Learn how you can use Strategic Instruction to ensure all students learn and are engaged in the learning. By thinking about the impact of your teaching, you will understand learning through the eyes of the student. The Region 13 specialists on the Strategic Instruction team create presentations and learning opportunities for teachers to plan strategic instruction designed to maximize their impact on learning.
Plenty of your students will be visual learners, and visual learners need a visual approach to understanding information.
In this workshop, you’ll learn about graphic organizers: how your students can use them to better organize and visualize difficult information. Students use compare/contrast and problem/solution relationships to create mental and graphical images which explain and organize critical information. By using graphic organizers, students are required to think in different directions, resulting in learning which is active, meaningful, and expands beyond the next day’s activities.
You’ll get practice making graphic organizers, learn the theory behind what makes them work, and have time to talk about properly implementing them in your classes.