Increase retention of your content by having class participants create their own visual representation of the content. Then have the whole group peruse this "gallery" to revisit a lot of the key content in a new way.
Process
At the end of a content block or session day, give each small group a piece of blank flip chart paper and a different color Mr. Sketch® marker. Have a group leader divide the sheet using a marker into as many equal sections as there are members of the small group. Group members must then draw in their space a picture of the most important/useful thing they have learned today. These sketches are all done simultaneously and in silence.
When each group is complete, the small group travels around the flip chart enhancing the picture drawn by each small group member if they can identify what it is. If a person can not identify what the picture is, s/he can whisper into that specific group artist to find out what the picture represents. The job then is to add detail that can make the picture more easily identifiable to all. When each small group has completed this artwork, the group travels to other small group pictures, placing a team star in each section with a picture they can identify. When this activity is complete the pictures without team stars are explained by the original artist. These group gallery artworks are then posted around the room.
