Using Doodle Notes
c o r p u s
c a l l o s u m
The “doodle note” strategy activates both
hemispheres of a student’s brain at the
same time. When a student engages in
coloring, doodling, or artistic
embellishment of their lesson material, the
two sides of the brain work together! This
leads to stronger focus and retention.
Getting Started
This guide to getting started, called “Doodle Notes Demystified,” offers a simplified plan to
starting teaching with doodle notes in your own classroom right away, without any
confusion! (Click the images below to read through it and download the free schedule.)
It includes links to what you will need along the way, and breaks it down into simple baby
steps, just offering what you need one day at a time.
More Free Support
Our “Quick Start” page at doodlenotes.org is another great
place to gather some free downloads and information about
teaching with visual notes.
If you want to go beyond just the quick start,
or you’ve already tried doodle notes and
seen the benefits, you can dive in deeper and
learn all about this brain-based strategy in
the FREE Doodle Note Handbook, a more
detailed e-book for teachers using visual
notes in the classroom.
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Clip Art & Font Credit
Choose 9
of the brain
benefits to
write on
the lines.
Label
the
corpus
callosum.
❑ _____________________
❑ ____________________
❑ ___________________
❑ ___________________
❑ __________________
❑ __________________
❑ __________________
❑ __________________
❑ __________________
The
is…
Name:
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RIGHT: color, music, art, visual, spatial, creative, design
LEFT: words, logic, numbers, reasoning, reading, writing
Write left-brain activities inside the
left hemisphere of the brain, and
right-brain activities in the right
hemisphere.
Our core subjects are mainly _______ brained.
When we can add color, doodles, and artistic
embellishment, we incorporate the ______ brain.
This communication between both sides of
the brain at the same time (across the
_____________ ___________________)
activates our brains more fully
to help us to maximize:
The brain processes new learned
material in two completely separate
areas! Label the types of input that
enter each center of the brain.
Name:
But, to convert the
information to
long-term memory
(actually LEARN it), we need
to ________________ the two!
Taking visual notes helps us to
_________________________ & ____________________________
stronger
focus
communication
between
retention
through
dual coding
building
activated
brain
long-term
memories
memory
associative
recognition
increased
picture
hemispheres
boost
creativity
& alertness
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mental
connections
superiority
effect
neural
pathways
relaxation
benefits
problem
solving
skills boost
Sample
cross-lateral
•
Problem solving
❑ __________________
•
Energy
❑ __________________
•
Retention
•
Creativity
❑ __________________
•
Alertness
❑ __________________
•
Attention
Left brain
communication
examples:
doing
math
problems
reading
writing
Balance your use of
sentences
The
•
•
Coordination
Engagement
both hemispheres! →
is…
a bundle of neural fibers
that runs down the center of
the brain (between the left
and right hemispheres)
stick in our brains! (When we color in the text of
a vocabulary word with a visual analogy or we
doodle around a word or idea, we remember it
better and can picture it in our mind later on!)
Name: Teacher Guide / Answer Key
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RIGHT: color, music, art, visual, spatial, creative, design
Label
the
corpus
callosum.
callosum
Choose 9
of the brain
benefits to
write on
the lines.
corpus
LEFT: words, logic, numbers, reasoning, reading, writing
Write left-brain activities inside the
left hemisphere of the brain, and
right-brain activities in the right
hemisphere.
Our core subjects are mainly _LEFT_ brained.
When we can add color, doodles, and artistic
embellishment, we incorporate the _RIGHT_ brain.
This communication between both sides of
the brain at the same time (across the
____CORPUS___ ____CALLOSUM__)
activates our brains more fully
Right brain
to help us to maximize:
examples:
(Students choose 9 of
❑ _____________________
coloring
the following to feature
❑ ____________________
on their page):
painting
•
Concentration
singing
❑ ___________________
•
Memory
making up
❑
___________________
•
Relaxation
a new
•
Focus
❑ __________________
dance
•
Learning
The brain processes new learned
material in two completely separate
areas! Label the types of input that
enter each center of the brain.
Name:
Teacher Guide /
Answer Key
But, to convert the
information to
long-term memory
(actually LEARN it), we need
connect the two!
to ________________
➢
➢
➢
Mental
images
Sketches or
doodles you
create
Photos,
graphics,
pictures, clip
art you see /
interact with
➢
Taking visual notes helps us to
➢
➢
_________________________ & ____________________________
Audio input
(teacher’s
voice during
lecture)
Text you read
on a page
Words you
write in your
notebook