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Learn to Sketchnote with Sylvia Duckworth

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Learn to Sketchnote with Sylvia Duckworth

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Sylvia's #sketchnotefever activities to get you started.

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Hello sketchnoter friends!

Please click here to receive regular email updates to this page (Note: Not necessary to sign up again if you already signed up on the pop-up form to this website).

Welcome to the page for #SKETCHNOTEFEVER resources. This campaign was designed to bring awareness to sketchnoting and to build people's visual dictionaries or vocabularies for use in sketchnotes.

What is sketchnoting? Sketchnoting, or visual note-taking, is an effective and fun way to take notes using doodles and text. It has many other benefits such as increased focus and engagement in class, improved comprehension and memory retention, helps develop creative thinking skills and allows students an alternative way to display their learning and make connections to course content. It has a calming and relaxing effect too! ( Click here for articles and studies that support sketchnoting.)

Please click the links below for the 3-minute video lessons (Note that you might need to pause the video from time to time while you and your students are drawing if it goes too fast). There is also a link to a slide with the icons which you can use or show your students afterwards.

Please note that these are only mini-lessons for sketchnoting. For a detailed teacher's manual on how to sketchnote, check out my new book published by ElevateBooksEdu which you can order from

Please note that a new, UPDATED VERSION of my book is now available with 100+ new icons, new fonts, a new "Icons with shapes" activity and all thirty-four #sketchnotefever lessons below!

(Animation above by the amazing Brian Briggs)

1. School icons: for the video. for the slide.
2. Easy fonts: for the video. for the slide.
3. Animal icons: for the video. for the slide.
4. Fancy fonts: for the video. for the slide.
5. Transportation icons: for the video. for the slide.
6. More fancy fonts: for the video. for the slide.
7. Weather icons: for the video. for the slide.
8. Food and drink icons: for the video. for the slide.
9. Halloween icons: for the video. for the slide.
10. Banners: for the video. for the slide.
11. Containers/frames: for the video. for the slide.
12. Arrows: for the video. for the slide.
13. Bullets and Dividers: for the video. for the slide.
14. Faces: for the video. for the slide.
15. Female hairstyles: for the video. for the slide.
16. Male Hairstyles: for the video. for the slide.
17. People: for the video. for the slide.
18. School subject icons: for the video. for the slide.
19. More icons: for the video. for the slide.
20. Remembrance Day/Veteran's Day icons: for the video. for the slide. Bonus lesson: Even more icons! for the video. for the slide.
21. Winter Holidays: for the video. for the slide.

22. Spring icons: for the video. for the slide.
23. Summer icons: for the video. for the slide.
24. Fall icons: for the video. for the slide.
25. Sports icons: for the video. for the slide.
26. Space icons: for the video. for the slide.
27. Travelling icons: for the video. for the slide.
28. Musical instruments: for the video. for the slide.
29. Hands: for the video. for the slide.
30. Baby icons: for the video. for the slide.
31. Wedding icons: for the video. for the slide.
32. Social Media icons: for the video. for the slide.
33. Table icons: for the video. for the slide.
34. Kitchen icons: for the video. for the slide.
Please use the hashtag #SKETCHNOTEFEVER to tweet/Instagram/Facebook your drawings so that we can all share in our progress.
(Another creation by the brilliant Brian Briggs . Yes, he sketchnoted this. With a Google Tilt Brush!)

Did you complete all 34 #SKETCHNOTEFEVER lessons and post your drawings on social media? If so, contact me (with your full name) on or (@sylviaduckworth) or by email (sduckworth100@gmail.com) and you will receive a personalized certificate!

Or did you complete all 13 NEW #SKETCHNOTEFEVER lessons?

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Hello sketchnoter friends! Please click here to receive regular email updates to this page (Note: Not necessary to sign up again if you already signed up on the pop-up form to this website). Welcome to the page for #SKETCHNOTEFEVER resources. This campaign was designed to bring awareness to sketchnoting and to build people's visual...

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Tips aimed at improving student presentations

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Keri-Lee's multitouch book to introduce you to CARP

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You are preparing your students to live in a media rich world where being able to present information clearly, succinctly and visually is a skill they will need to develop.

Four simple principles of design - Contrast, Alignment, Repetition & Proximity - can have a significant impact on the quality of student created posters.

By explicitly teaching these principles to students, we can help them communicate more effectively to a range of audiences, and create meaningful, appealing content.

This book will take you step-by-step through each design principle, and provide you with examples and suggestions to help guide the teaching process for your students.

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You are preparing your students to live in a media rich world where being able to present information clearly, succinctly and visually is a skill they will need to develop. Four simple principles of design - Contrast, Alignment, Repetition & Proximity - can have a significant impact...

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Photography Tips from David Caleb.

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Learn to use your iPad, iPod or iPhone to capture amazing images and videos and arrange them in a way that tells powerful stories. The book is in an easy to follow format that is ideal for students and teachers.

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‎Learn to use your iPad, iPod or iPhone to capture amazing images and videos and arrange them in a way that tells powerful stories. The book is in an easy to follow format that is ideal for students and teachers.

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TED ed resource on using data visualisation to draw a data selfie

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Designer Giorgia Lupi wants to change the way we think about data - far from being cold facts and numbers, it can be warm and often flawed. Follow her step-by-step instructions to generate a data-driven perspective on the person you know best: you.

We humans constantly generate data, and it's constantly being tracked for us. Every step we take, every item we purchase, every website we visit snowballs into a mountain of information - it's no coincidence that it's called Big Data. Data drives many of our decisions today: for example, Amazon suggests what we should put into our shopping carts based on its analysis of our buying history and the history of people with similar tastes; Netflix deploys proprietary formulas to steer us to movie and TV choices so we keep bingeing. Data can also be a great source of anxiety - we worry about our personal information being stolen or used against us. But what if we could take ownership of our day-to-day data and use it to tell our own story instead?

That's what Giorgia Lupi, co-founder and design director at Accurat, a New York City- and Milan-based firm, is trying to do (TED Talk: How we can find ourselves in data). She looks at data from a perspective she calls " data humanism " that emphasizes its vitality and color. It's time, she says, "to begin designing ways to connect numbers to what they really stand for: knowledge, behaviors, people." She urges to think beyond the hackneyed forms of data visualization - the bar graphs, the linear timelines - and dream up other ways to turn statistics into a story. A data portrait can be a great way to begin reclaiming and recycling your personal information. And there's no right or wrong way to do it; it's like a selfie, but made out of data points rather than pixels.

Here's a template you can use to start taking your data in your own hands. The process is straightforward: just answer these questions, then draw. And don't worry, it's meant for artists and non-artists.

Remember that data, like us, is imperfect. "It's time to leave behind any presumption of absolute control and universal truth," says Lupi. Since we get our data from humans; it's riddled with human error and tainted by biases. We should embrace these imperfections, just as we embrace imperfections in ourselves and others. These portraits are only the start of forming a new relationship with your data. Once you feel more connected to it, you'll see it differently. We must treat data "as the beginning of the conversation," Lupi says, "and not the end."

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How to draw your own selfie - using your personal data

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We humans constantly generate data, and it's constantly being tracked for us. Every step we take, every item we purchase, every website we visit snowballs into a mountain of information - it's no coincidence that it's called Big Data.

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Interesting topics with videos, simple texts and lots of links, makes this a perfect starting point for research on a new topic.

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The Kid Should See This: Educational videos for curious kids of all ages, a free resource for parents & teachers. Science, art, nature, animals, & more.

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Free stock photos of high quality

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COLOURlovers is a creative community where people from around the world create and share colors, palettes
and patterns, discuss the latest trends and explore colorful articles... All in the spirit of love.

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COLOURlovers is a creative community where people from around the world create and share colors, palettes and patterns, discuss the latest trends and explore colorful articles... All in the spirit of love

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Helps you pair google fonts together

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Fontpair - Free, beautiful fonts and font pairings curated just for you

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Free typography for your next design project (Google Fonts, Fontshare, Fontesk, Font Squirrel, and more)

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Verbal to Visual: Getting Started with Sketchnoting

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Verbal to Visual: Getting Started with Sketchnoting

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Intro video from Doug Neill

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The website is a great resource:
https://www.presentationzen.com/

The second book by Garr Reynolds about Presentation design ideas. Easy reading and a great purchase.

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Pinterest Board of child-friendly examples

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Inspiration for Beautiful Posters | See more ideas about Graph design, Chart design and Design posters.

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NY times initiative where they post a photo without any identifying info, and students are encouraged to hypothesise about what's going on. At the end of the week they reveal the subject and its context.

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Intriguing Times images stripped of their captions — and an invitation to students to discuss them live.

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TED Talk by Tommy McCall

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Tommy McCall: The simple genius of a good graphic

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In a talk that's part history lesson, part love letter to graphics, information designer Tommy McCall traces the centuries-long evolution of charts and diagrams -- and shows how complex data can be sculpted into beautiful shapes. "Graphics that help us think faster, or see a book's worth of information on a single page, are the key to unlocking new discoveries," McCall says.

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Excellent research site with image-rich content, keywords highlighted and defined, and a quiz at the end of each article. Students can submit things they're wondering about too.

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Have you ever tasted an Arab taco?

When was the Arab taco invented?

What is shawarma?

Find it out

How are currency exchange rates determined?

What was the gold standard?

Which type of currency exchange rate system does the U.S. use?

Find it out
Which of the following is usually NOT a factor in determining currency exchange rates?

Test your knowledge

How can I use Wonderopolis?

What are the parts of a Wonder?

How do writers make a Wonder?

Find it out
Based on information from the Wonder, what was Lou Castro known for when he was alive?

Test your knowledge

What is an okapi?

Where do okapis live?

What do okapis eat?

Find it out

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Where the Wonders of Learning Never Cease | Wonderopolis

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Where the Wonders of Learning Never Cease

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Website for free stock photos of high quality

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4.5 million+ Stunning Free Images to Use Anywhere - Pixabay - Pixabay

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Find your perfect royalty-free image or video to download and use. ✓ Royalty-free ✓ No attribution required ✓ High quality images.

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The 10 Commandments of Color Theory | Visual.ly

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After the eminent success of our previous infographic, "The 10 Commandments of Typography", DesignMantic now brings to you its sequel created upon

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The 10 Commandments of Typography | Visual.ly

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The infographic below illustrates the, "10 Commandments of Typography" that could be followed as quite the basics when it comes to selecting fonts

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Nancy Duarte's Diagrammer provides graphic charts that are customisable to your content. Download as .ppt and open in Keynote for use on a Mac

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Diagrammer™: PowerPoint® Ready Images for Presentations

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Choose from more than 4,000 customizable diagrams and download your free PowerPoint-ready file to enhance your presentation.

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Improving Cornell Notes with Sketchnoting Techniques

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Improving Cornell Notes with Sketchnoting Techniques

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Cornell notes + Sketchnoting... note taking nirvana?

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Improving Cornell Notes With Sketchnoting Techniques

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Free ppt & Google Slides templates for every occasion. Download .ppt file and open in Keynote to use on a Mac

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SlidesCarnival: Free PowerPoint & Google Slides Templates That Stand Out

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Captivate your audience with our collection of professionally-designed PowerPoint and Google Slides templates. Boost your presentations and make a lasting impression!

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The year-long project by Georgia Lupe & Stephanie Posavec where they visualised their personal data on postcards sent to each other.

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Two girls who switched continents get to know each other through the data they draw and send across the pond. Dear Data is a year-long, analog data drawing project by Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec.

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Database of free icons, colour adjustable.

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Free Icons and Stickers - Millions of images to download

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Download Free Icons and Stickers for your projects. Images made by and for designers in PNG, SVG, EPS, PSD and CSS formats

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A designer tool for creating color combinations that work together well.

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A typography dating game...

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By Mike Rohde

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The Sketchnote Handbook Video Edition : Mike Rohde : 9780321885111

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The Sketchnote Handbook Video Edition by Mike Rohde, 9780321885111, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide.

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Free online design course lesson: Layout & Composition

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The first piece of Layout and Composition is Balance - balance gives a design structure and stability and helps to distribute the elements evenly throughout your design. This give the eye a clear path to follow.
Click here to open the Lesson 1 Workbook, make a copy, and complete Activities 1 and 2.
Now that you have completed Lesson 1, I'd love to see your creations! Post any of your practice layouts on twitter using #DesignEDU, and tag @sadieclorinda and @DesignStudioEDU!
Check back for more lessons on Design Fundamentals, Color, Type, and more!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um9KmJU9DsU The first piece of Layout and Composition is Balance - balance gives a design structure and stability and helps to distribute the elements evenly throughout your design. This give the eye a clear path to follow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P85UDOmcsGs Click here to open the Lesson 1 Workbook, make a copy, and complete Activities 1 and 2....

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Layout Cheat Sheet - Making the Most of Visual Arrangement

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Layout Cheat Sheet - Making the Most of Visual Arrangement

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Article from Piktochart

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Infographic Layout Cheat Sheet: Making the Best Out of Visual Arrangement

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A good visual arrangement puts together design objects in ways that attract attention. Achieve elegant infographics using whitespace and smart layouts.

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Find the hex code of any colour on any website with this chrome extension

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Eye Dropper is open source extension which allows you to pick colors from web pages, color picker and your personal color history.

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The Art of Combining Fonts - Joust Multimedia

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Joust proudly leads Columbus, Indiana as one of the most innovative and tech savvy startups in the region. We are comprised of a group of young creatives, driven by the desire to create amazing user experiences and beautiful design.

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David McCandless's website of beautiful information graphics

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Distilling the world’s data, information & knowledge into beautiful infographics & visualizations

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Download and install these fonts for use on your computer

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86,484 fonts of which:
34,084 with accents
44,397 with the Euro symbol

How to install a font (details in the Help section)
Extract the files you have downloaded, then:

Windows 10/8/7/Vista: Right-click on the font files > "Install"

Mac OS X: Double-click the font file > "Install font" button. Other OS...

All the new fonts
The fonts presented on this website are their authors' property, and are either freeware, shareware, demo versions or public domain. The licence mentioned above the download button is just an indication. Please look at the readme-files in the archives or check the indicated author's website for details, and contact him/her if in doubt.
If no author/licence is indicated that's because we don't have information, that doesn't mean it's free.

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Archive of freely downloadable fonts. Browse by alphabetical listing, by style, by author or by popularity.

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"Explore the world of charts & graphs. Build your own."

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Download and install these fonts for use on your computer

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Free Fonts! Legit Free & Quality " Font Squirrel

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Font Squirrel scours the internet for high quality, legitimately free fonts . Download thousands of completely legal, high quality, free fonts.

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Another great site for a free selection of Google and PowerPoint templates with a designer's touch

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Free Google Slides themes and Powerpoint templates | Slidesgo

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Discover the best Google Slides themes and PowerPoint templates you can use in your presentations - 100% Free for any use.

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Using the power of Instagram for teaching and learning- talk about authentic!
Also a great way to embed discussions about digital citizenship and using social media platforms to change the world.

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Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license.

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Not just a poster tool, Canva has several pre-made templates for infographics too!

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Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool. Use it to create social media posts, presentations, posters, videos, logos and more.

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Here are some options of apps you can use to get started on your sketchnote journey

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

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We are revisiting the topic of sketchnoting with an updated list of some of the best iPad apps you can use to create visually attractive sketchnotes. As we have argued elsewhere, Sketchnoting is the art of visual recording in which the sketchnoter draws on a multimodal set of tools to communicate their ideas. Unlike traditional note taking, sketchnoting is a primarily visual medium in that it foregrounds the visual element and highlights connections and hierarchies. Sketchnoting involves the blending of words with drawings, shapes, diagrams, and graphic organizers ( e.g arrows, pointers, bullet points..etc).

According to Mike Rohde, author of The Sketchnote Handbook, sketchnoting has several pluses:

It engages your whole mind

It creates a visual map

It helps your concentration

It taps our visual language

Sketchnoting is relaxing

Creating Sketchnotes is dynamic and fun.

With some apps, sketchnoting can best be done through the use of a stylus or pen. There are several styluses out there but the ones we recommend the most are: Adonit Jot Pro , Pencil by 53, Sensu Artist Brush & Stylus, or DotPen

Here is our selection of some of the best sketchnoting apps for iPad:

' Paper is the best way to capture and connect your notes, photos, and sketches. Create checklists, spotlight details in photos, and sketch diagrams with unbeatable speed and ease - Paper is like a wall of sticky notes for everything that inspires you.'

'Inkflow is a note-taking and brainstorming experience unlike any other! Capture your ideas as easily as with pen and paper, then resize and reorganize them with your fingers.'

'Concepts intelligently combines paper + pencil with powerful vector manipulation. Make quick sketches, beautiful illustrations, and precise drawings with ease and style.'
4- Adobe Photoshop Sketch

'Draw with pencils, pens, markers, erasers, thick acrylic*, ink brush*, soft pastel* and watercolor* paint brushes to create artwork that can be sent as layered PSD files to Adobe Photoshop CC or Adobe Illustrator CC.'
5- My Sketch Paper

'My Sketch Paper, an excellent freehand creative tool, beautifully be filled with anything from a sketch to a flow-chart, a list to an diagram. You can make extremely smooth lines and began drawing, writing, diagramming, etc with the default pen and brushes. A fresh canvas is ready and waiting for your ideas, inspiration, and art.'
6- Tayasui Sketches

'Sketches is the most realistic, versatile and user-friendly sketching app designed for a mobile device. This exhaustive artist's toolbox helps users create dazzling sketches, cheerful paintings and smashing illustrations on the go.'

'Autodesk® SketchBook® is an intuitive painting and drawing application designed for people of all skill levels, who love to draw. We reimagined the paint engine, so SketchBook delivers more fluid pencils and natural painting than ever before, all while keeping the interface clean and simple.'
8- Zen Brush 2

'Zen Brush 2 is a drawing app focused on the strong yet beautiful feel of the East Asian ink brush. With a new drawing engine that brings to life a feeling of silky fluent painting and the delicacy of an ink brush, providing a simple and intuitive user interface imbued with the Zen spirit, this app is designed to be optimal for performing Zen art.'

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Some of The Best iPad Sketchnoting Apps for Teachers

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We are revisiting the topic of sketchnoting with an updated list of some of the best iPad apps you can use to create visually attractive sketchnotes. As we have argued elsewhere, Sketchnoting is the art of visual recording in which the sketchnoter draws on a multimodal set of tools to communicate their ideas.

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Infographics can be made in Keynote too. Loads of icons to coose from and can be used on IOS and Mac. It's good to have options, amiright?

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Made an example orca infographic in #Keynote ready for this week’s #EveryoneCanCreate lesson. Excited to see what students come up with! 

@AppleEDU #CorpusCreates

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Made an example orca infographic in #Keynote ready for this week’s #EveryoneCanCreate lesson. Excited to see what students come up with! 

@AppleEDU #CorpusCreates https://t.co/kzH0L6EP0z

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Made an example orca infographic in #Keynote ready for this week’s #EveryoneCanCreate lesson. Excited to see what students come up with! @AppleEDU #CorpusCreates pic.twitter.com/kzH0L6EP0z
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Made an example orca infographic in #Keynote ready for this week’s #EveryoneCanCreate lesson. Excited to see what students come up with! 

@AppleEDU #CorpusCreates https://t.co/kzH0L6EP0z

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Made an example orca infographic in #Keynote ready for this week’s #EveryoneCanCreate lesson. Excited to see what students come up with! 

@AppleEDU #CorpusCreates https://t.co/kzH0L6EP0z

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Made an example orca infographic in #Keynote ready for this week’s #EveryoneCanCreate lesson. Excited to see what students come up with! 

@AppleEDU #CorpusCreates