5/19/2023 0 Comments Standard notes vs sketchnotes![]() ![]() Sherrill says, “I talked with my students about how powerful visuals are. Below you can see the video as well as a student’s visual notes. If they couldn’t think of a picture, they could just write a word.” Sherill’s goal was to have the students be able to take their sketchbook home and use their notes to tell a family member about the video. Sherrill says, “I suggested they draw 3-5 pictures of things they heard or things they thought were BIG ideas in the video. ![]() She had her students watch a short 3-5 minute video and do just that. When you listen to or read something, be aware of the images that pop up in your mind and draw them.” She told her students, “Listen for the pictures. Visual literacy is not necessarily an easy idea to introduce to elementary students, but Sherrill figured out a winning activity that would work at any grade level. “The most astounding fact I learned was that if you doodle or take visual notes, it can increase comprehension and data retention between 22-30%! How can we afford NOT to be teaching our students to do this? Right then and there I decided that all of my students would go on to middle school with these skills in their toolbox.” Keep it Simple for Students After some research, she realized that her students needed to start sooner rather than later. All I could think was, ‘this is how I’ve always taken notes!’ breaks it down into the basics you need to get started and reinforces that it is about ‘IDEAS, not ART.'”Īfter looking through the book, Sherrill knew she had to take the strategies into her classroom. “I love it because it is so clear, concise, and inviting. “I stumbled onto The Sketchnote Handbookabout a year ago,” Sherrill said. I asked for some insight about how and why she utilizes this type of notetaking, and what her students gain from the process. Sherrill Knezel, a Wisconsin art educator who was influenced by The Sketchnote Handbook, has been using these strategies extensively with her classes. Start With The Sketchnote HandbookĪ great place to start to learn these note-taking strategies is through Mike Rohde’s The Sketchnote Handbook, an easily accessible and inviting text. And, guess what? They’ll actually like taking notes. In no time, your students will be harnessing the power of their doodles, sketches, and drawings to help them remember big ideas, small ideas, and everything in between. Don’t worry, it’s not difficult the strategies are simple to teach and simple to learn. However, did you know that having students use visual note-taking strategies can boost comprehension and data retention by up to 30 percent? That’s amazing and a reason you should be considering using them in your classroom this year. As art teachers, we are well aware of the power of visual communication.
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