Idea-catching, doodling, stitching new info to prior knowledge

Mrs. J Musings February 5, 2014

The importance of ‘idea-catching’ in the Learning Journey:

Idea – catching – a definition – the habit of reading, listening, thinking with a pencil in hand and a notebook available for marking/drawing/writing down impressions/thoughts /ideas that appear in your mind. lajj2014

This behavior is called ‘doodling’ by Sunni Brown in –TED talk. 

Her definition:

”Doodling is making spontaneous marks to help yourself think.”

It is my conviction that it is this ‘doodling’ behavior that allows our minds to stitch new information to prior knowledge. 

This marking/drawing/doodling/writing behavior is a vital component of PLAY – the generating engine of the Learning Journey:

Learner -> ???’s ->

PRIOR knowledge ->PLAY (doodle) <-new information 

-> articulation -> publication

“Each thought that is welcomed and recorded is a nest egg, by the side of which more will be laid.” -Henry David Thoreau

“A man would do well to carry a pencil in his pocket and write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable and should be secured because they seldom return.” –Francis Bacon