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Sketchnoting-It's Awesome!


     In the education world, new strategies for the classroom pop up all the time. Something that has been making the rounds lately is sketchnoting. What?!?! You haven't heard of it? Well....you're in luck. Throughout my district, it is being implemented left and right and we are currently beginning to use it in our ELA classes. So, I can share all the awesome ways we are using them! Enter, Nic Hahn. She is an Art Teacher in Minnesota that created amazing videos to teach students step-by-step instructions on how to create Sketchnotes through an 8 lesson sequence. If you want to check out the lessons available, check here. It's worth it!
     The great thing about Nic Hahn's videos are they introduce students to the drawing process specifically. As my kids were beginning their sketchnotes, it was initially met with some hesitation. Not all of us know how to draw. Not all of us like to draw. What's wrong with the way we already take notes? It sounds fun, getting to draw while taking notes, but some of the students were not ready to jump right in. This is why Nic Hahn is so great. Her videos begin by teaching us five basic elements that every picture includes and then delves deeper into drawing objects around the room, our lives, and different people. Over and over, she explains the simplicity of it and keeping things basic. It's amazing. Once they understand the basics of drawing and what is expected of them, my most reluctant kiddos have started to finally come around. Sketchnotes allow students to create notes catered to their own learning and their own study habits. Students focus on the big ideas being discussed and branch out from there.
     Not everyone loves sketchnoting, and that is perfectly acceptable. Not all students are going to find it comes to them naturally. Some students are going to get hung up on the fact that their drawings are not as good as classmates. As their teacher, I remind them over and over that it is their notes, it is for their eyes only. No one expects perfection. The more students practice using sketchnotes though, the more it changes the way they think about things and how they connect. Sketch notes allow students to take control of their learning.This is our main goal in using sketchnotes: to change their thinking, to make it more personal and meaningful to them, to put them in charge.



Love,
💜Ms. Haury

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