Teaching Literacy through Visual Language

Children live in a visual world and the ability to read visual images is becoming a vital skill. Visual images are fast becoming the most predominant form of communication with the ratio of image to text increasing.

Visual Literacy supports classroom practice in many ways across the curriculum.

Mental Models (Michael Rutherford), are created when a sensory representation is connected to a verbal or written label, which in turn activated both hemispheres of the brain and makes for enhanced memory, recall and application.

***Introduction to Mental Models

Ankle-Deep words and images

Waist-Deep symbol systems and sensory representation

Neck-Deep varied processing methodology

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    Summer  Vacation Extravaganza

    • Select a place you would like to go on  vacation!!  Plan 5 events or places you  would like to visit at your location.  Make a timeline constructing your dates, places, descriptions and web links using Timetoast
    • Create a visual representation of your  vacation place using Tagxedo
    • Create a visual plan of your vacation  trip using SpicyNodes

    Include bits of information - such as  text, links, photos and other media