Showing posts with label visual literacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label visual literacy. Show all posts
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TED Talk - Visual Literacy
For those of you who want to know more about visual literacy, this TED Talk by Brian Kennedy offers a nice overview.
His thoughts connect nicely to my recent post on Graphic Novels.
Visual Literacy - Amazing Earth Infographic
I spend time with my preservice teachers sharing strategies for developing students' visual literacy skills. Analyzing good examples can be a powerful way to help them understand how important these skills are. Here's one of my favorites. It is an "infographic" showing the Earth's surface from the tallest mountain to the deepest trench. I have two words of advice--keep scrolling!
Source OurAmazingPlanet.com, Exploring the wonder and beauty of planet Earth through exclusive news, features and images.
To learn more about this topic, check out the site Visual Literacy K-8 and the book Developing Visual Literacy in Science, K-8.
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