND LEARNING Jennifer
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2. VISION
Less than exhilarating
topic = students’ brain
tuning out.
Lesson with vivid
imagery = student’s
brain opens up like a
f lower.
Using images to link
concepts together can
be useful if it done
productively.
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3. TOM WUJEC’S 3 PRINCIPALS OF MAKING
IMAGES MEANINGFUL.
These principals can be
applicable to almost every
Volcano
aspect of teaching using
vivid imagery or video -naturally
occurring
footage. opening
in the
surface of
Making Images Meaningfu l the Earth
through
Making ideas clear by which
visualizing them molten,
gaseous,
Making them interactive and solid
Persistence material
is ejected
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4. PASSIVE VIEWING VS. ACTIVE VIEWING
8 th Grade A day 8 th Grade B day
Segment illustrating the Segment illustrating
seasonal change in the seasonal change in
plants and animals. plants and animals.
Students unaware of the Students unaware of
the test being
test being conducted. conducted.
Students aware of 10 Students unaware of 10
brief multiple choice brief multiple choice
questions. questions.
Most answers were Most answers were
incorrect. correct.
5. CORRELATION BET WEEN WHAT A STUDENT
SEES AND WHAT THAT IMAGERY ALLOWS
THEM TO LEARN.
7 th Grade A day 7 th Grade B day
Students unaware of Students unaware of the
the test. test.
I read from the news Students watched the
article. recorded news segment.
Students wrote about Students wrote about
consequences of an consequences of an
earthquake destroying earthquake destroying
their town. their town.
The responses I The responses I
received were not very received were so vivid
noteworthy. and well thought out.
6. CONCLUSION
I have found that vision does have a strong pull in
the effectiveness of learning.
Easy to see that students need to have visual
support. Any type of learner can benefit from the
brains ability the bridge the gap more efficiently
using vision.
Because the visual impact and ability to retain
information factors are highly correlated, missed
opportunities can be identified and intervention can
occur.
Intervention will lead to increased student
motivation and therefore increased success.
7. REFRENCES
Gardner, Howard. (2007). Five minds for the future. Boston:
Harvard Business School Press.
Ohler, J. (2008). Digital storytelling in the classroom: new
media pathways to literacy, learning, and creativity.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press
Pink, D.H. (2006). A whole new mind: why right -brainers will
rule the future. New York, NY: Penguin Group.
T. Wujec. (2009, July) Tom wujec on 3 ways the brain creates
meaning. Retrieved from
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rain_ creates_ meaning. html
Editor's Notes
As a teacher I am sometimes privy to see mental reactions happen outside of a student’s brain. When I introduce a less than exhilarating topic on the whiteboard, I can see many students’ brains tuning out. On the other hand when I start a lesson with vivid imagery on a screen, I can see a student’s brain open up like a flower
In a TED conference held in 2009, Tom Wujec’s discusses his theory using the3 principals of making images meaningful. . These principals can be applicable to almost every aspect of teaching using vivid imagery or video footage.
I showed a segment illustrating the transformation that occurs from a seasonal change in plants and animals. The students were not aware of the test being conducted.I introduced the concept and prepared the class for the viewing. I told the students to take notes while watching the video because there would be questions at the end. While the students were watching the segment, I looked around the classroom and saw many heads down and writing instead of watching. The class seemed to be engaged with either the video or taking noted of the information from the video. After the segment ended, I handed out the questions. The questions consisted of 10 brief multiple choice questions. When I corrected them, to my surprise, most answers were incorrect. I began to correlate not completely watching with note-taking.
I was about to teach a lesson on the inner workings of an earthquake. I thought this would be the perfect platform. I found a video news segment on the earthquake in Haiti. I also found the corresponding print article.
