5. Nonlinguistic Representations 

According to research, knowledge is stored in two forms: linguistic and visual. The more students use both forms in the classroom, the more opportunity they have to achieve. Recently, use of nonlinguistic representation has proven to not only stimulate but also increase brain activity. 

Applications: 

• Incorporate words and images using symbols to represent relationships.
  
• Use physical models and physical movement to represent information.
  

Technology Integration Ideas

• Use SmartArt to create graphic organizers.
• Have students demonstrate understanding by creating their own graphic organizers in SmartArt.
• Use programs such as Google Earth and Google Art to design activities that require visual processing.
• Have students create Prezi presentations.
• Have students create movie trailers in iMovie.
• Have students create digital poster boards using Glogster.
• Use photographs from the National Archives Digital Vault.
• Have students create visual presentations with Animoto or Educreations.
• Create graphs using Excel or Google Forms.
• Allow students to create their own comics to represent ideas or concepts

Possible iPad Apps
    Free

• Educreations- Description Educreations turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Creating a great video tutorial is as simple as touching, tapping and talking. Explain a math formula... Create an animated lesson... Add commentary to your photos... Diagram a sports play...

            With voice recording, realistic digital ink, photos and text, and simple sharing through email, Facebook or Twitter,                 now you can broadcast your ideas from anywhere.

• National Archives, Docs Teach- Engage in activities that will help you make sense of stories, events, and ideas of the past using documents from the holdings of the US National Archives. Choose an historical topic and challenge yourself with an activity. Or, find activities in a classroom set up just for you, using the code provided to you from the DocsTeach.org web site. DocsTeach.org is an online tool for teaching with documents from the National Archives. On the web site, you will discover thousands of primary sources and learning activities. When registered for a free account, teachers can borrow from and modify an ever-expanding collection of activities, plus create unique ones using the online tools. Log in and create classrooms full of activities, then share the classroom’s auto generated code with your students to access on their iPads.
• WordSalad- Make great wordsalads out of documents that matter (or not) to you! With WordSalad you can make beautiful word clouds, super customized with different fonts, colors and words layouts.