Colour, Symbol, Image

Note for Instructor: You will need to adapt this template for your course. This activity can be presented as a Canvas Discussion or Assignment. You can copy and paste the text into whichever tool you prefer in your course. Remember to add instructions for students about how to post or submit their responses. And don't forget to delete this text.

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Activity Goal

This activity aims to get you to use different approaches to think about <Insert topic>. It is based on a series called visual thinking routines created by a Harvard research group, Project Zero. In their own words, visible thinking is "a flexible and systematic research-based conceptual framework, which aims to integrate the development of students' thinking with content learning across subject matters." Project Zero Links to an external site.

Instructions

As you are < insert activity: reading, listening, watching, researching an idea > make note of things that you find interesting, important, or insightful.

When you finish:
• Choose a colour that you feel best represents or captures the essence of a key idea.
• Choose a symbol that you feel best represents or captures the essence of a key idea.
• Choose an image that you feel best represents or captures the essence of a key idea.

Explore with Others

With <the class or in smaller groups>, share your colour, symbol and image in < add where students will share > and comment on why you chose these. Once everyone has shared, comment on others. 

Example

Here is an example Links to an external site. of this activity using Google Slides, shared with permission from Meredith Fenton, Lecturer, UBC, Faculty of Education.