[.ca] Graphic Organizers (ISBN 0590489283)

Great practical ideas!:
The authors did a nice overview of why graphic organizers are useful instructional tools which included some philosophical underpinning to their work. The variety of examples showed how teachers and students would actually use graphic organizers as tools for thinking about their thinking. Sure, a graphic artist could have made the book "prettier" but one of the main points is not to get caught up in how the graphic organizer looks. They aren't ends in themselves, but they are a means to an end. Couple this book with Inspiration software and teachers will have a better understanding of how visual learning can make their classroom a better learning environment!

From a new teacher:
I was very disappointed with this book. There is not much contained in it. All of the examples (which are few) are scribbley pictures done by other teachers--very poorly done.