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Visual Tools Resources: Books, Video, Online Course, Software Visual Tools for Transforming Information Into Knowledge David Hyerle, Author Arthur L. Costa, Prologue Robert J. Marzano, Foreward Corwin Press, 2009, Second Edition, 192 pages This is the most comprehensive book on graphic organizers, Thinking Maps_^®, and graphic software programs. Find out why visual tools and mapping are the key tools for 21st century learning. Look at student and teacher work and review test results from around the country. In a rich and provocative writing style, David Hyerle, Ed.D. draws together examples from teachers, administrators, brain researchers, and parents to make a very exciting read. Read excerpts from the following chapters and contents: Contents Chapter 1: The Mapping Metaphor Chapter 2: Facilitating the Networking Brain and the Patterning Mind Order the Book Developing Connective Leadership Successes With Thinking Maps® Larry Alper, David Hyerle, Kimberly Williams, Authors Solution Tree Press, 2012 "If our best thinking comes by making connections and building patterns, then what would these patterns look like, and what might they be based on?"—ask the authors. Most importantly, how could they be used? Developing Connective Leadership shows you how Thinking Maps® are an efficient and eloquent language that can be used to explore and reveal ideas, thought processes, and intentions. By creating visual representations of thought, leaders create shared understandings and foster connections among staff. Explore how schools have used the Thinking Maps® process to create strong collaborative bonds and facilitate shared leadership. As staff members collaborate to construct a shared frame of reference, they are empowered to execute and sustain the school's vision. Benefits: Offers real-life experiences from school leaders using Thinking Maps® for professional development Identifies eight Thinking Maps® used to build connective leadership practices Suggests how Thinking Maps® can be used to reformulate and reconstruct negative or damaging frames of reference Discusses how Thinking Maps® can energize and inspire insight and solutions Order the Book Student Successes With Thinking Maps David Hyerle and Larry Alper coeditors, Corwin Press, Second Edition, January 2011 Neuroscientists tell us that the brain organizes information in networks and maps. What better way to teach students to think about ideas and organize and express their ideas than to use the very same method that the brain uses. This book provides an invaluable way to help our students truly understand and retain the concepts behind the facts, and to do this in an exciting and motivating way. Read excerpts from the book (Acrobat PDF files): Elementary School - A First Language for Thinking in a Multilingual School by Stephanie Holzman, Ed.D. Middle School - Feeder Patterns and Feeding the Flame at Blalack Middle School by Edward V. Chevallier, M.Ed. High School - Embracing Change: The Evolution of Thinking in a K-12 School by Gill Hubble, M.A. University - The Mississippi Story by Marjann Kalehoff Ball, Ed.D. International - The Singapore Eperience: Student Centered Fluency by Ho Po Chun, M.Ed. For more information including excerpts and accompanying video clips go to the following links: About the Book Student Successes About the Contributors The Chapters — extensions and more Order the Book Online Course: Visual Tools for Literacy Presenter: Dr. David Hyerle The Visual Tools for Literacy course is a time saving and effective way to introduce a whole school and/or school system to these research-based, practical tools for literacy. Dr. Hyerle draws extensively from the research and graphic displays found in the seven chapters of his ASCD Book:“A Field Guide to Using Visual Tools.” With an engaging and motivational style, David presents the practical applications of visual tools to reading comprehension and writing processes for all children. Watch and listen to a summary of the course on the video to the right. This course includes: a complete video workshop presentation by Dr. Hyerle, with theory, research, and practical applications 7 thirty minute video sections, chunked into meaningful segments extensive handouts as PDF files that are linked to each segment feedback assessments useful for course credit and self-reflection regular access to Dr. Hyerle through online dialogue course credit arranged Course Description: This timely course brings to your whole faculty or school system key information on how visual tools such as graphic organizers and Thinking Maps® directly improve students’ reading comprehension, writing processes, and thinking skills. Using the Put Reading First summary report as a framework, Dr. Hyerle shows how vocabulary development and reading comprehension depend on students’ abilities to organize information from nonfiction and fiction text using text structures. Contact us for specific information about bringing Visual Tools for Literacy into your learning organization. Visual Tools: From Graphic Organizers to Thinking Maps^® presented by David Hyerle The Video Journal folks went all over the country to document and discover the power of visual tools and Thinking Maps^®. The Elementary and Secondary Editions of this video series provides extensive classroom examples from kindergarten to junior college and from California to North Carolina. Ordering Information Visual Tools: From Graphic Organizers to Thinking Maps® Video Program Presented by David Hyerle, Designs for Thinking Here are key resources focused on a comprehensive understanding and application of three different types of visual tools and software programs. Read More Mapping the Standards is a process and a product Teachers who are being trained in Thinking Maps and Software create lesson plans using TMS (Thinking Maps Software). Read More Order Great Visual Tools Books and video tapes to support your growth with visual tools. Read More