The archives of the mind are limited and the amount of information is increasing, students will need to learn strategies of harvesting, storing, cataloging, retrieving, interpreting, and communicating vast amounts of information among locations beyond the brain. However, we also have a passion for doubting the status quo, thereby sensing ambiguities and detecting anomalies. Humans also are compelled to propose alternative ways to solve problems and answer questions. Processing data, looking for sequence, alternative routes or pathways is one of the highest forms of learning and a strong base for curriculum change. Visual tools furnish ways for humans to share ideas.
Human beings are by nature creative.
Creative people take risks, i.e., they generate novel, clever, ingenious solutions to problems. They need ways to illustrate those to others in concise fashion. Fully functioning humans engage in continuous learning. The Forest and the Trees Tools Explanation Webbing 1. Can be used effectively by students to organize data.