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Organize your thoughts!
Graphic organizers in the world of education are not a new instructional strategy.
They are a strategy that educators implement in a variety of ways. Fisher and Frey (2018) state
“students should be taught a range of tools they can use to visually represent the content and then
be asked to select from their collection of tools to organize the content” (p. 764). All too often the
implementation looks different with students completing the exact same graphic organizer.
Some students may be able to organize their thoughts with the one chosen by their teacher.
However, many students will need to organize the new content in different ways. For example, the
Venn Diagram below shows the relationship between three categories. The categories themselves
are easy enough for me to understand. I do not know an example for the overlapping portion of pirate
and ninja or pirate and zombie. I would have to turn my graphic organizer into the teacher with
incomplete parts and the evidence would be that I lack understanding of the content. If I were given
the opportunity to share my understanding of pirates, ninjas and zombies, I would choose a concept
map. I may not have names of characters for each one, but I can use related words and phrases to
show my understanding of each.
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Instructional Design
A digital resource that I would implement with teachers to support the instructional design process is Gliffy. It is a tool used for creating graphic organizers using a blank document and building it from scratch. A flowchart is one way that teachers can organize their thinking using Gliffy. “Flowcharts are an integral part of the instructional design development phase” state Ritzhaupt et al. (2017). I support teachers with curriculum mapping, pacing guides and lesson planning. When teachers are developing these resources, they must think about how each piece builds on another whether looking vertically at concepts or using learning targets to work towards the big idea of content. The elementary teachers in the video below describe how they use a flowchart to work through their thoughts about teaching comprehension. I challenge you to use Gliffy as a tool to create a flowchart for your next unit.
References:
Fisher, D., & Frey, N. (2018). The Uses and Misuses of Graphic Organizers in Content Area
Learning. The Reading Teacher, (6), 763. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.1693
Learning. The Reading Teacher, (6), 763. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.1693
Ritzhaupt, A., Lee, B., Eichler., Calhoun, C., Salama, C., Nichols, J., Wilson, M., Hafizah,
N., Davis, A., Beatty, O., Yaylaci, S., Sahau, S. & Wildberger, W. (2017, December 12). ADDIE Explained [text]. Retrieved from
http://www.aritzhaupt.com/addie_explained/# CC BY license 4.0.
Ashley,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing about the online tool Gliffy! I have never used this before, but I love the quote on the first page when you click on it…Visual is in our DNA - Gliffy online tools power visual communication and collaboration (https://www.gliffy.com/). What a unique way to communicate with other teachers and students during a lesson or an activity! Like flowcharts, story boards are also very useful in the developmental stages of planning. Rithzaupt et al. (2017), says that storyboards have “developed into an indispensable tool for modern instructional design development” (n.p.). As educators, we need to remember students learn in different ways so I feel it is important to give them as many tools possible so they can express their ideas in the best way imaginable.
References
Rithzaupt, A., Lee, B., Eichler., Calhoun, C., Salama, C., Nichols, J., Wilson, M., Hafizah, N., Davis, A., Beatty, O., Yaylaci, S., Sahau, S. & Wildberger, W. (2017, December 12). ADDIE Explained [text]. Retrieved from http://www.aritzhaupt.com/addie_explained/# CC BY license 4.0.
I find it interesting that you focused on the flowchart aspect of development. I will admit that I have read about flowcharts and even saw them used from time to time but never fully understood how important they are. "Flowcharts are an integral part of the instructional design development phase and is a visual representation of the steps in the process or presentation" (Ritzhaupt, 2017). The digital source, Gliffy, also seems to be extremely helpful tool. Maybe I never fully embraced the flowchart aspect when I've developed things in the past because I am more of a digital learner. Having a digital resource that will help with this step in the process is more likely to help me incorporate it fully into my future developments.
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Rithzaupt, A., Lee, B., Eichler., Calhoun, C., Salama, C., Nichols, J., Wilson, M., Hafizah, N., Davis, A., Beatty, O., Yaylaci, S., Sahau, S. & Wildberger, W. (2017, December 12). ADDIE Explained [text]. Retrieved from http://www.aritzhaupt.com/addie_explained/# CC BY license 4.0.
Teneal Smith
This is my first time learning about Gliffy, so thanks for sharing! Flowcharts and storyboard are great visual organizers for learners. According to Rithzaupt el at. (2017), “Much like storyboarding, flowcharts are an integral part of the instructional design development phase. From an instructional development perspective, a flowchart is a visual representation of the steps in a process or presentation.” In using flowcharts and storyboards, I have found that they work extremely well with ESL students (especially the images with words) .
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Rithzaupt, A., Lee, B., Eichler., Calhoun, C., Salama, C., Nichols, J., Wilson, M., Hafizah, N., Davis, A., Beatty, O., Yaylaci, S., Sahau, S. & Wildberger, W. (2017, December 12). ADDIE Explained [text]. Retrieved from http://www.aritzhaupt.com/addie_explained/# CC BY license 4.0.