Wednesday, July 25, 2012

21st Century Brains

HA! Vision trumps all other senses!!!  Flipping thru the info passed out the first day, I've been slowing down to read the notes from  Brain Rules a bit more carefully.  Even tho we know that vision is important to learning and many, many folks are visual learners ( are there more visual learners now than ever before because of technology?)  I feel as if school art so often gets short shrift.  However, the 4 C's of 21st Century Skills - Creativity and Innovation, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Communication, and Collaboration are very closely tied to much of art making.  Additionally, information fluency is now a increasingly critical skill,very  often tied to the visual aspects of what are anticipated skills necessary for our futures.

It's all about visual memory and visual processing skills.  How can I bank on this in the art room?



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