VSL Strategies for the High School- Visual Art Class

After learning about the Visual Spatial Learner in relation to general traits (right brain dominant, thinks in pictures, is a whole-concept learner, arrives at correct solutions intuitively, spells words by visualizing) as well as learning about the VSL in relation to math, reading and writing, I decided to culminate my new repertoire of VSL knowledge and apply it my visual arts classes specifically.

For my ceramics and digital video classes I came up with a few important ideas that I am currently integrating into my curriculum including:

1.  Implement  Discovery/Experiential/Kinetic learning activities with all new art projects. 
2. Utilize metaphors, visualization, and whole-concept teaching/ learning techniques.
3. Stimulate the VSL senses through not just visuals but also touch, scent, rhythm, and musical expressions of learning material
4. Color coding areas in the art room in groupings, for example: all the elements of art vocabulary posters outlined in Green, or labeling all of the clay equipment and tools used for throwing in yellow etc. 
5. Challenge art students with new, abstract and conceptual project outlets.
6. Offer choice and creative expression with every project.  
7. Associate new art concepts, techniques and vocabulary with their visual counterparts (i.e. when demonstrating how to wedge clay label the demo area: "Wedging Board", Verbally discuss the process, physically demonstrate the process, have the students take a piece of clay and discover the process on their own-experiential learning, then repeat the process on a visual reference poster above the wedging board area).

Below I included two of my new VSL influenced lesson presentations. One is a visual arts writing lesson "Title Your Work". The other video is a self portrait lesson plan.