The signs are everywhere--for those who can read them. Because of television, advertising, and the Internet, the primary literacy of the 21st century will be visual. It's no longer enough to read and write text. Our students must learn to process both words and pictures. They must be able to move gracefully and fluently between text and images, between literal and figurative worlds.--Page [4] of cover.
Rhonda S. Robinson is Professor of Education at Northern Illinois University ( NIU ) , where she directs the Masters degree program and teaches courses in instructional technology research , design , and development .
This volume is focused on teaching and learning with visuals and provides innovative examples of teaching with images in both disciplinary and interdisciplinary contexts"--Page four of cover.
(From Cressida's Classroom by David Drew and Robert Roennfeldt.) (View this figure in color at http://www.stenhouse.com/iswym.) IN COLOR room. It has “lost” some details in the top view and changed others. The keys on the piano keyboard ...
Visual Literacy Skills: How to See
In a world that is becoming increasingly visual, this book equips teachers with innovative strategies to engage students with visual media.
This book addresses the link between visual literacy - people's ability to interpret and skillfully use images - and art museums. Art museums invite you to look at objects in different ways.
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In Engaging the Eye Generation, library media specialist and National Board Certified Teacher Johanna Riddle draws on twenty-five years of education experience to show teachers how to update the curriculum for twenty-first century learners.
This method of learning to see and read visual data has already been proved in practice, in settings ranging from Harlem to suburbia. Appropriately, the book makes some of its most telling points through visual means.
MEME CAPTION ACTIVITY Citation and attribution are difficult concepts for any librarian to tackle in the classroom. This activity is designed to make a difficult lesson more fun for both the students and the library instructor by ...