Art Teachers Validate the Value of Doodling

Sep 18, 2009 by Susan Fitzell

Art teachers Ondre Pettingill and Guy Wymore, from Rockwell Charter High School, talk about the value of technology tools like the Elmo projector. They also validate the value of doodling and drawing to focus attention when Ondre shows off his drawing of me, done during the morning of our seminar. I asked Ondre if it helped him to focus on my presentation because he was able to draw while listening and he said, “Yes!”

I love it when teachers in my seminars are more comfortable because they have ‘focus tools’ on the table that I’ve encouraged them to use. When teachers (and students) are comfortable in their environment achievement goes up!