BENEFITS

Going Visual

When you make your thoughts visible and have a method with which to organise them, writing becomes easier and more effective. Visual tools help you clarify your thoughts—the one essential for successful writing. Following a system to stimulate and store ideas means you gain confidence as you prepare thoroughly for your writing. Displaying your ideas within a framework stimulates cross–connections and prompts creative amendments. You are able to identify key concepts to clarify and simplify your message.

Why Going Visual Works

When you use visual tools to organise your writing you can expect to:

• Become an effective and confident writer
• Write with clarity on complex topics
• Produce writing that is informative and practical
• Send out messages that are sticky
• Use the writing process to clarify your own thoughts and intentions
• Enjoy your termly reports to governors

In Practice 

In 2005-2006 Model Learning was used by special school headteachers in Bedfordshire for a series of sessions to define effective messages to communicate their developing vision.