{"id":10180,"date":"2021-09-17T11:08:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T18:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/?p=10180"},"modified":"2023-11-21T12:16:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T20:16:32","slug":"basics-of-visual-notetaking-for-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/basics-of-visual-notetaking-for-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Basics of Visual Notetaking for Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Teachers can use visual notes in almost any classroom setting: when you\u2019re explaining a topic, or when students are sharing ideas, insights, or presenting. Visual notes help\u00a0enhance learning\u00a0and\u00a0information retention. They\u2019re effective for any student \u2013 whether elementary, high school, or post-secondary.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Basics of Visual Note-Taking for Teachers  |  Fuselight\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ud-PwDwBtOM?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10184\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Cheat-Sheet-for-VISUAL-NOTES-for-Teachers.jpg\" alt=\"Cheat sheet\" width=\"805\" height=\"634\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Cheat-Sheet-for-VISUAL-NOTES-for-Teachers.jpg 805w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Cheat-Sheet-for-VISUAL-NOTES-for-Teachers-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Cheat-Sheet-for-VISUAL-NOTES-for-Teachers-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Cheat-Sheet-for-VISUAL-NOTES-for-Teachers-480x378.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 805px) 100vw, 805px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are a few\u00a0<strong>basic building blocks<\/strong>\u00a0of visual notes. Layouts are core to visual notes, as the clarity of your visual notes is all about how you organize content on the page. Other components include text, banners &amp; boxes, dividers, bullets, images, and colors. You\u2019ll be a visual note taking super hero if you have a basic understanding of these.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10186\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Building-Blocks-of-Visual-Notes.png\" alt=\"Building blocks\" width=\"600\" height=\"438\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Building-Blocks-of-Visual-Notes.png 600w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Building-Blocks-of-Visual-Notes-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Building-Blocks-of-Visual-Notes-480x350.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>LAYOUTS<\/h2>\n<p>Your layout is how you organize the content and the \u201cpath\u201d you want the viewer to follow. There are many ways of laying out your visual notes, but these are five basic ones.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10187\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Five-Basic-Layouts-of-Visual-Notes-1.png\" alt=\"layouts\" width=\"600\" height=\"485\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Five-Basic-Layouts-of-Visual-Notes-1.png 600w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Five-Basic-Layouts-of-Visual-Notes-1-300x243.png 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Five-Basic-Layouts-of-Visual-Notes-1-480x388.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Columns<\/h3>\n<p>Split the page into three, and start drawing left to right, filling up each column as you go.<\/p>\n<h3>Pathway<\/h3>\n<p>Snake your content around the page, and you might use a big arrow to guide the reader.<\/p>\n<h3>Hub and spoke layout (or mind map layout)<\/h3>\n<p>Your main topic is the hub in the middle, and sub topics radiate out. For example, you might have a diagram of an animal cell as the hub and each component of the cell as a spoke.<\/p>\n<h3>Boxes<\/h3>\n<p>Like a comic book, you might like to work with boxes as your main layout. Each box could be a different topic.<\/p>\n<h3>Popcorn layout<\/h3>\n<p>A popcorn layout is more open to putting content anywhere on the page.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>TEXT<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s best to keep your text organized by\u00a0Main Idea, Sub-Idea,\u00a0and\u00a0Supporting Text. Your main idea is the big topic you\u2019re covering, and it might have multiple sub-ideas. Same for the supporting text.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10188\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Organizing-Text-in-Visual-Notes.png\" alt=\"supporting text\" width=\"596\" height=\"232\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Organizing-Text-in-Visual-Notes.png 596w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Organizing-Text-in-Visual-Notes-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Organizing-Text-in-Visual-Notes-480x187.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>BANNERS &amp; BOXES<\/h2>\n<p>Banners and boxes are containers for your content. They really help split up a lot of text, and help the eye navigate the page. They also don\u2019t have to be banners and boxes \u2013 they could be an image like a car!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10189\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Banners-and-Boxes-in-Visual-Notes.png\" alt=\"banners and boxes\" width=\"798\" height=\"413\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Banners-and-Boxes-in-Visual-Notes.png 798w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Banners-and-Boxes-in-Visual-Notes-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Banners-and-Boxes-in-Visual-Notes-768x397.png 768w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Banners-and-Boxes-in-Visual-Notes-480x248.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>DIVIDERS &amp; BULLETS<\/h2>\n<p>Dividers are great for splitting up content you\u2019ve captured to help differentiate it. Dividers can be any style of line or shape you can think of.<\/p>\n<p>Bullets are another type of divider because they help anchor each piece of text you\u2019ve written in a list. These are a few simple ones, but bullets can be whatever you think up!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10190\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Dividers-and-Bullets-in-visual-notes.png\" alt=\"dividers and bullets\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Dividers-and-Bullets-in-visual-notes.png 600w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Dividers-and-Bullets-in-visual-notes-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Dividers-and-Bullets-in-visual-notes-510x382.png 510w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Dividers-and-Bullets-in-visual-notes-480x361.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>COLOR<\/h2>\n<p>We could go down a rabbit hole on color theory, but a good principle to keep in mind is dark colors are best for text, and light colors are best for background content that you don\u2019t want to compete with your text. Background content can also include arrows, shapes, and dividers.<\/p>\n<p>You can also use a bright color, such as red or orange, to make a key idea pop in your text.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10191\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Color-in-Visual-Notes.png\" alt=\"colors\" width=\"600\" height=\"422\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Color-in-Visual-Notes.png 600w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Color-in-Visual-Notes-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/Color-in-Visual-Notes-480x338.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>SHARING YOUR VISUAL NOTES<\/h2>\n<p>For online classes, you can share your visual notes through screen share in Microsoft Teams, Zoom, etc.<\/p>\n<p>And in the classroom, you can share visual notes to a Smart Board or projector. This is great if you don\u2019t want to be on your feet all day at the front of the class. Some people also find working on the smaller screen is easier and quicker than writing on a large smart board.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10192\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/How-to-Share-your-Visual-Notes.png\" alt=\"share your visual notes\" width=\"600\" height=\"295\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/How-to-Share-your-Visual-Notes.png 600w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/How-to-Share-your-Visual-Notes-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/How-to-Share-your-Visual-Notes-480x236.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Using visual notes in the classroom, sketchnoting in class, sharing visual notes in class<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been taking visual notes in conferences around the world since 2010 (visual note-taking is also called live drawing, graphic recording, visual scribing, sketch-noting). We\u2019re always exploring new methods and ways of using visuals to explain complex topics \u2014 from animations to clickable graphics to augmented reality!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>About Fuselight Creative<\/h1>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thefuselight.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fuselight Creative<\/a><\/strong> is a woman-owned and operated visual facilitation company with team members across North America, but whose home base is in Victoria and Vancouver, BC on the unceded territories of the Lekwungen, W\u0331S\u00c1NE\u0106 (Saalish), and x\u02b7m\u0259\u03b8k\u02b7\u0259y\u0313\u0259m (Musqueam) peoples.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2010 by Tanya Gadsby, their areas of focus are climate science, health &amp; human rights, and collaboration with Indigenous Nations and communities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefuselight.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fuselight\u2019s<\/a> mission is igniting ideas through innovative uses of visuals and technology, whether those ideas are small or large, in different languages or world views. 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She leads her team at Fuselight Creative with this philosophy in order to deliver a truly unique and engaging experience at conferences and on projects.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefuselight.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefuselight.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Tools featured in this video<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wacom.com\/en-us\/products\/pen-displays\/wacom-one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wacom One<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wacom.com\/en-us\/products\/pen-tablets\/one-by-wacom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One by Wacom<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wacom.com\/en-us\/education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10204 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/edu.png\" alt=\"contact us\" width=\"415\" height=\"349\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/edu.png 415w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/09\/edu-300x252.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Contact us for more information<\/h2>\n<p>Our experienced sales staff can provide you with insight and best practices on implementation for your school or district, as well as information on our products and evaluation programs based on your specific needs.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wacom.com\/en-us\/education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect with an education specialist<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teachers can use visual notes in almost any classroom setting: when you\u2019re explaining a topic, or when students are sharing ideas, insights, or presenting. 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