Creativity, Comprehension, Communication & Connections
How might notetaking become more active, personal, brain-compatible and shareable? How might we incorporate symbols and doodles to improve listening, better express ideas, summarize/synthesize learning and make connections? Join in conversations and practice sessions to explore how we might grow ourselves and our learners through doodling and visual thinking.
This is a “do and dialogue” course. Together, we will experiment and prototype graphical, non-linear, low-res notes to listen deeply, capture big ideas, make creative connections, and strengthen comprehension and retention of important moments, learnings, and lessons.
We will begin with a quick convo about the "why and what" of sketch noting, share a bit about its impact at school and on our own thinking and learning, then practice and learn together. We will doodle and share. We will bravely share our work (#ShowYourWork AND your school hashtag: #TrinityLearns) and discuss how doodling can change the way we listen and learn.
We will use Brain Doodles from Thomas Michaud (@mybraindoodles) as our guided instruction for the first four lessons. For the remaining lessons, we will doodle in a variety of settings and reflect on what we learn.
Lesson 1: Building Blocks
Lesson 2: Lettering
Lesson 3: Faces and Figures
Lesson 4: Memory Boost
Lesson 5: Doodle to Listen - TED talk
Lesson 6: Doodle to Comprehend - Reading
Lesson 7: Doodle to Observe - Live Doodling
At the end of these 8 75-minute sessions, participants should be able to say:
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