{"id":1819,"date":"2017-09-29T12:17:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T16:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2017-09-29T12:17:05","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T16:17:05","slug":"doodling-is-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/doodling-is-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Doodling is good!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that my favorite doodlers are back to school, I think it\u2019s important t<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">o equip parents and teachers with these articles and TED Talk. Please bookmark them to use if your kid is admonished for doodling. Fact is doodlers retain more knowledge; it\u2019s how we think, remember and learn, and teachers should get that we are not being disrespectful, and our attention, understanding, and retention is enhanced by doodling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">This article explains why:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/2012\/08\/i-draw-pictures-all-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/\u2026\/08\/i-draw-pictures-all-\u2026\/<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><br \/>\nas does Sunny Brown\u2019s TED Talk, Doodlers Unite!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sunni Brown: Doodlers, unite!\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/sunni_brown_doodlers_unite\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" width=\"795\" height=\"448\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Students should be encouraged to doodle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>And for the older kids, it\u2019s proven that students who take notes by hand learn and retain much more and better, so ditch the laptop.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2016\/04\/17\/474525392\/attention-students-put-your-laptops-away?utm_campaign=storyshare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/\u2026\/attention-students-put-your-laptops-aw\u2026<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that my favorite doodlers are back to school, I think it\u2019s important to equip&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[93,94],"class_list":["post-1819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-updates","tag-doodling","tag-resources"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/davinci-doodle.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7nyYC-tl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2555,"url":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/doodlers-unite\/","url_meta":{"origin":1819,"position":0},"title":"Doodlers Unite!","author":"heidimayo","date":"August 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"As the kids get back to school, it's important to remember that when students doodle, they are not being rude or distracted, they are actually, in many cases, visually reinforcing the lesson - listening visually. \u00a0If your artist gets in trouble for doodling in school, make sure to share these\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;helpful info&quot;","block_context":{"text":"helpful info","link":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/category\/helpful-info\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/line2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/line2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/line2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/line2.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":597,"url":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/back-to-school\/","url_meta":{"origin":1819,"position":1},"title":"Back to School!","author":"heidimayo","date":"August 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"#backtoschool\u00a0#artforkids\u00a0 I hope everyone had a great summer break. 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