Visual Impact, Visual Teaching

Using Images to Strengthen Learning
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Timothy Patrick Gangwer - Visual Teaching Alliance
Visual Impact, Visual Teaching
January 2009 | 240 pages | Corwin
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"Hold on to this author—he is magical! I learned more from reading Gangwer's book than I have in eight years of professional development workshops."
—Laura S. Gulledge, Media Literacy Teacher
Benjamin Russell High School, Alexander City, AL

"Gangwer has effectively organized information from many sources into a form that is readable and practical for a wide variety of education practitioners, including classroom teachers and fine arts teachers."
—Ellen Herbert, Art Teacher
Longview High School, TX

Spark learners' enthusiasm and promote retention of content with visual teaching techniques!

Each day, teachers look for new ways to get students excited about learning and new ways to help them retain the information they learn. In this practical guide, Timothy Gangwer incorporates the latest research on visual learning and shows how you can stimulate students' interest and participation.

Offering classroom-tested techniques to engage learners' brains, this book includes hundreds of ready-to-use visual learning activities in language arts, math, science, social studies, environmental studies, the arts, and more. This resource covers:

  • Differentiating instruction based on how students process visual information
  • Using graphic organizers, digital photography, the Internet, and other visual communication tools
  • Incorporating music, art, and drama to enhance instruction and learning
  • Teaching visual communication strategies to English language learners

Discover how to use visual strategies and activities to help students think critically about the way they understand and perceive the world.

Contents

Foreword by Nathan Jensen

Foreword by Nathan Jensen

Preface

Preface

Publisher’s Acknowledgments

Publisher’s Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

1. What Is Visual Teaching?

  • What Is Visual Teaching?
  • Introduction to Visual Teaching
  • The Six Methods of Visual Learning
  • Critical Visual Thinking
  • The Power of Visual Learning

2. Brain-Compatible Learning

  • Brain-Compatible Learning
  • Learning Styles
  • Differentiating Instruction
  • Multiple Intelligences
  • Character Education
  • Processing Visual Information
  • Visual vs. Auditory Cortex
  • Right-Brain—Left-Brain
  • Tapping Into the Right-Brain
  • Dyslexia

3. Visual Communication Tools

  • Photographic Language
  • What Is Infinity?
  • Graphic Organizers
  • Glyphs
  • The Three Levels of Visual Communication
  • Decoding
  • General Photo Tips
  • Digital Photo Tips
  • Technology-Based Instruction
  • Using the Internet in the Classroom
  • Media Literacy

4. Fine Arts

  • Affecting the Brain With Music
  • Visual Music
  • The Six Methods of Visual/Musical Learning
  • Affecting the Brain With Color
  • The Watergraph Process
  • Role-Play and Drama
  • Material Acquisition

5. Visual Communication Skills for English Language Learners

  • Standards and Strategies
  • Visual Thinking Maps
  • Image Mapping
  • Visual Links
  • Visual Journals

6. Subject-Specific Visual Learning Activities for the Classroom

  • Language Arts
  • Math
  • Science
  • Environmental Studies
  • Social Studies
  • Arts & Humanities
  • Early Childhood
  • Portfolios
  • Life Skills
  • Enhancing Self-Esteem
  • Global Holidays

Conclusion

Conclusion

Bibliography & Recommended Reading

Bibliography & Recommended Reading

Index

Index

Additional materials

Description

"Hold on to this author—he is magical! I learned more from reading Gangwer's book than I have in eight years of professional development workshops."
—Laura S. Gulledge, Media Literacy Teacher
Benjamin Russell High School, Alexander City, AL

"Gangwer has effectively organized information from many sources into a form that is readable and practical for a wide variety of education practitioners, including classroom teachers and fine arts teachers."
—Ellen Herbert, Art Teacher
Longview High School, TX

Spark learners' enthusiasm and promote retention of content with visual teaching techniques!

Each day, teachers look for new ways to get students excited about learning and new ways to help them retain the information they learn. In this practical guide, Timothy Gangwer incorporates the latest research on visual learning and shows how you can stimulate students' interest and participation.

Offering classroom-tested techniques to engage learners' brains, this book includes hundreds of ready-to-use visual learning activities in language arts, math, science, social studies, environmental studies, the arts, and more. This resource covers:

  • Differentiating instruction based on how students process visual information
  • Using graphic organizers, digital photography, the Internet, and other visual communication tools
  • Incorporating music, art, and drama to enhance instruction and learning
  • Teaching visual communication strategies to English language learners

Discover how to use visual strategies and activities to help students think critically about the way they understand and perceive the world.

Contents

Foreword by Nathan Jensen

Foreword by Nathan Jensen

Preface

Preface

Publisher’s Acknowledgments

Publisher’s Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

1. What Is Visual Teaching?

  • What Is Visual Teaching?
  • Introduction to Visual Teaching
  • The Six Methods of Visual Learning
  • Critical Visual Thinking
  • The Power of Visual Learning

2. Brain-Compatible Learning

  • Brain-Compatible Learning
  • Learning Styles
  • Differentiating Instruction
  • Multiple Intelligences
  • Character Education
  • Processing Visual Information
  • Visual vs. Auditory Cortex
  • Right-Brain—Left-Brain
  • Tapping Into the Right-Brain
  • Dyslexia

3. Visual Communication Tools

  • Photographic Language
  • What Is Infinity?
  • Graphic Organizers
  • Glyphs
  • The Three Levels of Visual Communication
  • Decoding
  • General Photo Tips
  • Digital Photo Tips
  • Technology-Based Instruction
  • Using the Internet in the Classroom
  • Media Literacy

4. Fine Arts

  • Affecting the Brain With Music
  • Visual Music
  • The Six Methods of Visual/Musical Learning
  • Affecting the Brain With Color
  • The Watergraph Process
  • Role-Play and Drama
  • Material Acquisition

5. Visual Communication Skills for English Language Learners

  • Standards and Strategies
  • Visual Thinking Maps
  • Image Mapping
  • Visual Links
  • Visual Journals

6. Subject-Specific Visual Learning Activities for the Classroom

  • Language Arts
  • Math
  • Science
  • Environmental Studies
  • Social Studies
  • Arts & Humanities
  • Early Childhood
  • Portfolios
  • Life Skills
  • Enhancing Self-Esteem
  • Global Holidays

Conclusion

Conclusion

Bibliography & Recommended Reading

Bibliography & Recommended Reading

Index

Index

Additional materials

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"Hold on to this author—he is magical! I learned more from reading Gangwer's book than I have in eight years of professional development workshops."
—Laura S. Gulledge, Media Literacy Teacher
Benjamin Russell High School, Alexander City, AL

"Gangwer has effectively organized information from many sources into a form that is readable and practical for a wide variety of education practitioners, including classroom teachers and fine arts teachers."
—Ellen Herbert, Art Teacher
Longview High School, TX

Spark learners' enthusiasm and promote retention of content with visual teaching techniques!

Each day, teachers look for new ways to get students excited about learning and new ways to help them retain the information they learn. In this practical guide, Timothy Gangwer incorporates the latest research on visual learning and shows how you can stimulate students' interest and participation.

Offering classroom-tested techniques to engage learners' brains, this book includes hundreds of ready-to-use visual learning activities in language arts, math, science, social studies, environmental studies, the arts, and more. This resource covers:

  • Differentiating instruction based on how students process visual information
  • Using graphic organizers, digital photography, the Internet, and other visual communication tools
  • Incorporating music, art, and drama to enhance instruction and learning
  • Teaching visual communication strategies to English language learners

Discover how to use visual strategies and activities to help students think critically about the way they understand and perceive the world.


Table Of Contents:

  • Foreword by Nathan Jensen
  • Preface
  • Publisher’s Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • 1. What Is Visual Teaching?
  • What Is Visual Teaching?
  • Introduction to Visual Teaching
  • The Six Methods of Visual Learning
  • Critical Visual Thinking
  • The Power of Visual Learning
  • 2. Brain-Compatible Learning
  • Brain-Compatible Learning
  • Learning Styles
  • Differentiating Instruction
  • Multiple Intelligences
  • Character Education
  • Processing Visual Information
  • Visual vs. Auditory Cortex
  • Right-Brain—Left-Brain
  • Tapping Into the Right-Brain
  • Dyslexia
  • 3. Visual Communication Tools
  • Photographic Language
  • What Is Infinity?
  • Graphic Organizers
  • Glyphs
  • The Three Levels of Visual Communication
  • Decoding
  • General Photo Tips
  • Digital Photo Tips
  • Technology-Based Instruction
  • Using the Internet in the Classroom
  • Media Literacy
  • 4. Fine Arts
  • Affecting the Brain With Music
  • Visual Music
  • The Six Methods of Visual/Musical Learning
  • Affecting the Brain With Color
  • The Watergraph Process
  • Role-Play and Drama
  • Material Acquisition
  • 5. Visual Communication Skills for English Language Learners
  • Standards and Strategies
  • Visual Thinking Maps
  • Image Mapping
  • Visual Links
  • Visual Journals
  • 6. Subject-Specific Visual Learning Activities for the Classroom
  • Language Arts
  • Math
  • Science
  • Environmental Studies
  • Social Studies
  • Arts & Humanities
  • Early Childhood
  • Portfolios
  • Life Skills
  • Enhancing Self-Esteem
  • Global Holidays
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography & Recommended Reading
  • Index

Recent Product Reviews:

"Hold on to this author—he is magical! I feel so lucky to have this book on my shelf! I learned more from reading Gangwer's book than I have in eight years of professional development workshops."
Laura S. Gulledge, Media Literacy Teacher, Benjamin Russell High School, Alexander City, AL
"A valuable and well-ordered amalgamation of research on the use of images to support learning through visual literacy in all subjects and age levels. Gangwer has effectively organized information from many sources into a form that is readable and practical for a wide variety of education practitioners, including classroom teachers and fine arts teachers."
Ellen Herbert, Art Teacher, Longview High School, TX
"The book provides a much-needed guide for teachers to incorporate visual teaching and learning strategies into their classrooms."
Rhonda S. Robinson, Distinguished Teaching Professor, and Mary Baker Turner, Graduate Student, Northern Illinois University

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