Visual Literacy

See Jeanne's activity page at http://www.columbia.edu/~jk2357/visual.html

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Some additional resources

"Visual Literacy can be defined as the ability to understand and produce visual messages." Source.

"Visual literacy as defined by the International Visual Literacy Association is "a group of vision competencies a human being can develop by seeing and at the same time having and integrating other sensory experiences. The development of these competencies is fundamental to normal human learning. When developed, they enable a visually literate person to discriminate and interpret the visual actions, objects, and/or symbols, natural or man-made, that are [encountered] in [the] environment. Through the creative use of these competencies, [we are] able to communicate with others. Through the appreciative use of these competencies, [we are] able to comprehend and enjoy the masterworks of visual communications" (Fransecky & Debes, 1972, p. 7)." Source.

Picturing Books, a website about picture books, http://picturingbooks.imaginarylands.org/

Visual Literacy From Now On, http://www.fno.org/PL/vislit.htm

Visual Literacy Festival Photography Gallery, http://www.richlandclicks.org/student/vlf_photo2000/

Center for Media Literacy, http://www.medialit.org/

The On-Line Visual Literacy Project, http://www.pomona.edu/Academics/courserelated/classprojects/Visual-lit/intro/intro.html

Online Communications Studies Resources, http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/visual.html

Visual Literacy in Classrooms, http://members.ozemail.com.au/~leemshs/visual.htm

A Visual Literacy Exercise, http://www.csuohio.edu/history/exercise/vlehome.html

NCREL Visual Literacy page, http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/skills/vislit.htm

Technology That Enhances Visual-Spatial Intelligence, http://www.america-tomorrow.com/ati/mi4.htm

The Paradox of Political Ads, by Kathleen Jamieson; http://www.medialit.org/reading_room/article87.html