Educators are more aware of different learning styles than ever. However, acknowledging difference is not the same as addressing it properly. I had a largely visually based class of 9 to 12 year old, while teaching in social studies in Ghana. Not being a visual person, designing lessons for the group was difficult for me, especially given the content of Ghanaian Social Studies. Doing a “Tableau Vivant” exercise as my classmates and I did last week could be an excellent way to engage students through technology, and allow visual learners to digest a complex or important event in history. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, any guesses at what my classic novel my classmates and I are depicting? (Clue: say goodbye to Piggy!!!)
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