WELCOME!
Welcome to our professional development session on visual literacy. Our goal as teacher leaders is to be integral to the educational objective of helping students achieve their maximum potential in a culture of continuous improvement. By engaging with students in a dynamic learning environment, our mission is to guide learners as they retrieve, evaluate, and apply all forms of information in meaningful ways with the goal that they become ethical and productive members of society.
As Teachers and Teacher Librarians, we recognize the importance of having a literacy rich environment for our students. But what exactly does this mean?
Traditionally, we have come to see literacy as being mainly concerned with the reading and writing of words. But what about the reading and writing of images? For too long our classrooms and teaching practices have favoured and rewarded students who are strong with words and overlooked those who are strong visual communicators.
Visual literacy has typically been left up to art teachers. It is within the art classroom that students first learn the effects of light, color and composition and it is the art teacher that teaches students to 'read' works of art by analyzing the artist's techniques. Today, the need for visual literacy has spread beyond the art room and across many disciplines and subject areas. We can no longer ignore its presence in the average classroom.
Images speak powerful messages. They are created with purpose to influence decisions and persuade thinking. Some might even say they are worth 1000 words! It is crucial that as educators, we supply our students with the tools necessary to analyze and understand the language visuals speak.
Explore with us the world of visual literacy and open your mind (and your teaching) to the incredibly rich possibilities of visual language!
Together, we have developed a list of learning objectives that will guide you through the exploration process. Upon completion of this webinar, it is our hope that you have met the following objectives:
Learning Objectives
1. Learners will become familiar with practical visual literacy strategies to develop and extend lessons.
2. Learners will develop an understanding of visual literacy and how it enhances classroom instruction.
3. Learners will be able to explain how visual literacy skills can be utilized in all classrooms and subject areas as well as their personal and professional lives.
4. Learners will become familiar with practical ways to integrate visual literacy techniques into daily classroom learning.
5. Learners will become familiar with the professional literature and research that supports the integration of visual literacy in classrooms and its professional development applications.
6. Learners will be able to utilize visual literacy tools to guide and inform their own professional development and inspire an attitude of continuous learning.
We believe there is great value in visual literacy. Words aren't always necessary to communicate a powerful or meaningful experience. What do you think?
Traditionally, we have come to see literacy as being mainly concerned with the reading and writing of words. But what about the reading and writing of images? For too long our classrooms and teaching practices have favoured and rewarded students who are strong with words and overlooked those who are strong visual communicators.
Visual literacy has typically been left up to art teachers. It is within the art classroom that students first learn the effects of light, color and composition and it is the art teacher that teaches students to 'read' works of art by analyzing the artist's techniques. Today, the need for visual literacy has spread beyond the art room and across many disciplines and subject areas. We can no longer ignore its presence in the average classroom.
Images speak powerful messages. They are created with purpose to influence decisions and persuade thinking. Some might even say they are worth 1000 words! It is crucial that as educators, we supply our students with the tools necessary to analyze and understand the language visuals speak.
Explore with us the world of visual literacy and open your mind (and your teaching) to the incredibly rich possibilities of visual language!
Together, we have developed a list of learning objectives that will guide you through the exploration process. Upon completion of this webinar, it is our hope that you have met the following objectives:
Learning Objectives
1. Learners will become familiar with practical visual literacy strategies to develop and extend lessons.
2. Learners will develop an understanding of visual literacy and how it enhances classroom instruction.
3. Learners will be able to explain how visual literacy skills can be utilized in all classrooms and subject areas as well as their personal and professional lives.
4. Learners will become familiar with practical ways to integrate visual literacy techniques into daily classroom learning.
5. Learners will become familiar with the professional literature and research that supports the integration of visual literacy in classrooms and its professional development applications.
6. Learners will be able to utilize visual literacy tools to guide and inform their own professional development and inspire an attitude of continuous learning.
We believe there is great value in visual literacy. Words aren't always necessary to communicate a powerful or meaningful experience. What do you think?
The power of the image
Photographer Dorothea Lange, took this photo of Florence Owens in 1935 while working for President Roosevelt's administration. The news coverage that followed propelled this simple image of a mother and her starving children into the public eye and caused the government to rush food aid to the area. "Migrant Mother" still remains a widely recognized image of the Great Depression.
While this image became famous, Lange captured many others during this photoshoot. Some of these images are located here. What is it about this image which captures us? What do you feel when you see this image? Do you feel the same way about the "story" upon seeing the other photos of Owens and her children?
While this image became famous, Lange captured many others during this photoshoot. Some of these images are located here. What is it about this image which captures us? What do you feel when you see this image? Do you feel the same way about the "story" upon seeing the other photos of Owens and her children?