http://www.ltgreenroom.org/episodes/68 The LT Green Room is a podcast for Renewal, Retooling and Conversations about Learning. It is co-hosted by Susan Manning and Dan Balzer and its show topics are often drawn from members of LearningTimes.org, a free online community of education and training professionals from across the globe. The LT Green Room gives listeners (and ourselves) an opportunity to reflect on what they're doing behind the scene that results in an effective learning experience. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:06:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.ltgreenroom.org/episodes/68#comment-60870 Wendy Bartlett Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:46:18 +0000 http://www.ltgreenroom.org/episodes/68#comment-60870 I believe that more students are visual learners now then in the past, also. I use graphic organizers in my Language Arts classes, but see the benefits of them if they were used in other content areas. They have a tendency to put the information of the lesson in an order that students of the 21st Century can be able to follow. I have come across a web site that I plan to have my students use so that they can create graphic organizers on the computer. They enjoy using the computer so having school work done on it can be a benefit. Graphic organizers are, to me, the outline for the 21st Century. Because it is laid out in graphics , rather than text, more students are able to stay in connection with it. I have come across many styles of organizers and the students enjoy having all the choices for which they can use. I can also relate to some people not wanting to use the organizers because of the lack of education as to the helpfulness of the device. Unfamiliarity is a big part of the picture, but like everything else, just getting involved with it will give the knowledge of being able to use the device. There is not real wrong way to use the organizers, just get information organized in a sensible learning way. I believe that more students are visual learners now then in the past, also. I use graphic organizers in my Language Arts classes, but see the benefits of them if they were used in other content areas. They have a tendency to put the information of the lesson in an order that students of the 21st Century can be able to follow. I have come across a web site that I plan to have my students use so that they can create graphic organizers on the computer. They enjoy using the computer so having school work done on it can be a benefit. Graphic organizers are, to me, the outline for the 21st Century. Because it is laid out in graphics , rather than text, more students are able to stay in connection with it. I have come across many styles of organizers and the students enjoy having all the choices for which they can use.
I can also relate to some people not wanting to use the organizers because of the lack of education as to the helpfulness of the device. Unfamiliarity is a big part of the picture, but like everything else, just getting involved with it will give the knowledge of being able to use the device. There is not real wrong way to use the organizers, just get information organized in a sensible learning way.

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