Visual Literacy Loren Rapp By Loren Rapp Visual
Visual Literacy Loren Rapp By: Loren Rapp
• Visual Literacy is the ability to interpret, negotiate, and make meaning from information presented in the form of an image. • Image: Nude Descending a Staircase Loren Rapp What is Visual Literacy?
• Teaching Visual Literacy helps kids better interpret art and visual media that they come in contact with. • Visual Literacy allows a deeper interaction with texts of all kinds and introduces the process of analytical thinking about representation and meaning. • There is evidence that, even for older children, examining and understanding how art and text interact may allow readers to “visualize” while they read– a key to proficiency in and enjoyment of reading Loren Rapp Why is Visual Literacy Important?
Why Bother Using Visuals in Instruction? Loren Rapp • By teaching “educational perception” of artwork you can teach children how to be more skeptical and informed viewers of all visual media, including advertizing.
What Two General Approaches Can You Use to Teach Visual Literacy? Loren Rapp 1. Decoding: to “read” visuals proficiently by practicing visual analytic skills and helping learners to encode. 2. Encoding: to “write” visuals to express themselves and communicate well with others.
Loren Rapp What are the 6 types of visuals? 1) Pictures 2) Drawings 3) Charts
5) Posters 6) Cartoons Loren Rapp 6 Types of Visuals 4) Graphs
• You can use it whenever you need to present something. • The most commonly use presentation software is Power. Point. • Power. Point allows students and teachers to make very professional looking presentations. Loren Rapp When Can You Use Presentation Software for instruction?
• The question probes a matter of considerable importance. • The question requires movement beyond understanding and studying, pointing toward the settlement of a challenge • The question may be unanswerable in the ultimate sense. • The question may frustrate the researcher, may prove arid rather than fertile and may evade the quest for clarity and understanding. Loren Rapp What are the qualities of an essential question?
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