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WelcomeWelcome

to today’s workshop:to today’s workshop:

David David ChapmanChapman

learninglearning

Today’s objectivesToday’s objectives

• To learn how to work smarter…not harder!

• To learn using eyes, ears, hands, and bodies

• To learn in brain-friendly ways

• To enjoy learning more!

LEFTLogical

Mathematical

Problem solver

Fact focused

Organiser

One thing at a time

RIGHTImaginative

Artistic

Fantasy focused

Creative

Full of ideas

Musical

Your Amazing Your Amazing Brain!Brain!

Mission 1 - Mission 1 - objectivesobjectives• To find out what my rewards are for working hard

• To learn how important attitude is to success

• To keep an open mind about how successful I could be

Belief

Motivation

Positivity

Hard Work

Titanic – the Titanic – the meaning?meaning?

Don’t judge too Don’t judge too early – give early – give

yourself time to yourself time to think and reflectthink and reflect

The need for goalsThe need for goals

When you know what you want, it’s much easier to get

it!

Mission 2 - Mission 2 - objectivesobjectives

To help me learn quicker, better & easier, by finding out

what type of learner I am

Visual:

Learns best with pictures, colours, maps and diagrams etc

Auditory:

Learns best by listening, speaking, chanting, and singing

Kinaesthetic:

Learns best by using physical actions, making models, and making

emotional connections

Learning Learning StylesStyles

• Shorten your notes using as many pictures & images as possible

• Choose powerful images that will trigger your memory for related information e.g. respiration, excretion (!)

• Record notes onto tape/CD and play back to reinforce it in your mind

• Write down trigger words on flash cards and try to talk about related information for 30 seconds

V A K: top tipsV A K: top tips

• Summarise your notes by writing out trigger words on Post-It notes, and then related words on other Post-Its, and stick them on your wall

• To memorise, use storyboards or look at flashcards/concept maps whilst walking/jogging or cycling

• Use colours and highlighters to pick out vital words

• Try and build a visual storyline to connect information from a topic

• Replace lyrics in your favourite songs with topic related information (Amarillo’s a winner!)

• Associate silly sounds with vital words

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• Use plasticine/lego/newspapers & sellotape to build models and re-create objects

• Build collages of info, cutting up text from photocopies and the internet

Mission 3 – Visual Mission 3 – Visual LearningLearning

objectivesobjectivesTo learn how to help myself understand and organise

information easily, and to make notes WKD…

Helpful hints from brainy Helpful hints from brainy behindsbehinds

WKD HierarchyWKD Hierarchy

WWKK

DD

DD

WWhat’s It All About?hat’s It All About? (Central Concept, Topic, Theme (Central Concept, Topic, Theme etc)etc)

KKey Categoriesey Categories

(Primary)

(Secondary)

DDetailsetails

DDetailsetails

English texts – the WKD English texts – the WKD wayway

W = Your English textK = K = K =

Details DetailsDetails

Process through which light energy, water, and carbon dioxide are converted to carbohydrate and oxygen in the presence of chlorophyll. Occurs in plants,cyanobacteria and lichens.

Chlorophyll is a green, light-absorbing pigment found in plants and other photosynthetic organisms. A magnesium-porphyrin complex, it is an essential electron donor in photosynthesis.

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Photosynthesis – the hard Photosynthesis – the hard way!way!

WKD on WKD on PhotosynthesisPhotosynthesis

LightLight

ChloroChloro

NRGNRG

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V A K: Visual V A K: Visual learninglearningGCSE

Science

…by a very

visual Year 10

student!

Kinaesthetic Kinaesthetic learninglearning

How can we learn the human body a different way?

Can we still make it WKD?

Concept Concept mappingmapping

WWKK

KK

KK

KK D 1D 1

D 1D 1 D 1D 1

D 1D 1D 2D 2

1. Turn your paper landscape

2. What’s It All About centre of the page

5. As much as you can, use pictures

4. Use 3 colours at least

6. Single words where possible - not sentences!

3. Key topics and all Details written on the line – always!

7. Our brains like curvy lines better than straight

Concept mapping a whole Concept mapping a whole topictopic

Concept mapping a whole Concept mapping a whole topictopic

VERSE

This is the human body-o

Arms, legs, a head and a torso

We got plenty of muscles

Glutes, quads, biceps and pectorals

Bones give us strength, yeah

The tibia is just one

You got bones everywhere

Even under your bum!

CHORUS

Is the awesome human body here?

Blood carrying nutrients everywhere

Retina, iris, cornea

Helping us to look and see

The human body’s full of organs

Liver, skin, heart are some of ‘em

And if you didn’t have a body

You’d feel pretty empty, see!

Using songs to learnUsing songs to learn

The Human Body – Amarillo style!

Ten top tips - Ten top tips - exampleexample

“Always remember how successful you can be when you

give 100%”

…but also remember…

MotivatioMotivationn

“Try? No!

Do, or do not.

There is no try”