1. EDU323:
Week 4
Dr. Jennifer C. Walts

2. Agenda
 Welcome & Sharing
 Let’s talk about Graphic Organizers
 Graphic Organizers: How To…
 This Week
 Looking Ahead
 Questions?
 Food for Thought

3. Graphic Organizers
 Why bother? Let’s Discuss:
 What does the research tell us?
 For which learning styles do graphic
organizers work best?
 How can graphic organizers keep kids
engaged?
 How do graphic organizers help teachers
share important information?

4. Graphic Organizers can…
 streamline information
 clarify concepts
 involve students with varying learning
styles
 increase retention
 develop organizational skills
 shift learning from ho-hum to FUN!

5. Samples…

7. Fact
Fact
Main Fact
Idea?
Fact

9. Now, let’s do a couple…
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 Graphic Organizers
 Primary
 Intermediate
 Beehive
 Chain of events
 Main idea
 Cluster

10. This Week
 FRIDAY: Reply to at least 3 classmates in
the Discussion board
 SATURDAY: Post your original Graphic
Organizer in the DropBox
 SUNDAY: Post your Week 4 Reflection in
the DropBox

11. Looking Ahead to Week 5
 Read and Research Parent Involvement
 Meet in Elluminate on Thursday
 We will make a newsletter
 Think about teamwork

12. Q & A:

13. Food for Thought
"In a completely rational
society, the best of us
would be teachers and
the rest of us would have
to settle for something
less." --Lee Iacocca