Learning to See, Seeing to Learn:Visual Literacy in Education

Mary Ann BellProfessor of Library Science

Sam Houston State University

Diane CordellConsultant and Writer, CyberSmart Education Company

“chocolate box stare” by Mo https://www.flickr.com/photos/april-mo/8317752125/

“Self-portrait in mirror” by dianecordell: http://flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/8683930103

Interacting with Images

“Teaching Art” by Mario Glambattista https://www.flickr.com/photos/mariogiambattista/8445168579/

“reading ten little zombies aloud...” by sean dreilinger https://flic.kr/p/9PxQdF

Picture Walk

Analyzing Artifacts

Image Detective, Library of Congress

http://cct2.edc.org/PMA/image_detective/index.html

Visual Writing Prompts

Pinterest board by Karen McMillanhttp://www.pinterest.com/missmcmillan/writing-prompts/

Visual Writing Promptshttps://visualwritingprompts.wordpress.com/

https://visualwritingprompts.wordpress.com/category/subjects/social-studies/page/2/

Photography in the

MakerSpace

“Mikes got the camera” by Amanda Lockwood https://www.flickr.com/photos/amandacphoto/3136466060/

“Student Entries” by Kennedy Library https://www.flickr.com/photos/kennedylibrary/14008657645/

“That Bank Holiday Feeling” by Lis Ferla https://www.flickr.com/photos/lastyearsgirl_/2525399036/

Where I Read

“Paris Plages” by philippe leroyer https://www.flickr.com/photos/philippeleroyer/2738586742/

Toy Stories

“May the Fourth Be With You” by dmcordell https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/5688594848/

Shelfie

Create...

Curate

“Memories” by martinak15 https://www.flickr.com/photos/martinaphotography/7077601607/

Historypinhttp://www.historypin.com/

April 2014https://www.flickr.com/photos/

dmcordell/sets/72157643280480943/

April 2014https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/sets/72157643280480943/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/sets/72157639282916975

Digital Footprint and Ethical Sharing

“monroe, day 3: footprints and bassinet” by Sarah Gilbert https://www.flickr.com/photos/cafemama/954301207/

Think Before You Post...

“Think before you post” by Royan Lee http://spicylearning.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/think-before-you-post.jpg

“Collage of Digital (Social) Networks” by Frau Hölle http://flickr.com/photos/frauhoelle/8464661409

Understand how to use social networking sites appropriately

Respect privacy rights and copyright laws

“No more photos!!!” by imelda https://www.flickr.com/photos/imelda/8109207126/

“Gallery 62 Modern Art” by Oxfordshire Churches https://www.flickr.com/photos/oxfordshirechurches/6776997347/

Create a positive footprinthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1emxcttgKE

"Macaca nigra self-portrait (rotated and cropped)" by Self-portrait by the depicted Macaca nigra female; rotated and cropped by David Slater. See article. - Daily Mail. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons -

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macaca_nigra_self-portrait_(rotated_and_cropped).jpg#mediaviewer/File:Macaca_nigra_self-portrait_(rotated_and_cropped).jpg

Selfie!

Always cite sources, including images

“Citing a Flickr image” by dmcordell https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/11741104464/

“Imagine a world...” by gwynydd michael https://www.flickr.com/photos/g_originals/361722654/

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”

-Henry David Thoreau“eye rise” by Aaron Shumaker https://www.flickr.com/photos/trushu/464043507/

Questions/Comments?

“Why” by Tintin44 https://www.flickr.com/photos/sylvain_masson/4195880838/

Einstein chalkboard generator http://www.hetemeel.com/einsteinform.php

Diane Cordell dmcordell@gmail.com