Graphics Facilitation in Education - Case Studies

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Graphics Facilitation Taster Workshop at School Conference May 2005

The main focus for this workshop was to introduce Graphix Facilitation to Teachers and Staff at a local Primary School in Slough in four 1 hour workshops. This particular school has taken creativity and a passion for learning to new levels, it was a pleasure to work with them.

The aim of the workshop was to:
Introduce Graphix Facilitation to the Teachers and staff. The power of introducing visual vocabularies and Graphix to enhance the key learning points from the lessons. A demonstration of how colour alone can affect the power of your message both on an emotional and Graphix level this was done through an exercise that tasted great!

Topics included:

Gardner's Intelligences ? How can the use of Graphix as a language benefit your audience? This was a great discussion among the four groups but each session we came up with the same conclusions - that by using Graphix throughout our session we were appealing to all of the intelligences.

Communicating through Graphix - Using words from the School Values and Philosophy delegates were asked to graphically represent one of the values. The exercise was high energy and great fun, the outcomes were varied but getting the delegates to think about words in a different way through brain storming and drawing was a great success. The feedback on how it could be used in the lesson and throughout the school looked like this:

Delegate outcomes and suggested application of Graphix

Case Study - Graphics Facilitation Taster Course May 2005

The main focus for this programme was to introduce Graphix Facilitation to Local Education Authorities, Teachers and Trainers. The delegates were from both the education and corporate sectors, from assistant head teachers to training consultants.

The delegates were asked to bring a module or a key message that would benefit from a Graphix 'make over'. The afternoon is where these would be brought to life and enable the delegates to take away results from the day that could be out into practice the very next day.

The aims of the delegates were to:

Our objectives were to provide them with the tools and technical knowledge of drawing such as; How to break objects down, use of line and an introduction to perspective enabling them to communicate key messages graphically - through theory and exploration. This would give them the opportunity to extend their delivery and facilitation techniques at the same time as appealing to the diverse learning styles of their audiences.

Topics included:

Gardner's Intelligences ? How does the use of Graphix enhance them? How can the use of Graphix as a language benefit your audience? This was a great discussion among the group we discovered that by using Graphix throughout our session we were appealing to all of the intelligences.

Accelerated Learning ? to set the scene for the Graphix and blending the Graphix to enhance both the learning environment and the minds of the learners. Using interactive Graphix throughout the day highlighted the importance of Accelerated Learning.

The Components of Drawing ? with a technical understanding of how objects can be broken down into manageable chunks and with the knowledge of line and perspective everyone found they can do it!

Communicating through Graphix - Using examples and getting the delegates to think about words in a different way through brain storming and discussion the group began to create their own visual vocabulary.

The learning was applied to the pre-work in the afternoon so that the delegates were able to take away either ideas or finished Graphix to enhance their message or module.

Throughout the day the delegates were encouraged to learn from each others' feedback or 'critiques', the atmosphere was relaxed and the delegates supported and encouraged each other which accelerated the learning. The day maintained a high creative energy feel, the delegates could see throughout the day how they were improving. The walls were covered with the work they had produced at different stages, this showed the significant improvements that they had made in their ability and confidence to draw.

Delegate feedback