Stout Tech-Tips: Sketchnoting - Visual Note Taking

In This Issue October 17th and 24th Online Courses with Openings List of January Online Courses Visual Note Taking Tech Tip: Tech Tools for Visual Note Taking Featured Program      Mathematics Specialist Certificate Editor: Shannon Mersand This e-newsletter is brought to you by University of Wisconsin-Stout College of Education, Hospitality, Health, and Human Sciences. If you do not wish to receive future issues, please see instructions to manage preferences at the bottom of this message. Web Version of this Newsletter: http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/resources/note-taking.cfm Drawing in Class: Rachel Smith TEDxUFM   The Basics and Benefits of Visual Note Taking Visual note taking and sketchnoting are practices that allow individuals to utilize drawing and images when capturing and representing ideas for class assignments, during training, meetings or conferences.  Visual Note Taking Wesley Fryer provides a fantastic overview of the types of visual note taking, examples and links to tools to get you started.  Sketchnoting 101: How To Create Awesome Visual Notes Matthew Magain provides twenty tips on how to get started with sketchnoting.  Sketchnotes: A Guide to Visual Note Taking Elaine from JetPens offers a basic guide and tips on how to sketchnote. Sketchnoting in Education Kathy Schrock provides a list of helpful resources to inspire and get started with sketchnoting in education. How Can Sketchnoting Help Me at Work? Noteshel offers a brief article on why sketchnoting is not just for k12 education and shares a useful tip about using sticky notes. Start Doodling in Class: The Value of Lo Fi Graphics in eLearning Gauri Rayes discusses how sketchnoting and sketchsplaining can be powerful tools in eLearning.  Essential Guide to Visual Thinking for E-Learning Tom from Articulate explains why to use visual notes and provides a few primers on getting started. October Courses with Openings EDUC 648 Math Assessment for RTI (2 credits) - October 10 EDUC 661 Advanced Trends and Issues in PK-5 Mathematics Teaching (3 credits) - October 17   EDUC 659 Methods of Teaching Middle School Math (gr. 4-8) (3 credits) - October 17  E-Learning and Online Teaching EDUC 762 Assessment in E-learning – October 24 EDUC 761 Collaborative Communities in E-learning – Online Facilitation Skills – October 24 Featured Program Check out our Mathematics Specialist Certificate.  Enroll in individual courses for professional development or to renew a teaching license or complete four courses for the certificate.  Our students say… "This program forced me to look at math in a better way than simply the drill and quiz method. I find it very enlightening and helpful!" "In these courses you create usable, meaningful projects that are interdisciplinary and aligned with the standards. The practical application of the activities was useful. It was helpful to share our projects with class members - we can adapt them for use in our classes (with permission, of course)."