Stanley and The Very Messy Desk…Is HERE!!

Soon after I wrote my first book, My Pencil Made Me Do It: A Guide to Sketchnoting I realized there was a whole group of educators, non-educators, and most of all, children who would never read that book. I also knew I didn’t want what I had to share, to say and teach about sketchnoting to end with that book. Most of all I knew I wanted to continue to connect sketchnoting, its parts and its power with more and more people (if I’m being honest…the whole world). I couldn’t think of a better way to do that than to write a children’s book. 

When I did it became a story that is all the parts of my heart…

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Sketchnoting: I Just Don’t Know How To Start

The other day over sharing and talking visual note taking (sketchnoting) awesome a teacher said, “I just don’t know how to even get started with this in my classroom.”

Of course that question and the rush of the soon to be new school year got me thinking, “Why does sketchnoting have to feel so complicated or intimidating?”

While, learning the complete process of visual thinking, doodling and creating visual notes (sketchnotes) is way more than a single post.  Getting started (like anything) doesn’t have to be scary or difficult. It is something (like anything) that you can dive in cannonball style and go all in or you can dip your toe in to and get into it little by little. Continue reading “Sketchnoting: I Just Don’t Know How To Start”