Slides to support a presentation on visual thinking across the curriculum at the EARCOS Leadership Conference. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. 2 November July 2014. Over 80% of our brains are used interpreting visuals. It seems a waste not to take advantage this powerful channel into the minds of our students. What sorts of ways can a single image be used to tell stories and explore complex ideas in Math, Science, Language Arts or Languages classrooms? What could we do with a series of pictures? How can we do this beyond the time and space of the classroom walls and have our students generate a bank of powerful visuals to inspire future students to create even more powerful learning imagery? In this hands on session participants will mash up their ideas with powerful images, painlessly share them with the group and spend the lion’s share of our time together thinking deeply and discussing our shared vision for what real learning looks like in our classrooms. We’ll touch on ideas of ethical and responsible use of technology, creative commons and some thoughts about visual design. Bring your camera enabled mobile device. We’re gonna use it. And show you how to take better pictures in the process.

1. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by talktogabriel:
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Telling
Photo
Tales
Darren Kuropatwa
about.me/dkuropatwa
EARCOS Leadership Conference
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia Oct 2014

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4. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by talktogabriel:
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5. cc licensed ( BY NC SA ) flickr photo by Alain Bachellier:
http://flickr.com/photos/alainbachellier/3804218851/

6. Parabolas (etc.)
https://vimeo.com/8186700

8. A Quick Create: Opposites
"Add a Caption to a Photo that Makes
it Say the Opposite of What it Looks
Like it Means"
Share Your Create
See Your Create
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14. Consumption Creation
Reading
Listening
Viewing
Writing
Speaking
Representing

15. Consumption Creation
Reading
Listening
Viewing
Writing
Speaking
Representing

16. the girl is sad

17. the girl is sad
cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by white ribbons:
http://flickr.com/photos/white_ribbons/5701965468/

18. cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by white ribbons:
http://flickr.com/photos/white_ribbons/5701965468/

19. “The human species thinks in metaphors and learns
through stories.” Mary Catherine Bateson
cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by kharied:
http://flickr.com/photos/kharied/4156478671/

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23. cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by ĐāżŦ {mostly absent}:
http://flickr.com/photos/darrentunnicliff/4469318003/ 8

24. 5 picture
stories

25. “Thank you for everything we had.”

26. dearphotograph.com

27. time passing ...

28. time passing ...

30. A tree is made of air
most of a trees’ mass is
from the carbon it breathes
cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by dkuropatwa:
http://flickr.com/photos/dkuropatwa/2923120259/

32. For sale: Baby shoes.
Never worn.
cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by akahodag:
http://flickr.com/photos/akahodag/2291518919/

33. Ben Grey - 6 Word Story Project 6cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Pierre Metivier:
Six Word Story Every Day
www.smithmag.net
Flickr: Six Word Story
Six Word Stories
@sixwordstories
http://flickr.com/photos/feuilllu/739173692/

34. Untitled; used with permission
http://www.flickr.com/photos/msmclauchlan/6982580489

35. Untitled; used with permission
http://www.flickr.com/photos/msmclauchlan/6982580953

37. Sisters are playdates that last forever.

40. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by icpjones:
http://flickr.com/photos/icpjones/6025551653/

42. cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by linniekin:
http://flickr.com/photos/linniekin/3995299235/

44. With every mistake we
must surely be learning ...
the beatles
In fact, every mistak you
make grows synapses in
your brain.
carol dweck
a mistake
… or an opportunity?
image source: http://mathmistakes.org/?p=1055

46. Ultimately the goal is to get students to fight. Okay I guess I
should say justify their position. Allow students to persuade
one another allows for natural dialog. It won't be too long
until "because I said so" will be disregarded by all
classmates. Below is an example of how #aodmath works in
a classroom

47. Blog Jump by Tim McCaffrey
The man's maximum height was no more than 50 feet.

49. 5 picture
stories

50. Full Circle

51. Fair, August 2005
The day it all started...

52. savonne 011 / Julia / CC BY-NC-ND

55. Fair, August 2006
1 year and 1 day later. Same
fair, same ride, same smile...
Same kid?... you tell me.

60. What’s the title
of this story?

61. First Kiss
Hope you like it ...
it happened quicky ...
but the moment was kept.

62. Bag Lady

68. Guess
this book

74. Take a picture of the shapes & sizes you see in the
world around you right now. Maybe take a walk to
find them. Then email your picture to:
toll44uses@photos.flickr.com
Through the Lens by flickr user davidz
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidz/822970543/

75. more than just pictures
cc licensed ( BY SD ) flickr photo by spcbrass:
http://flickr.com/photos/spcbrass/4543486633/

76. Fibonacci
Tree

79. Give, take 'n share by flickr user Funchye
http://www.flickr.com/photos/funch/3264112407/

81. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by talktogabriel:
http://flickr.com/photos/gabrieltyner/5904521771/
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