Visual Learning

As an educator I need to take into account the many learning styles in which my students learn. One style in which students tend to learn the best from is visual as oppose to auditory. I believe this is the case because of the strategies that can be utilized to engage visual learners. Some of these strategies are flow charts, use of font and different colors. Each of these rather simple strategies can have a vital impact on the success of a student. 

For instance, having students creating a flow chat of historical events in software such as Inspiration gives an opportunity to review the material while having fun with this user-friendly but yet effective software. Inspiration gives students the ability to add symbols to create a connection to the topic. By adding symbols students can make a correlation between the content and the symbol that can come into play later during assessments. Moreover, Inspiration provides a clean, crisp and organized platform in which students can create their own flowchart to organize anything they want in which they can understand. I like to emphasis that point because every student learns differently and likes things organized differently. 

Organizing in general is critical and can be done in a number of different fashions. One of the ways in which a student can organize content is through the use of different fonts and colors. Fonts, rather it is different typeface or if it bold, italic and underline can have a different meaning. Colors can hold significant weight as well. For instance, when I was in undergrad, I would highlight my notes with different colors depending on the how they related to the subject, cause, effect, and major event. 

On the surface, these strategies seem simple but they are highly effective in helping visual learners become successful in the classroom. The utilization of creating flow charts in Inspiration, use of font and different colors gives students the ability to take large chunks of information and break it down into simpler, more manageable pieces that make sense to them.