September 12th - How I Use the Visual Cortex in my Classroom by Unconventional Classroom https://padlet.com/ucrevolution/um7u1kl0bbq9cnzy en-us 2020-09-12 00:21:36 UTC 2020-09-12 15:13:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/ucrevolution/um7u1kl0bbq9cnzy/wish/741019503 I teach music so we do what’s called a listen and draw. We listen to a piece of music, talk about what it makes them think of, and then the students draw or paint while listening to the piece. ]]> 2020-09-12 15:09:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ucrevolution/um7u1kl0bbq9cnzy/wish/741019503 Students create storyboards, draw pictures for vocab words, and sketch notes. :) sbailey112 https://padlet.com/ucrevolution/um7u1kl0bbq9cnzy/wish/741020095 2020-09-12 15:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ucrevolution/um7u1kl0bbq9cnzy/wish/741020095 https://padlet.com/ucrevolution/um7u1kl0bbq9cnzy/wish/741020305 We do posters of the units to hang around the room]]> 2020-09-12 15:11:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ucrevolution/um7u1kl0bbq9cnzy/wish/741020305 https://padlet.com/ucrevolution/um7u1kl0bbq9cnzy/wish/741020392 View drawing tutorials on YouTube.com of movie or book characters.]]> 2020-09-12 15:11:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ucrevolution/um7u1kl0bbq9cnzy/wish/741020392 Visual Cortex https://padlet.com/ucrevolution/um7u1kl0bbq9cnzy/wish/741020428 When we go over novels, I have my students make character outlines. We get construction paper, trace a kid to create an outline, then we fill that outline with the personality traits, draw the clothes, and write the speech and thoughts of the characters. We hang them on the wall for the unit and add as we read ]]> 2020-09-12 15:11:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ucrevolution/um7u1kl0bbq9cnzy/wish/741020428 sbrower9 https://padlet.com/ucrevolution/um7u1kl0bbq9cnzy/wish/741020479 We do a poster contest per unit. They make their “rough drafts” on printer paper and then the winners get to make full sized poster that I hang up around the classroom for the year.]]> 2020-09-12 15:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ucrevolution/um7u1kl0bbq9cnzy/wish/741020479 https://padlet.com/ucrevolution/um7u1kl0bbq9cnzy/wish/741020487 I put up pictures and have them write about what they think they see.]]> 2020-09-12 15:11:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ucrevolution/um7u1kl0bbq9cnzy/wish/741020487 https://padlet.com/ucrevolution/um7u1kl0bbq9cnzy/wish/741021754 We do paint on the computer on Fridays and they can draw a picture of what they learned that week]]> 2020-09-12 15:13:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ucrevolution/um7u1kl0bbq9cnzy/wish/741021754