World Sketchnote Day is a day each year where people, educators, students, practically anyone, share their work online as a community. To be honest, I didn't really know sketchnoting was used within education until I met Carrie Baughcum (Twitter: @HeckAwesome) at a conference in Wisconsin a few years back. While I have used mind mapping and other drawing techniques throughout the years, I didn't realize that what I was doing was creating smaller versions of sketchnoting. As a visual learner, it is easier for me to see how it is done rather than listen to the instructions. Because there are different types of learners, being able to visually connect, along with verbally, is an important part of being an educator.
Today, my classes will create one large sketchnote based on the topic: "The Importance of Education." Each student will think of an image or word relating to how they view education and the importance of what it means to them. According to Sketchnote Army (Twitter: @SketchnoteArmy) "Sketchnotes are purposeful doodling while listening to something interesting. Sketchnotes don't require high drawing skills, but do require a skill to visually synthesize and summarize via shapes, connectors, and text. Sketchnotes are as much a method of note taking as they are a form of creative expression." Incorporating this method of teaching into the classroom created a visual representation of the lesson while encouraging students to be motivated. With the addition of creating one sketchnote of all five classes, the students were motivated, on a Friday, to complete the assignment while adding to the board. On Monday, students will be able to see what each person was able to contribute today.
Carrie Baughcum and Monica Spillman (Twitter: @mospillman) created #passthesketchnote where each person will add an image to the existing sketchnote and continue to pass it around.
If you want to participate in #WorldSketchnoteDay tag @SketchnoteArmy and use #SNDay2019 on Twitter.
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