This document provides an overview of sketchnoting for teaching and learning. It includes 3 sections: 1) Why sketchnoting works, focusing on increased listening, comprehension, and recall. 2) Tools and resources for sketchnoting, including both free and paid drawing apps. 3) Lesson ideas for implementing sketchnoting in the classroom across subjects like science, Bible, and more. Student examples of sketchnote projects are also shared. The document aims to introduce educators to sketchnoting and provide resources to get started.

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Karen Bosch
Twitter: @karlyb
k.bosch@mac.com

2. Introduce Yourself
!Location?
"What you teach?
✏Interest in Sketchnotes?
$Experience with Sketchnotes?

3. Activity: Try It!
Digital:
Any drawing
app will work!
Pencil and
Paper
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4. Apple Notes app
(Free)

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6. Twitter: @karlyb
Conference #mlc2023
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7. Creative

8. Link to Pinterest
Brad
Ovenell-Carter
Beginnings:
ADE 2013

9. Find a
way to
practice!

10. My First Sketchnote
link to my sketchnotes

11. My First Sketchnote
link to my sketchnotes

12. Sermons

13. Flipink
Example

14. Sketchbook
Pro Example

15. Tayasui Sketches
Pro Example

21. Conferences

22. Conferences

23. Conferences

29. Conferences

33. Books

34. Book Quotes

35. Brainstorming

37. Meetings

38. Video

39. Trainings

40. Sermon Sketchnotes
in Book Creator
Link

41. SKETCHNOTES

43. STRUCTURE

46. NOT
remember!

47. Getting Started
DIVE IN!

48. Sketchnotes: try it!
Title: “Sketchnotes”
Topics:
Why
Tools
Lessons
2 or 3 Key Ideas (not
everything!)
Text + Simple Drawing
for each idea

50. ISTE Standards
KNOWLEDGE
CONSTRUCTOR
CREATIVE
COMMUNICATOR
INNOVATIVE
DESIGNER

52. Fill
in the
Blank
Notes

53. (translation: Kids
communicate ideas with
emojis)
% & ' with ()

54. “MEMES”
for
Personal
Expression

55. "Picting"
not
Writing
Source: https://thejournal.com/articles/2017/05/08/
picting-not-writing.aspx?m=2

56. Picture
Superiority
Effect
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_superiority_effect

57. Typing vrs
Article
Study Link

58. increases/
enhances:
• listening
• comprehension
• ability to recall
Study Link

59. • doubles
ability to
recall
Study Link

60. Link

61. Why?
I see what
you mean
I remember
what I see

62. Make Your Own Meaning

64. I listen better when
I draw.
It’s so easy to
focus…your
attention.
Taking
sketchnotes…
helped my
understanding
because I had to
visualize what he
was talking about to
draw it.
Students Say:

65. Students Say: Benefits of
Sketchnotes

66. Sketchnotes: try it!
1)“Why?”
How did you do?
2) “Tools and
Resources”
Share your
resources
3) “Lesson
Ideas”

69. My Sketchnoting Tools
5th Gen iPad Pro
Apple Pencil 2

70. Inexpensive Stylus for
Student Use
Link

71. MACUL Apple Pencil Grant

72. “Sketchnotes” is
not a specific app
Device and App
Agnostic - best
with touchscreen
Any drawing app
will work!
APPS:

73. My Sketchnote App
Essential Features:
Realistic tool simulation: marker, pen, pencil, crayon,
watercolor
Ability to customize tool width and transparency
Easy zoom in for details, easy undo
Background grid/lines and colors
Type in text
For advanced users:
Layers
Insert photos
Lasso or resize tool
Paint over/under tool
Tool to fill shapes

74. Apple Notes app
(Free)

75. Freeform app
(Free)

76. Tayasui
Sketches School (Free/Apple,
Google)
Pro Version has layers and
customization of tools -
MY FAVORITE APP!

77. Procreate
(paid/Apple)

78. Adobe Fresco
(multi platform/in app purchase)
requires login

79. Autodesk Sketchbook
(Free/Apple or Google)
Link to App Pros/Cons

80. Goodnotes
(Free + Paid)
Create
Notebooks

81. Drawing Apps for Early Learners
Hello Crayons
(free)
Drawing Pad
(paid)
Drawing Box
(Free)

82. KEYNOTE
(Free)

83. KEYNOTE
(Free)

85. DOWNLOAD LINK

86. SEARCH “Icons”
SPLIT SCREEN DRAWING

87. Google “clipart”
or “icon”
Noun Project
site
Search on
phone while
working
Split screen on
iPad

88. TRACING! Self-Portraits

89. Use Layers to Trace
(I used
Procreate app
to export this
drawing process
as a video)
link to
tutorial

90. Student Self Portraits
in Keynote
link to
tutorial

91. Focus on what resonates
with YOU!!
(not everything!)

92. Use two
steps:
do text live
do graphics later
use layers, color
UNDER text
rearrange to fit
space, emphasize
ideas
(Gives time to reflect on
what was heard and
learned.)

93. Quickstart App Tutorial Videos
Link
Link
Hint!

94. Sketchnoting for
Teaching and Learning
LINK
FREE!
•Created by Apple
Distinguished Educators
•Hints
•Best practices
•Inspiration

95. Link
Book Resources
(listed on my resource website)

96. tinyurl.com/boschsketch

97. Link
Sketchnote Handbook/Workbook
by Mike Rohde

98. Link
The Doodle Revolution
by Sunni Brown

99. Link
Sketchnotes for Educators
by Sylvia Duckworth

100. Sketchnoting in the
Classroom
by Nichole Carter

101. Sketchnotes: try it!
1)“Why”
2) “Tools and
Resources”
How did you do?
3) “Lesson
Ideas”
Share your ideas

103. Lessons for the
Classroom

104. Sketchnote Expectations:
Title/Topic of your sketchnote (bold text)
4 to 6 main ideas shown with both words and simple
pictures (Use color, size, and line thickness to draw attention to
main ideas)
A way to organize and/or show the order of the steps/
directions (use containers, lines, arrows, or other organizers)
A few details for some of the steps (smaller text, pictures)
Thoughtful/creative use of color and iPad drawing tools to
express ideas
Your first name

105. Sketchnotes for Learning
Student examples

106. Student Projects: Sketchnote Journals (6th grade)
Flipink, Tayasui Sketches

108. Student Projects: How To Sketchnotes (6th grade)
Flipink, Tayasui Sketches, Sketchbook X

113. Student Projects: Chapel Sketchnotes (6th grade)

115. Student Projects: Chapel Sketchnotes (6th grade)

116. Student Projects: NonFiction/Articles (2nd grade)
Drawing Pad

120. Student Projects: Non-Fiction Text (4nd grade)
Flipink

126. Student Projects: Science Notes (fourth grade)
Flipink

127. Student Projects: Science Notes (fourth grade)

128. Student Projects: Science Notes (fourth grade)

130. Student Projects: Science Notes (7th grade)
Keynote

132. Student Projects: Sermons (middle school)
Flipink

137. Student Projects: PBS Learning Media
Explorer Collection (Middle School)
Choice of Apps

141. Student Projects: Discovery Streaming video (sixth grade)
Flipink
Keynote

142. Sketchnotes: Mythbusters Jr/
Discovery Education

143. Student Projects: Fiction Books/Stories (middle school)
Flipink

145. Student Projects: Social Studies (middle school)

146. Student Projects: Bible (middle school)

147. Keynote Sketchnotes: BIBLE

148. ç

149. Student Projects: Story/Poetry Comparison
(High School - via Laurel Christopherson)

158. Apple Clips App
LINK
Photos/Video Clips
Audio Narration
Live Titles/Captioning
Annotate
Overlays
Music
Poster Titles

159. Sketchnotes: try it!
How Did You Do?
Twitter: Post
with @karlyb and
#mlc2023
Questions?
Session
Evaluation

160. Twitter: @karlyb
Conference #mlc2023
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