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Visual Literacy in the Age Of the Common Core
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Keith D. SchroederDistrict Library Media Specialist
School District of MarinetteEducational Consultant
https://todaysmeet.com/visualliteracy
Visual Literacy in the AgeOf the Common Core
Viual Literacy BasisDeath and TaxesEducation Infographics
Our AudienceIn the United States, the average teenager
spends 22,000 hours watching television by the time he or she graduates from high school.
Humans process images an amazing 60,000 times faster than text.
According to Time magazine, the vocabulary of the average 14-year-old dropped from 25,000 words in 1950 to only 10,000 words in 1999.
Our AudienceChildren 0 – 6 spend as much time in front
of a screen as they do playing outsideOne in 4 children under the age of 2 have
a television in their bedroomVideogame play has exceeded print media
consumptionBy age 21, spent 10,000 hours
videogaming, received 200,000 texts, 10,000 cellphone talks, and read print material for under 5,000 hours
Why Visual Literacy?Today’s environment is highly visualLiteracy relies not only on text and wordsHighly dependent on digital images and
soundFast becoming as important as textual
literacyNeed to integrate it into the curriculum
Visual LiteracyDepends on technologyRequires artistic expressionEncourages storytellingNew language of expressionIncorporates pictures, words, sounds and
videoHas high appeal for intended audienceIs collaborative/participatory
Visual Literacy DefinedAbility to understand and produce visual
messagesSeeing something and at the same time
having and integrating other sensory experiences
Ability to interpret messages as well as images for communicating ideas and concepts
Students who are visually literate:Have working knowledge of visuals
produced or displayed through electronic media;
Understand basic elements of visual design, technique, and media;
Are aware of emotional, psychological, and cognitive influences in perceptions of visuals;
Comprehend representational, explanatory, abstract, and symbolic images;
Students who are visually literate:Apply knowledge of visuals in electronic
media;Are informed viewers, critics, and
consumers of visual information;Are knowledgeable designers, composers,
and producers of visual information;Are effective visual communicators;Are expressive, innovative visual thinkers
and successful problem solvers
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Visual Literacy Fundamentals
Visual Literacy Fundamentals
Visual Literacy Fundamentals
Visual Literacy Fundamentals
Visual Literacy Fundamentals
Visual Literacy Fundamentals
Visual Literacy Fundamentals
Visual Literacy Fundamentals
Visual Literacy Fundamentals
Visual Literacy Fundamentals
Visual Literacy Fundamentals
Visual Literacy Fundamentals
Visual Literacy Fundamentals
Visual Literacy Fundamentals
Visual Literacy Fundamentals
ContentThe sensory, subjective, psychological or
emotional properties in response to an image. The emotional or intellectual message, and the
expression, essential meaning, significance or aesthetic value of an image.
In exploring an image, were your initial observations based on facts, figures, or other information found within the image itself.
Does your observation of the image lead you to tell a story about the image
ContextThe set of circumstances or facts that surround a
particular event, situation, etc. This could include when a work of art was made, where, how and for what purpose. This could include historical information on the artist or issues or things the artist references.
Did you raise questions about who produced the image, how it has been utilized, where it has appeared? If so, then you may wish to further explore questions of the context of an image.
Creating VisualsSmoreThinglinkDesigntaxiEasel.lyBlock PostersPiktochart
Visual Literacy ResourcesSpyrestudiosAnalyzing Images as TextVisual Literacy RubricACRL Visual LiteracyVisual Literacy Lesson PlansVisual Literacy 7 – 12Jakes Visual Literacy Resources
Further LearningVisual Literacy.org’s courseEdutopia’s interview with Martin ScorseseVisualization methods
QUESTIONS?