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David Hilton on 17 Jul 10I've got a new boss these days and she's getting us to use graphic organisers and reading strategies and such things. I was sceptical at first, but now I'm a convert. Do many people use graphic organisers in class?
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Keith Dennison on 06 Aug 10They're pretty popular here in the States. What do you want to know/need to know?
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Jeremy Greene on 07 Aug 10Thinkfinity has ReadWriteThink as one of its content providers. Definitely worth checking out: http://www.thinkfinity.org/
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David Hilton on 07 Aug 10How do you use them mate? I found some excellent charts here http://moodle.egrps.org/course/enrol.php?id=136. Password is 'monty'.
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Keith Dennison on 07 Aug 10I use them for thinking maps, to show how concepts and ideas are related, as flow charts when necessary, as a way to show comparisons and contrasts and as a way to show umbrella terms and then related terms.
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David Hilton on 09 Aug 10I'm definitely a convert. I now spend the first half of each lesson going through the content and the second half skills-building using graphic organisers, summarising, etc.