~ Jamie McKenzie's (FNO) thoughts on the why and how to use graphic organizers in education

~ help people organize and remember key facts and ideas

~ show the order and completeness of a student's thought process - strengths and weaknesses of understanding become clearly evident

~ can clarify concepts that cannot be communicated through words

~ flexible and endless in their applications

~ speed up communication 

~ explain complex relationships among elements...showing the different aspects of an issue or problem

~ allows the mind 'to see' undiscovered patterns and relationships.

~ study guides

~ summarize readings