{"id":1384,"date":"2011-11-05T08:05:08","date_gmt":"2011-11-05T15:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/?page_id=1384"},"modified":"2019-08-09T03:20:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T10:20:43","slug":"graphica-visual-literacy-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/graphica-visual-literacy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2011\/11\/eye_worlds.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1393\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"Woman's Eye and World Globes\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2011\/11\/eye_worlds-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Graphica<\/span><\/strong> (or graphics) are visual representations on any surface, such as a wall, canvas, computer screen, &nbsp;paper or&nbsp;cyberspace. &nbsp;They serve to inform, illustrate, communicate or entertain. &nbsp;Graphics may combine elements of text, illustration, photo and colour. &nbsp;The use of graphics serve to enhance understanding and thus is a powerful tool to use in education.<\/p>\n<p>Consider strengthening understanding through activities that incoporate the visual literacies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Graphic organizers such as <a title=\"Inspiration\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/software\/inspiration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inspiration<\/a>\/ <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/software\/graphic-organizerswriting\/kidspiration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kidspiration<\/a>\/ InspireData allow multiple ways to organize ideas and convert to writing process.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Digital Photography (for use in movies, PSA, flyers, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/software\/blogs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blogs<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/the-classroom\/digital-storytelling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">storytelling<\/a>, process reflection, presentation work)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/the-classroom\/word-clouds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Word Clouds<\/a> &nbsp;(text presented in visual way)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinglink.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thinglink<\/a> (interactive images &#8211; make images come to life with text, hyperlinks, audio, video). (*Remember this accesses a US-based server.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Graphica (or graphics) are visual representations on any surface, such as a wall, canvas, computer screen, &nbsp;paper or&nbsp;cyberspace. &nbsp;They serve to inform, illustrate, communicate or entertain. &nbsp;Graphics may combine elements of text, illustration, photo and colour. &nbsp;The use of graphics serve to enhance understanding and thus is a powerful tool to use in education&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4642,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1384"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4642"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1384"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6572,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1384\/revisions\/6572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}