Using Social Media to Teach Visual Literacy in the 21st Century Classroom - 9 views
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danielraguilarjr on 17 Mar 14This article reminds educators that 21st century technology needs to include both textual communication and visual literacy. What does visual literacy look like in your classroom? Are you using any special method to what and how you are trying to teach? If you do not have your own classroom how can you apply this idea of textual communication and visual literacy to your own job?
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Maricela Gonzalez on 24 Mar 14Amanda- Glogster sound like an awesome web 2.0 tool to use, as I use collages all the time in my classroom. However, it would be a great idea to make a virtual collage that all students can access and modify outside of the classroom environment. Students really get into technology. Most recently at our school we started using avatars in learning to really personalize our student's instructional experience. Students got to decorate their own personal avatar that represented themselves, and would reap the benefits of their online academic successes. The school noted great success from that venture. Web 2.0 technologies are a great way for student's to become active and willing participants to their own learning experiences.
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danielraguilarjr on 25 Mar 14This article is a great reminder of all of the visual ways we can enhance our classrooms and our jobs. Rene, I started using the text message option (thanks) in my class this week. We will see how it goes. Some of my students are really good with technology and others need more practice. It's a constant dance with them but in the end I know that helping them along and introducing new things will only make them more successful in the future. Lucretia, your travel brochure is a great idea and one I will have to use. I agree that we can say very little with pictures and have the students come up with the ideas and ask the questions! Your avatar and scavenger hunt ideas are also very good and out of the box. I agree that we need to visually engage students in order to allow them to critically think. Long gone are the days of lecture and textbook pictures!