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This presents Two sources of visual thinking guides: [[#Exploratree}Exploratree]] and [[#Holt_Graphic_Organizer|Holt Graphic Organizer]].
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This presents Two sources of visual thinking guides: [[#Exploratree|Exploratree]] and [[#Holt_Graphic_Organizer|Holt Graphic Organizer]].
 
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[[Image:Visual-thinking-with-Exploratree.png|thumb|439px|center|Visual thinking    '''[http://www.informationtamers.com/Flash/Visual-thinking-with-Exploratree.swf Interactive Flash]'''    '''[http://www.informationtamers.com/PDF/Visual-thinking-with-Exploratree.pdf Interactive PDF]''']]
 
[[Image:Visual-thinking-with-Exploratree.png|thumb|439px|center|Visual thinking    '''[http://www.informationtamers.com/Flash/Visual-thinking-with-Exploratree.swf Interactive Flash]'''    '''[http://www.informationtamers.com/PDF/Visual-thinking-with-Exploratree.pdf Interactive PDF]''']]

Revision as of 11:06, 21 December 2010

This presents Two sources of visual thinking guides: Exploratree and Holt Graphic Organizer.

Exploratree[edit]

Visual thinking    Interactive Flash    Interactive PDF

Exploratree hosts a set of interactive thinking guides. This is a free web resource where you can use the guides, print them, edit them or make your own. You can share them and work on them in groups. It is aimed at schools and students, but has ideas for thinkers of all ages.

Interactive map: Flash (recommended)

     PDF (problem?)

Here are some of the overall categories, names of individual diagram type and an indication of their purposes.

Click the thumbnail to see a full-size image. Click the caption under the thumbnail to be taken to Exploratree’s interactive page for that diagram.

Develop ideas[edit]

Lotus blossom[edit]

Create lots of ideas around an issue then turn ideas into actions


Examine ideas[edit]

Investigate evidence and other views then make new ideas

Use the essence[edit]

Get to the heart of the issue then look for new ideas

Possible futures[edit]

Think about the way an issue may develop in the future

Solve problems[edit]

Knowing trees[edit]

Think through a question and identify supporting evidence

Reverse planning[edit]

Work backwards from the ideal future to a realistic present

Is / is not[edit]

Scope a problem by identifying what it is and is not

Complete reversal[edit]

Reverse a problem to stimulate new thinking when stuck

Digging up roots[edit]

Explore a problem by digging down to its roots

Explore[edit]

Futures wheel[edit]

Think through the consequences and knock-on effects

T.A.S.C.[edit]

Helps you think about and communicate any topics, issues or problems

Question things[edit]

Question everything you read, hear and see

Compare and contrast[edit]

Make comparisons between two topics

A day in the life[edit]

Seeing things as they are experienced.

Analyse[edit]

Tracking an enquiry[edit]

This thinking guide will help you to plan your enquiry


Facts or opinions[edit]

Sort out the facts from the opinions about a particular topic

Making meanings[edit]

Establish what you want to know

Scamper[edit]

Substitute, combine, adapt, modify, rearrange

Traffic lights[edit]

What changes would you make? Analyse a particular situation

Different perspectives[edit]

From a different angle[edit]

Examining a topic through a variety of different lenses

Thinking boxes[edit]

Analyse from different perspectives – local to global

Plus, minus, interesting[edit]

Evaluate by identifying pluses, minuses and interesting points

Compass rose[edit]

Examine things from a variety of perspectives

Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers[edit]

Holt.jpg

These are described as interactive, and are in the sense that they are PDF files into which you can store your own text, but the underlying diagrams cannot be changed. Once you’ve downloaded a PDF you can type in your own thoughts and either save it or print it.

Generating, Identifying, and Organizing Details[edit]

Cluster Diagram Teaching notes

FreeForm Web Teaching notes

Circle Diagram Teaching notes

Spider Map Teaching notes

Determining Main Idea and Drawing Conclusions[edit]

Main Idea and Details Chart Teaching notes

Main Idea Chart Teaching notes

Determining Main Idea Chart Teaching notes

Drawing Conclusions from Information Chart Teaching notes

Conclusions Chart Teaching notes

Order and Sequence[edit]

Flow Chart Teaching notes

Sequence Chain Teaching notes

Sequence Chart Teaching notes

Rank Order Chart Teaching notes

Comparison-Contrast and Cause and Effect[edit]

Comparison-Contrast Chart Teaching notes

Cause and Effect Chart Teaching notes

Cause and Effect Chain Teaching notes

Cause and Effect Diagram Teaching notes

What if? Chart Teaching notes

Venn Diagram Teaching notes

Process and Cycle Diagrams[edit]

Process or Cycle Chart Teaching notes

Process or Cycle Diagram Teaching notes

How-To Essay Organizer Teaching notes

Concept/Event Map Teaching notes

Evaluating and Making Decisions[edit]

Evaluation Pyramid Teaching notes

Evaluation Organizer Teaching notes

Positive-Negative Chart Teaching notes

Decision Chart Teaching notes

Persuasive and Supporting a Position[edit]

Persuasive Planner Teaching notes

Controversial Issue Teaching notes

Supporting a Position Teaching notes

Fishbone Planner Teaching notes

Vocabulary[edit]

Personal Thesaurus Diagram Teaching notes

Word Map Teaching notes

Miscellaneous organizers[edit]

All-Purpose Planner Teaching notes

KWL Chart Teaching notes

Tree Diagram Teaching notes

Alternative uses of graphic organizers[edit]

Teachers sometimes give underachieving students partially-completed graphic organizers. All the students have to do is finish them.