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Visual Literacy, “a person’s ability to interpret and create visual information—to understand images of all kinds and use them to communicate more effectively,

efines visual literacy as “a learned skill, not an intuitive one. It doesn’t just happen. O

When we teach for visual literacy, we involve children in thinking about and expressing in images what is often beyond linguistic capabilities

Having students become media literate across school subjects has been talked about since the early 1960s but has hardly made a dent in lessons that most teachers teach

Geller encouraged the students to look at Wikipedia, but skeptically

You should not always trust the first thing you see!”

Students get to share their ideas in a way they can be proud of. Blogging is great for this because the posts are read not only by classmates, but also by anyone else who stumbles upon them online. Blogging promotes the development of good writing skills, so helping students take ownership of the project can help them write well. Blogging provides students with an outlet for things they may not get to share in the classroom, so giving looser guidelines on topics can bring about more interesting blog posts.

Gaming teaches students survival skills that they use in school and throughout their lives

Practical skills