Images and Visuals to Enrich Learning

I plan to use images and visual representations when in my future classrooms.  Mateer, Ghent, Porter & Purdom (2017) summarise that learning, accessing and recalling concepts is easier when concepts are presented visually as well as verbally.

I will refer to my earlier Geography (urbanisation lesson) to demonstrate how the use of visuals enriched my delivery of key concepts.  After conducting a survey of the students I drew three snapshot drawings of how a hypothetical city would evolve over time (shown below). This allowed the students to see as well as hear the changes that I was trying to explain.

At this point I was using substitution as I was projecting the images onto a whiteboard with PowerPoint rather than handing out a sheet with the image to them.

A simple way of upgrading to the augmentation stage with this image would have been to upload the images onto thinglink and annotate the changes.  I have demonstrated this augmentation below.

A modification to this activity would involve delivering the survey results to the students via email and asking them to find a way to present and explain these changes visually themselves. This transforms the task from me presenting the information to them, to them discovering it themselves.

Finally, to achieve redefinition, students could share their finished products, images, explanation or videos onto our class blog or WIKI, YouTube or thinglink to educate others on the consequences of urbanisation.

Scource: Dr. Ruben Puentedura, Ph.D. http://www.hippasus.com/rrpweblog/

References

Mateer, D., Ghent, J., Porter, T. and Purdom, R. (2017). Using Media to Enhance Teaching and Learning. Retrieved 28 March 2017, from http://serc.carleton.edu/econ/media/why.html