This week we read and watched videos about visual literacy. Visual literacy is how we learn with pictures and symbols. We watched some interesting videos about how media can change images with photo shopping. The Dove Campaign video shows the makeover of a woman for a skincare advertisement and how she is digitally enhanced. Another video showed how and why visual literacy can be used in the classroom.
As an elementary education teacher, it is important to realize that when teaching with visual literacy images can be skewed. Using primary documents such as photographs of history to teach about a certain time period helps enhance the learning experience. Like, "they" say, "a picture is worth a thousand words." At the same time, however, whomever created or photographed the picture has their own personal opinion of what is being photographed and that can be picked up through the image. I think using visual literacy in the classroom is overall a very positive thing as it gains the interest of students, and enhances critical thinking skills.
The following is a video I found on You Tube.It further explains with the use of photographs, why we should incorporate visual literacy into learning. As noted by the author, it was created to "inspire teachers of all subject areas to appreciate the opportunity for learning using visual imagery in their classes."
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