Visual intelligence

Why?

This energizer aims at boosting the students’ visual intelligence by activating a different part of the brain. This is especially valuable in creative problem solving as pictures often generate more associations for enhancing students’ imagination than words.

How?

The teacher arranges the students in groups and hands out a large sheet of paper and one marker to each group. The students take turns at drawing three lines each on the paper without any verbal interaction. This means that one student draws three lines on the paper and then passes it on to the next student, who draws three additional lines before passing it on once again etc. The activity continues like this for a few minutes, and when times runs out, each group presents their drawing for the class.

Tips

The students work in pairs and draw a portrait of each other on a sheet of paper. During this activity, they are not allowed to look down at their drawing but only at each other. When finished, the students exhibit their portraits on a wall, with their names attached. Whilst cultivating the students’ visual thinking, this is also a good icebreaker.

Literature

Buzan, T., & Buzan, B. (1995). The Mind Map Book BBC Books. London, UK

Bager, T. (2011). The camp model for entrepreneurship teaching. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 7(2), 279-296.