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Process Activities VisLit Resources Visual Literacy scaffold PoMo Resources PoMo I.D. Scaffold Marking Guideline Conclusion Student Evaluation Teacher's Guide Teacher Resources Program Proforma THE VIEWER by Shaun Tan & Gary Crew Shaun Tan is an artist who, along with writer Gary Crew, has created a picture book that challenges our world view. The diversity of his images shows many different views of the world: historical, cultural, social and personal. The Viewer is a picture book that provides students and teachers with the opportunity to examine the ways in which meaning is constructed within a postmodern picture book.

"Teachers can scaffold discussions from the early grades on in ways that show students how to respectfully share dissenting opinions."

"Margaret Kristin Merga outlines her compelling research into this area. Of particular interest is the role of librarians in schools in supporting struggling readers, as these students may be increasingly disadvantaged as they move through the years of schooling. Teacher librarians provided support by identifying struggling readers, providing them with age and skill-appropriate materials, undertaking skill scaffolding supporting choice, supporting students with special needs, providing one-to-one matching, promoting access to books, enhancing the social position of books and reading, reading aloud to students, facilitating silent reading, and preparing students for high-stakes literacy testing."

An examination of different types of student inquiry - structured, controlled, guided and free. Scaffolding is a key requirement.

"Getting kids to contribute in virtual classrooms takes some work, it turns out. "We keep calling this generation digital natives as if they are simply whizzes at everything computerized. They aren't," wrote Tim O'Brien on Facebook. "They need personal support, scaffolding, and reassurance that technology does not provide. It is simply a tool, not a teacher.""

"How to Teach Infographic Literacy There are plenty of ways to teach infographics in the classroom, but most experts and researchers believe in slowly scaffolding students' understanding of them in thoughtful ways. "

"The visual guides work best when learning goals drive the design and students are engaged in their creation."