Where to start??
Despite the fact that students are continually bombarded with visual images at an alarming rate, they are often unable to interpret these images because they have never explicitly been taught the language of visuals. To add even more structural complexity, visuals come in an assortment of formats, each requiring a unique set of visual skills.
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Book Covers Cartoons Charts Collages Comic Books Diagrams Dioramas DVD's |
Graphic Novels
Graphs Icons Infographics Magazines Maps Memes Multimodal Texts Photos Pictograms |
Political Cartoons
Signs Slideshows Storyboards Symbols Tables Timelines Videos Websites |
The visual literacy strategies that are presented in the following pages deal with five specific areas of visual literacy skill building:
We have chosen these teaching examples because they are simple to execute but powerfully effective in helping students develop their visual literacy toolbox. We hope you find something in the following pages to address the needs of your students and assist you in becoming a visual literacy leader in your school environment.
- Creating and Producing
- Interpreting
- Questioning and Investigating
- Observing and Describing
- Making Connections
We have chosen these teaching examples because they are simple to execute but powerfully effective in helping students develop their visual literacy toolbox. We hope you find something in the following pages to address the needs of your students and assist you in becoming a visual literacy leader in your school environment.