Productive Doodling
8 Mar
If CNN and U.S. News World Report are talking about doodling…then I am going to too!
It seems that writing on 
a napkin, mapping out new models, and even drawing circles and in non-sensical forms has value for different learners in the room. I only wish my 9th grade English teacher knew this!
“Jackie Andrade, a professor in the School of Psychology and the University of Plymouth, states that doodling may “offset the effects of selective [memory] blockade.” In this way, mindless, “productive doodling” may actually keep us from daydreaming, instead focusing us on the task at hand (listening to a boring lecture, meeting or speech, etc.).
“Productive doodling” is the type most people have engaged in at some point or another during their lives — scribbling random geometric shapes or curlicues, errant symbols, signing our names, and so on. Our participating in such mindless tasks helps us to listen better and allows our brain to better process information.?
Check out the article!
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1529631/doodle_your_way_to_a_better_memory.html?cat=5
