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BAsed on Bloom's revised taxonomy. This page has several variations on ways to look at the taxonomy and action verbs for objectives, including a mouse-over set of colored blocks with example of objectives for various combinations of cognitive processes and knowledge dimensions. The rainbow table of cognitive processes is also very helpful to visual the dimensions, and each part is well explained. Includes resources and other pages with the taxonomy explained. From CELT.

This visual index might give ideas for content- and project-based projects around the climate, geography, maps, environment, conservation, etc.

See related article on using photos to read and write. Photos can be used to inspire writing, but also teach/practice syntax. For example, ask not just what details are seen in the picture (e.g., descriptive writing, universal present tense), but predict what will happen in the future (future aspect, conditionals).

Blog that tells how to use the PowerPoint template to make a visual puzzle. Might be fun to try with a class of learners--they make the puzzles for each other.

These are simple instructions for creating an easy T-F or even MCQ quiz using Powerpoint. This is a nice backup if you can't get online to SurveyMonkey. It might be a good challenge for students to create their own quizzes or a kind of flashcard set.

This teacher-made site has lots of the traditional games: crossword, hangman, word search, but also brain teasers and visual puzzles. Free.

This remarkable concordancer has many quick and easy features, such as seeing visually with a graph the frequency of occurences of a word, quick links to the word embedded in a corndance, and indications of "good" and "bad" uses of a word. Stannard doesn't talk much about the pedagogy of the tool, but it is well worth exploring, esp. with your more advanced students.

"As one of the largest producers and owners of educational content in the world, the BBC has created a global classroom for teachers, students, and passionate life-long learners. " This is really an eye-catching site with wonderful resources from the BBC laid out with visual links. Too many different ideas to even begin to catalog them. Give it a try. Learnist, the host site, is like Facebook but with a more serious leaning (almost wrote "learning" there...)

Looks like very sophisticated desktop software to use for mind-mapping. Helps organize people and projects visually. Can be accessed from mobile devices and share, also. YouTube video embedded on this site explains how it all works.

This is a tutorial on how to get started at Learni.st, which lets you aggregate neat things you find on the Web. You can add it to your Facebook timeline (or not), Tweet it, and use images and video, while adding a few paragraphs on how to use the "learning" you added. As with a blog, others can comment on your contributions. Like WallWisher or Pinterist, items are collected bulletin board style. This tool might be useful for professional development, and for students as a means to collect Web items for a project. If being an archivist is an important part of the new Web, this might be a helpful visual tool.

Interesting article for those who are curating for projects like CALLIS-VSL. Seems to ignore a few of the good tools that are not as visual, but still do the job with list sorting and tagging, like Diigo. Content curation is very important as students get into content-based and project-based learning.

This is a good article because it gives you the details of each engine and the good and the bad in a systematic way. Be sure to ignore the ads at the top and go to the content. Mind-mapping is a great way to visually brainstorm and encourage connections, whether for a written project, a presentation, or a video storyboard.

"DropTask is a task management service that has a neat user interface. To create a task in DropTask you drag a "task bubble" onto a blank canvas where you. Each task bubble can be dragged and dropped into a task group bubble. Each of your tasks can have a due date assigned to, files attached to it, and be given a priority status. "DropTask can be used individually or with a group. Group members can sign into DropTask to check on the status of a task and to assign new tasks to the group." This blog entry has an embedded insturctional video, too. This might be a good way to help students organize their tasks.

Shared infographics can visually engage learners. These are five to create flowcharts, Venn diagrams, audio notes, etc.

A nice Prezi presentation with clickable visuals to each of the programs/tools mentioned in Bloom's "Digital Taxonomy." Indicates tools that could be used to integrate techology into daily teaching practice.

This blog contains a great deal of useful information about what the U.S. Common Core State Standards are and what students need to do to prepare for them. Very valuable to teachers, even in states and countries that have not adopted a common core-type of curriculum.

Explains how to add videos to you Google document/forms. However, the video has to be from YouTube or another online site, not uploaded and stored directly in Google.

Visual examples of how a teacher engages students while controlling the classroom through movement and gesture.

R. Byrne: "Wikispaces recently added a Quizlet widget to the library of widgets that you can embed into your Wikispaces pages. Quizlet is a free flashcard service that anyone can use to create and share flashcards. Quizlet offers a massive library of flashcard sets created and shared by other users of the service. And now you can search for Quizlet flashcards, embed them into your wiki, and use four different study modes while those cards are embedded into your wiki. The screenshots below provide directions for adding Quizlet to your Wikispaces wiki." Quizlet can handle various types of media, so it makes for interesting flashcards. This step-by-step visual explanation makes the embedding task easy; creating the flashcards at Quizlet takes some work and thought.

"The handy infographic below takes a look at the BELS process - Brain Essential Learning Steps. In other words, how does the brain process information in the learning process? The graphic breaks it down in terms of how to teach the material, making this a super useful reminder for teachers planning their lessons. Keep reading to learn more." The 4 Steps: Introducing material, collaborative brainstorming, students develop a learning plan, and then "take action," through writing, music, visuals, etc., and share.