Let's Plan a Podcast using Visual Templates – with Emily Bryson

Let's Plan a Podcast using Visual Templates – with Emily Bryson

Author: TESOL Pop June 19, 2024 Duration: 14:40

Emily Bryson shares how visual templates can enhance learning by providing a creative way for students to brainstorm and plan projects, such as podcasts. This episode includes practical demonstrations and tips on incorporating visual templates and graphic facilitation into classrooms.


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KEY TALKING POINTS


Visual Templates versus Graphic Organisers

Emily explains how visual templates differ from graphic organisers which tend to centre on tables and diagrams that students fill in or label. Visual templates often incorporate a backstory or metaphor, making them more engaging and story-driven.


Playfulness in Visual Learning

Visual templates add a playful, creative element to learning, inspiring students to think outside the box by using doodles, words and phrases to populate the template. Emily emphasises how doodling can make the planning process less intimidating and more accessible.


Practical Application in Classrooms

Emily suggests how teachers can use visual templates for brainstorming and project planning. Suggestions for interactive classroom activities, such as pitching podcast ideas and using them to scaffold speaking activities.


ABOUT

Emily Bryson is an ELT professional with over 20 years of experience in the classroom. She has written various print and digital materials, including National Geographic Learning’s Voices series, 50 Ways to Teach Life Skills and the A-Z of ESOL. She is passionate about diversity, equity and inclusion and uses visual tools and graphic facilitation strategies to make learning more engaging, accessible and fun. She is a resident blogger for Ellii Learning and frequently delivers teacher development sessions for various ELT organisations. Her teacher development courses with a visual twist have been described as ‘the nicest corner of the internet’, and her sketch notes are extremely popular on socials.


Visit Emily’s website here to learn more.


REFERENCES

Use the visual templates featured in this episode. Download The Fun Podcast Planner here.


Say thanks

https://ko-fi.com/tesolpop


CREDITS

Producer Laura Wilkes

Editor Haven Tsang

Thanks to our creative guest, Emily Bryson.


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