Visual Literacy

YourTake.org is an online tool that allows people to share their opinions (their take) on an issue based on a particular point of view. It clearly organizes steps to reach a conclusion through clarification and an action plan.

Interesting online tool that visually enhances the ability to see various points of view when discussing a topic.

Hope this is useful if you haven't already seen it before...

An interesting video tutorial shared via a blog (Ollie Bray) with reference to visual literacy and presentations. Some very pertinent points for educationalists.

via http://www.freetech4teachers.com

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This program will explore the connections between visual literacy and information literacy. Examples of textual, visual, and hybrid resources will be examined in light of the standards developed for both literacies in order to discover the intersections between the two and ways to teach in an environment where both words and images convey important meanings. Attendees will have the opportunity to develop learning outcomes, rubrics, and pedagogical methods for effectively teaching these multiple literacies.

Share this video with students to see if they realize it's fake.

YouTube spoof, but can your students tell that?

Explore the power of pictures through these examples from the Smithsonian Institution Libraries' collections in science, history, and art.

Charts and graphs are a great tool because they communicate information visually.

Rather than drawing a comic from scratch, Comicbrush lets you mix stock artwork from our fun collection of comic backgrounds, characters and props with photos of your friends, neighborhood or college.You can add speech balloons, text, your own artwork and more, before publishing your comic to the Web, social networking sites like Flickr, Facebook and MySpace, or a friend's iPhone/Touch.

Video clips from history uncut and without host voiceover.

Photo laboratory photl.com is the owner and distributor of the largest collection of exclusive free photos (Free Stock Photo Images) of high resolution for commercial purposes. All the photo images are subject to extended license on usage (Extended Royalty Free). They are absolutely free and are intended to be used in commercial activity.

Organized by the Smithsonian Photography Initiative (SPI) as a series of integrated programs, click! photography changes everything invites the public to consider ways in which photography enables us to see, experience, and interact with the world.

FRACTIONITIS frak'sheni'tis An increase in anxiety caused by the appearance of a numeral in fraction form. Symptoms: A blank stare, avoidance of math courses and math teachers. Cure: Associate fractions with a pleasant object, such as 1/4 of a pizza.

VUE provides a flexible visual environment for structuring, presenting, and sharing digital information.

See how often US presidents have said certain words in their inaugural addresses. Click on the examples on the right, or type in your own word above. Hover over points in the graph and milestones to see names and dates

downloadables such as stock photos, textures/patterns, brushes, icons, and fonts