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Katy Vance

Life on the Screen: Visual Literacy in Education | Edutopia - 0 views

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visual literacy edutopia edtech blogging COETAIL

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  • nstead we need to teach students how to tell a story.
  • This is more than just teaching kids how to use computers. Kids already know this. They know how to use computers before they get to school.
    • Katy Vance
      Katy Vance on 07 Sep 13
       
      It's true, and I guess it's more important to teach kids how to tech troubleshoot since it's crazy the holes they have... They need to be able to identify what they don't know and how to figure it out.
  • People seem to forget this fact, and often these are the same people who are running the society. They would rather spend money on the military than on the educational system, unaware that the military will bring them zippo. It's not a great idea to want to take over the world if you don't know what to do with it and how to run it. Nothing is accomplished through conquest. Everything is accomplished through education.
  • Katy Vance on 07 Sep 13
     
    This is something we need to think about as we help students to create their websites, post on their blogs and develop their online presence. 
Katy Vance

How Users Read on the Web - 0 views

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web usability reading Literacy visual website design

shared by Katy Vance on 07 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • meaningful sub-headings (not "clever" ones)
    • Katy Vance
      Katy Vance on 07 Sep 13
       
      Booo....
  • one idea per paragraph (users will skip over any additional ideas if they are not caught by the first few words in the paragraph)
  • Credibility can be increased by high-quality graphics, good writing, and use of outbound hypertext links. Links to other sites show that the authors have done their homework and are not afraid to let readers visit other sites.
  • Katy Vance on 07 Sep 13
     
    (Update: a newer study found that users read email newsletters even more abruptly than they read websites.)
Katy Vance

How we read online. - Slate Magazine - 0 views

www.slate.com/...lazy_eyes.single.html

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  • And it's not you who has to change. It's me, the writer: One idea per paragraphHalf the word count of "conventional writing"! (Ouch!) Other stuff along these lines
    • Katy Vance
      Katy Vance on 07 Sep 13
       
      Augh! I gotta cut down...
  • If you want to beat the Internet, you're not going to do it by blogging (since even OK thinkers occasionally write a great blog post) but by offering a comprehensive take on a subject (thus saving the reader time from searching many sites) and supplying original thinking (offering trusted insight that cannot be easily duplicated by the nonexpert).
  • When we're really engaged in a text, it's like being in an effortless trance.
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  • I suppose ludic readers would be the little sloths hiding in the jungle while everyone else is out rampaging around for fresh meat.
  • We'll do more and more reading on screens, but they won't replace paper—never mind what your friend with a Kindle tells you. Rather, paper seems to be the new Prozac. A balm for the distracted mind. It's contained, offline, tactile.
  • Moby Dick has become a spa
Katy Vance

Understanding Visual Hierarchy in Web Design | Webdesigntuts+ - 0 views

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webdesign visual literacy website COETAIL

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  • SizeObjects that are bigger demand more attention. Using size as a hierarchal tool is an effective way of guiding a viewer’s eye to a particular portion of the page. Because size is one of the most powerful forms of organization, it’s important to correlate size with importance in a design. The biggest elements should be the most important in most cases; the smallest elements should be the least important.
    • Katy Vance
      Katy Vance on 07 Sep 13
       
      Sigh... so you're telling me size does matter?
  • . When used as a personality tool, color can extend beyond into more sophisticated types of hierarchy; Using lush, comforting colors can bring an emotional appeal to a page.
  • Within a page there might be widgets that are separated from each other by space; within those widgets there is a new hierarchy of title, subtitle, and content.
    • Katy Vance
      Katy Vance on 07 Sep 13
       
      I like that these widgets are even being analyzed!  I can safely say that my widgets on the library site are not currently working for me.
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  • Good visual hierarchy isn’t about wild and crazy graphics or the newest photoshop filters, it’s about organizing information in a way that’s usable, accessible, and logical to the everyday site visitor.
  • List the key information points that visitors are likely seeking.Assign values (1-10) according to their importance to the average visitor.Now, look at the actual design again.Assign values (1-10) according to the actual visual importance as you see it in the live design.Consider: Does the expected importance match up with the actual designed importance?
    • Katy Vance
      Katy Vance on 07 Sep 13
       
      Really good approach.  I do this sort of thing informally, but formalizing the process and forcing reflection would mean an effective redesign of my website. 
  • Katy Vance on 07 Sep 13
     
    While it might seem like it's enough to just dish out information, as web designers, our task is to break down that raw information into delicious little chunks of visually relevant information that are easy on the eyes, and more importantly, effective at communicating the message behind a webpage.
Mags Faber

Top widgets for the sidebar of your class or student blog -Edublogs - education blogs f... - 1 views

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Widgets blogging

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  • Mags Faber on 02 Sep 13
     
    Great widgets for your class blog.
  • Mags Faber on 02 Sep 13
     
    Great list of widgets for class blogs.
rhenabowie

MOOC about Making and Creating - 0 views

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edtech education social media teachers technology

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  • rhenabowie on 02 Sep 13
     
    Massive Open Online Course about fostering creativity in the classroom.
Katy Vance

Blogging in the Classroom and Making it Sustainable | TeachingSagittarian - 0 views

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blogging sustainable teachers

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  • Katy Vance on 26 Aug 13
     
    Perhaps we can create some resources or a beginning of the year presentation like this for our teachers....
Katy Vance

Eudora Schools USD 491 - Using social media in your job - 0 views

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social media schools technology

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  • Katy Vance on 26 Aug 13
     
    Social Media Policies from Eudora Schools
Chloe Edwards

Haiku Deck - Presentation and Slideshow Maker with Beautiful Charts and Graphs for iPad... - 0 views

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haiku deck presentation slideshow maker

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  • Chloe Edwards on 21 Aug 13
     
    Great App for iPads
rhenabowie

Educational Leadership:Teaching All Students:Deciding to Teach Them All - 0 views

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differentiation inquiry questions formative assessment

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  • rhenabowie on 08 Jun 13
     
    From Inquiry 3: Great questions to ask ourselves when planning
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