Visual Tools for Transforming Information Into Knowledge
Last week I sent out the Thinking Maps Election Guide… and the election is now twisted by the “bail out-rescue.” Maybe I should mock up some application ideas to help students and Secretary Paulsen think through the economic crisis! I’d love to find out if you have tried out the Election Guide or have any suggestions for improvement.
I’ll be sending out weekly posts on the blog and this week—as my new book Visual Tools for Transforming Information Into Knowledge came off the presses—I got a timely email from a friend in Canada (yes, a foreign country next to Alaska) who was questioning how Thinking Maps might work with severely cognitively disabled children. I realized that a big part of the answer is right there in the book! There are so many people who wrote pieces for the book, but probably the most groundbreaking is the last chapter written by Cynthia Manning from Learning Prep School—an all special education school K-12. Her chapter is AMAZING as it details how Thinking Maps have become a foundation for thinking, learning and significant changes in student performance over the past five years. I know that the work at Learning Prep is a window into the possibilities of using visual tools for all children... deeply… over time… over a lifetime.
You can check out the video of Cynthia below and a dozen more video clips on Learning Prep School, and I invite you to write back on the blog about what you see and hear.
Go to the Learning Prep School Case Study to learn including video clips.