Visual Literacy Across the Curriculum
Visual is an important part of our teaching. Not only is this helpful to getting across ideas, but it is a key strategy to reaching our Special Education and English Language Learner populations. The Common Core standards address the need for and specifically mention visual literacy in the Integration of Knowledge and Ideas, Range of Text Types, Reading Informational Text, and Writing standards.
Common Core Standards
Why digital writing matters? PDF
Visual Sources
Weblist Creative Commons Free Images for Education site
Pics4Learning site
Flickr site
Republicdomain site
Wikispace- Copyright Friendly Image Database List site
Pixabay site
Pics4Learning site
Flickr site
Republicdomain site
Wikispace- Copyright Friendly Image Database List site
Pixabay site
Tech Tools for Visual Literacy
Voicethread: Conversations in the cloud. Students can annotate, comment, draw, text, or record a response to text or images. How-to
** To upload PPT slides, save PPT as a JPEG and then upload into VT.
Big Huge Labs: Create motivator posters as warm ups, main idea visual, essential questions connecting text to an image, or have students create one to demonstrate their understanding of a topic. In addition, their magazine cover can be used for students to demonstrate understanding of a topic (magazine title) with a few sentences (article teasers).
Thinglink: Upload an image and the possibilities begin. Students can id parts of an image with textual explanations, hyperlink to additional information/site, upload an image, and link to a You Tube video. How-to
Wordle: Create word clouds. Select a piece of text and then copy and paste it into the site. Wordle analyzes the text and creates a visual of the words used most.
Glogster: Create a poster online. Teachers/students can add text, images, hyperlinks, and link You Tube videos to demonstrate mastery in a presentation or multimedia task.
** To upload PPT slides, save PPT as a JPEG and then upload into VT.
Big Huge Labs: Create motivator posters as warm ups, main idea visual, essential questions connecting text to an image, or have students create one to demonstrate their understanding of a topic. In addition, their magazine cover can be used for students to demonstrate understanding of a topic (magazine title) with a few sentences (article teasers).
Thinglink: Upload an image and the possibilities begin. Students can id parts of an image with textual explanations, hyperlink to additional information/site, upload an image, and link to a You Tube video. How-to
Wordle: Create word clouds. Select a piece of text and then copy and paste it into the site. Wordle analyzes the text and creates a visual of the words used most.
Glogster: Create a poster online. Teachers/students can add text, images, hyperlinks, and link You Tube videos to demonstrate mastery in a presentation or multimedia task.
Sample Lessons/Activities
French Revolution Inquiry Thinglink
FDR Inaugural Address Voicethread
Native American Perception Through Images Voicethread
WWI Webquest
FDR Inaugural Address Voicethread
Native American Perception Through Images Voicethread
WWI Webquest