Mindscaping an interactive way
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This document discusses Mindscaping, an interactive technique for teaching history and geography. It defines Mindscaping as using colors, images, and symbols along with words to record ideas. Several Mindscaping tools are described, including mind maps, flow charts, and Venn diagrams. The document outlines the advantages of Mindscaping for both teachers and students, such as making content easier to understand and reducing information processing demands. It provides examples of how to introduce Mindscaping in the classroom and includes activities for teachers to practice using Mindscaping tools and planning Mindscaping activities for their own lessons.
Mindscaping an interactive way
- 1. Mindscaping: An Interactive Way to Teach History & Geography Teachers Convention-November 2015
- 2. Content Objectives What is Mindscaping? Tools of Mindscaping Introducing Mindscaping in the Classroom Advantages of Mindscaping Key Questions
- 3. Objectives By the end of the session participants will be able to: 1. define the term mindscaping 2. identify and describe the mindscapping tools 3. analyze the advantages of mindscaping 4. employ the mindscaping technique in their lessons
- 4. Ice-Breaker: Self Portraying On a sheet of paper with coloured markers or crayons draw your portrait/important events or milestones in your life Writing sentences or paragraph is not allowed! (Time: 7min)
- 5. What is Mindscaping? The landscape of thoughts, a reification of the domain of imaginary entities, memories, feelings, ideas or any other object in the mind Systems for using color, images, drawings, cartoons and symbols as well as words and phrases for recording ideas
- 7. Tools for Mindscaping Mindscaping Illustrated Timelines KWL Chart Annotated Maps Attributes Chart Cause and Effects Diagram Advertisem ents
- 8. Introducing Mindscaping in the Classroom setting up material motivating students showing sample work bringing uniformity and familiarity highlighting important points
- 10. Activity 1- Group Work In groups discuss the advantages of using mindscaping in the classrooms both for teachers and students On a flip chart organize your thoughts using one of the organizers mentioned in the handout. (You can create your own organizer) Volunteer group(s) to present
- 11. Advantages of Mindscaping Content is easier to understand and learn • Information is more precise and less fuzzy • Helps students separate what is important fro what is non essential information Reduced information processing demands • Don’t need to process semantic information to understand • Easier to understand the info if its structure is readily apparent • As a result content can be addressed at a more sophisticated or complex level Students become more strategic learners • Reading and writing skills • Communication skills • Analytical, critical and creative thinking skills
- 12. Key Questions …….. Is there research supporting use of graphic organizers/mindscaping? Isn’t this harder that it looks? Who benefits from graphic organizers -- aren’t they for visual learners? Do graphic organizers raise test- scores?
- 13. Guiding Principles for Using Graphic Organizers Clear and straightforward, limited ideas, focus on important concepts, include clear labels Keep them Simple Explicit instructions, implement in creative and engaging ways and in cooperative learning, allow students to make their own Teach to and with them Establish a routine, incorporate them in all types of instructionsUse them often
- 14. Activity 2- Think Pair Share 1. In pairs think when can you use the mindscaping technique in a lesson 2. List the topics and the mindscaping tool(s) you can use to make your lesson interactive
- 16. Activity 3- Micro-Teaching Group Work Choose a lesson from the book (history or geography) Select mindscaping tool(s) for explaining the lesson and present