Pablo Picasso once said, "We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the…

PROJECT-BASED LEARNING SUBSCRIBE TO RSS Kids Like Blues: Using Music and Video to Rock Your Classroom OCTOBER 24, 2012 Teacher Jon Schwartz and his first-graders rockin it out on stage. Photo credit: Jon Schwartz When I started playing blues songs for my first grade students, I never imagined I was introducing a fantastic launching point for thematic, standards-based teaching. We soon formed The Kids Like Blues Band, and since last March we've used blues songs as a springboard for teaching…

Teaching visual literacy

POSTED: OCTOBER 25, 2012

Digital scholarship lab supports visual learning

Kiki Barnes Contributing Writer

Published: Wednesday, October 17, 2012Courtesy of Amy Atticks

The Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab will soon be filled with students. The Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab will be open for classes and individual student use in the Rockefeller Library this month. Featuring 12 55-inch high-resolution LED panels, the seven-foot high, 16-foot long “video wall” provides…

A best-selling author goes back to his high school to thank the person who first encouraged him to write.



The teacher who changed my life didn’t do it by encouraging her students to stand on their desks, like John Keating in Dead Poets Society. Or by toting a baseball bat through the halls, like Principal Clark in Lean on Me. She did it in a much simpler way: by telling me I was good at something.



When I met Ms. Shelia Spicer, I was in the ninth…

HUMANS EVOLVE A NEW FORM OF VISUAL LITERACY… THROUGH IMAGES

12 tips to become a better smartphone photographer

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(CNN) -- Pablo Picasso once said, "We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby…

Top iPad apps for Teachers

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The introduction of new innovative and interactive technology

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International Visual Literacy Association Conference

August 29, 2012

Characteristics And Learning Strategies for Visual Learning

August 21, 2012

According to studies, most people are visual learners in such a way that people primarily learn using the sense of sight. Since people have now become more visual learners, the education sector should seek new ways of enhancing learning by improving methods of instruction to include more visual stimulation. This article discusses ways to better understand people who are visual…

Ten Suggestions for Raising Creative Kids

By Jeffrey Paul Baumgartner | Aug 02, 2012

Synopsis

If creativity is important to you, it is surely doubly important to you that your children have creative minds. As their parent (or teacher or caregiver) you can do a lot to ensure your children maintain and grow their creative minds.

Research is demonstrating that children rapidly lose their creative thinking skills as they grow older. Moreover, by the time children reach…

Aug 6, 2012

Art Education for Kids: The Importance of Being Visual

Bette Fetter …

Nonverbal Learning Disability is defined as “A neurological disorder in which nonverbal communication such as holistic processing, visual/special perception and reasoning, intuitive responding, and organization are impaired. They lack many concepts and much of the understanding needed for commonplace interactions and learning.” (Rourke, 1995; Sheely, 2000; Thompson, 1997).

There are seven main categories of deficit manifestation associated with Nonverbal Learning Disability. They are…

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Autism Digest

Visual tools reinforce verbal instruction and provide a second channel for learning and retention.

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Parents and teachers working “in the trenches” with individuals on the autism spectrum know that the expressive and receptive communication challenges these kids typically have can impair learning. Whether it’s social conversation, understanding a written assignment, or being able to decipher more figurative…

The History of Visual Learning

We live in the information age, and it is exactly what it sounds like: an age inundated with information. Information access, sharing, and storing all depend on intricate systems of the written word. Everything from elementary school math to masters work in art history depends on its storage. The information cannot…