Visual literacy: Information and Web links to assist your teaching - stuff from Leah Basics of Visual Literacy

http://www.humanities.umd.edu/ islit/basics.php

Visual literacy !oolbo" http://www.humanities.umd.edu/ islit/inde".php #eriodic table of isuali$ation methods http://www. isual-literacy.org/periodic%table/periodic%table.html &raphic organi$ers to help bridge the isual to the conceptual. http://www.writedesignonline.com/organi$ers/inde".html - good for definition of isual literacy etc. Visual Literacy notes '())*+ but e"cellent for basic steps and ocabulary http://members.shaw.ca/dbrear/ isualit.html,anchor-(*(**. /edia 0marts http://mediasmarts.ca/digital-media-literacy-fundamentals/media-literacyfundamentals Please teach your students at least 3 main grammar elements of visual images: 1. Representational 1 any image con eys meaning and some iew of the real world. What can you see in the image2 'basic content of the image23 What type of image is it2 4ow was it created2 '5ind of image23 Where might the image be situated 'where is it from32 'geographical conte"t23 When do you think it was taken2 'time2 4istorical conte"t23 2. Interpersonal 1 Images aim to engage the iewer in some way Why might the person ha e taken the photo or made the image2 4ow do the parts of the image relate to one another2 What is the relationship between the people and the things taken in the image2 What makes you want to look at this image2 4ow does this image make you feel+ or what emotions does it lead to2 What is the image-maker trying to say2 3. Composition 1 Images are made up of elements that are arranged or reproduced in a particular way to achie e an intended effect. 4ow are the elements in the image arranged to make their point2 4ow are the elements arranged to make you look at certain things2 Why are some elements in the image gi en more prominence and others less2 Issues to think about while studying images: - 0cans for Visual 6etails as well as key images - 0tructural 7omparisons between images - !he 8unction of Images in !e"t - 8raming and #oint of View 'camera angle+ distance from sub9ect+ etc.3 - Images as #ersuasion 1 purpose and intent of image maker

Visual literacy: Information and Web links to assist your teaching - stuff from Leah - Inde" of Images 1 help students make an inde" or catalogue of types of images - Visual Literacy :esources 1 help them find and or produce resources to help them ;read< images. Visual Literacy: the ability to understand and interpret the representation and symbolism of a static or mo ing isual image=how the meanings of the images are organi$ed and constructed to make meaning and to understand their impact on iewers>>?r2 -- help your students construct a working understanding. e.g. Visual literacy '8rom Wikipedia3 Visual literacy is the set of skills in ol ed in the interpretation and criticism of images. !he concept of isual literacy is also the ability to create and use images to communicate. Visual literacy is a field of study in academia+ drawing on art history and criticism+ psychology+ semiotics+ philosophy+ information design and graphic design+ and computer interface usability. It is also a goal of education paralleling linguistic literacy. !he basic skills of isual literacy include the ocabulary of concepts necessary for understanding and discussing images and isual symbols. Visual literacy can also include rhetorical analysis of the ways different media con ey their arguments or messages isually. Visual literacy is not limited to modern mass media and new technologies. @nimal drawings in ancient ca es+ such as the one in Lascau"+ 8rance+ can be seen as early forms of isual literacy. 10 Basic Visual Elements: 6ot 0hape !e"ture 0aturation 0cale Line 6irection 4ue Value 6imension

Visual Learners Learn Best When... A !aking notes and making lists to read later A :eading information to be learned A Learning from books+ ideotapes+ filmstrips and printouts A 0eeing a demonstration B e!ia Literacy is the ability to understand how mass media+ such as !V+ film+ radio and maga$ines+ work+ produce meanings+ and are organi$ed and used wisely. B Critical Literacy is the ability to understand how all speakers+ writers+ and producers of isual te"ts are situated in particular conte"ts with significant personal+ social and cultural aspects. http://www.kidsclick.org/ http://eric.ed.go /2idCD6EFG..( Visual /essages< integrating Imagery into Instruction.