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Beyond Tables

  Don’t get me wrong. I love a good table. Structured columns and rows, what’s not to like? But in the absence of sufficient knowledge and skills to convey the complexity of my thinking, I have been guilty of some table misuse it appears. The Spark   I wonder if you also saw the Twitter discussion about Louise Cass’s (@louisecass) beautiful halogens graphic organiser? Louise posted her carefully crafted and colourful graphic, and attracted praise and compliments from many for her design. The post also ignited a lively debate* about the merits of using a graphic organiser versus a table. The benefits of the organiser were apparent, but the table had advantages also. Tempted as I was to dive in to this discussion, I decided to abstain. I am a blatant novice on the subject matter (!), but also felt on reflection that both approaches in this case were likely to be effective in the classroom in the skilful and enthusiastic hands of their proponents. Light Bulb Moment Roll forwar