Visual Literacy and 21st Century Skills

 

David S. Jakes

Instructional Technology Coordinator

Community High School District 99

Downers Grove, IL  60563

djakes@csd99.org

dave@jakesonline.org

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Literacy for the 21st Century: A framework for teaching and learning in the Media age | Center for Media Literacy

Setting the Stage:  Part 1

Good Morning and Welcome

What would you like to know about visual literacy?

IKEA Movie:  How visually literate are you?

IKEA Movie:  Rewind

What is your definition of visual literacy?

Visual literacy Definition: 21st Century Skills:  Can students interpret, use, appreciate and create images and video using both conventional and 21st Century media in ways that advance thinking, decision-making, communication and learning.

My definition:  Visual literacy is the ability to navigate, evaluate, and communicate (create and mashup) with visual imagery.

Most of you have seen Google Earth.  But have you seen this?  (Googlelittrips.com) Or this?  And what happens when YOU can create the visual map?

What happens when you see something like this?  Or this?

Does the number 435,558,403 (Flickr.com number of images) have any meaning?  What do you do with an image like this?

And what happens when everyone can do this-and your local newspaper starts accepting visual letters to the editor?

And as an educator, what happens when you can create a lesson with a resource like this?

And tap into the technology skills that kids have as evidenced by Episode 8 of Dylan's Couch (Views: 1,058,344, Comments: 3578 Favorited: 1799 times).

Part 2:Communicating Visually in the 21st Century:  A Visual Literacy Framework

Color, text and design principles can be found at this link:  Visual literacy design principles

Part 3: Visual Literacy in the Classroom-an activities continuum

Entry Level:  Single image analysis and interpretation, Sandburg meets Flickr, school image database with Creative Commons), Gliffy, Thumbstacks

or any of the Flickr tools at BigHugeLabs |Images for successories poster

Intermediate Level:  VisualQuest

Advanced Level:  Digital Storytelling | Digital Storytelling resources at Jakesonline.org