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Visual vs. Visual Literacy? No Contest

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on June 13, 2011 at 4:36pm — No Comments

Visual Literacy – Play with Images at Iaza

June 9, 2011 | Author admin

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on June 11, 2011 at 4:38pm — No Comments

Types of Space in Visual Literacy

A road sign is an example of communication through visual literacy.

Everything you see can be classified by its positive and negative space. Visual literacy is the study of how those spaces interact and form a visual language. The interplay of positive and negative space is essential to diverse fields such as fine art, commercial media and …

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on June 8, 2011 at 4:33pm — No Comments

Important Quotes about Visual Literacy, Visual Thinking, & Visual Teaching

The ability to look at visual information with perception. A visually literate person understands how visual elements contribute to the meaning of the whole.

–PBS Media Literacy Glossary (www.pbs.org/weta/myjourneyhome/teachers/glossary.html)

The ability to recognize and understand ideas conveyed through visible actions or images (as pictures)

–Merriam Webster Online

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on April 11, 2011 at 1:42pm — No Comments

Visual Literacy & Visual Thinking

Visual Literacy

Visual literacy in education develops a student's visual literacy - their ability to comprehend, make meaning of, and communicate through visual means, usually in the form of images or multimedia.

Images have always been involved in learning with pictures and artwork to help define history or literary works. However, visual literacy in education is becoming a much broader and extensive body of learning and… Continue

Added by Timothy Gangwer on January 27, 2010 at 10:27am — No Comments