Visual Literacy
Visual Literacy is designed to assist students in the process of making observations, connections and inferences about an Artist purpose, and develop ideas about a work’s significance.
Activities include: scavenger hunt, Five Card Flicker
- Have students jot down one word that they associate with photo panels (Interpretation)
- Have students identify a song that comes to mind for one or more of the images displayed. (Relate)
- Describe what all the images have in common. (Determine Themes)
- Compare/Contrast and Collaborate
- Discuss what elements of the photos prompt their responses
- CCSS- Critical Thinking, Drawing Inferences, Collaboration/Communication
A few tools to use to enhance the impact of a scenario include: tcea 5E Modeling
- Green Screen Video: Use green screen video tools to create a backdrop of a pep rally with a student or the principal reading an official press statement. Use green screen tools available online.
- Newspaper Generator: Create fake news using newspaper generators available online. Here are some for your consideration:
- A Simple Newspaper Generator
- The Newspaper Clipping Generator: Create a newspaper clipping effect with your fake news embedded
- Funny Newspaper Generator: Allows you to add pictures and embed them in the news
- Fun Newspaper Creator: Another newspaper generator that allows you to export the newsprint to an image for easier sharing
- Break Your Own News: Create your own breaking news video stream. You can screen cast the production to remove all the distracting elements
