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September 19, 2024
Visual Literacy


  1. Sign in, stowe your other devices, log into a Chromebook, and go to WYAW (While You Are Waiting).

  2. Visual Literacy:
    https://bit.ly/4gym5Bs

    "...includes interpreting still and moving images, graphs, tables, maps and other graphic representations, and understanding and evaluating how images and language work together in distinctive ways in different curriculum areas to present ideas and information."

    "Visual knowledge is understanding how visual elements such as line, colour, shape, texture, space, symbols, pattern and composition create meaning."
    Source: https://creatingmultimodaltexts.com/visual-literacy/

    Visual literacy is an element of multimodal communication where we interpret or use different media to represent information and ideas and repond to these media in a variety of modes of learning or interpretation. When we see/read images or read text, we are using a visual mode.

    Multimodal modes and media are a way to communicate meaning using more than one mode, or method of communication.

    The five modes of communication are linguistic, visual, aural, spatial, and gestural:
    • Linguistic: Written and spoken words
    • Visual: Images, whether still or moving
    • Aural: Sound, music, volume, rhythm, pitch, tone, and voice
    • Spatial: Position, physical arrangement, and proximity
    • Gestural: Movement, expression, and body language

    Media The "substance" through which communication is conveyed. For example, photography, painting, and film are all visual media.

    Multimodal projects are those that use multiple modes to communicate a message. For example, a multimodal project might combine text, images, motion, or audio. One example of this is a DIGITAL STORY.
    Source: AI on Google

    A visually literate individual is able to:

    • Determine the nature and extent of the visual materials needed
    • Find and access needed images and visual media effectively and efficiently
    • Interpret and analyze the meanings of images and visual media
    • Evaluate images and their sources
    • Use images and visual media effectively
    • Design and create meaningful images and visual media
    • Understand many of the ethical, legal, social, and economic issues surrounding the creation and use of images and visual media, and access and use visual materials ethically

    Source: https://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/visualliteracy

  3. WE DO: "Read" or interpret the symbol: https://quizlet.com/944591023/flashcards

  4. GROUP WORK: Visual literacy: Let's do one together: A Photo Tells a Story
    1. First, choose a photo from those offered.
    2. Next, find it in the shared folder for your section to have it in digital form.

      12:30 EDEL 446-01 / EDMG 466-01

      https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QUzBejjBtmuzfhGH0YdLsl6vafseMJPc?usp=drive_link

      2:00 EDEL 446-02

      https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14KFKl9MQX0Rf30Q8gQ1lQSic7TUDD4cL?usp=sharing

    3. Look at the image. How do you read it?
      1. What do you see and notice?
      2. How does it make you feel or respond?
      3. What story might the picture tell?

    ADVANCED ADVENTURERS: Download the image from Drive and use Google Lens on the Google search page to find out more about the image, if you wish.

  5. More with recording audio.......
  6. STUDIO TIME: A Recording of Both Found and Original Writing: Two Haiku.
    Vocaroo https://vocaroo.com/
    • Recording reminders.....
      vocaroo options
    • Click the Download button to download your file to your Google Drive, if possible, rename it appropriately or
    • Right click on it to rename it your name (add initial if needed)
    • If it downloaded to your Chromebook downloads, once renamed, drag it to your MyDrive folder
    • Find the file in Google Drives and right click on it to share it with "Anyone with the link". This is a good habit to get into for sharing Google files (Docs, Slidedecks, etc.)

      Advanced Adventurers      : A more sophisticated recording Option: (allows for editing) Twisted Wave (https://twistedwave.com/online)

    Here's an example of the assignment you will do:
    https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tr0OmaitQtIwJd6upIaq-CgJrfDJQh_94xFB2UfP1P4/edit?usp=sharing

    1. Find an existing haiku that you like and write it down. Basho is a very famous writer of the form.
    2. Next, create one of your own haiku and write this on the same script template.
    3. Once you've got your two haiku, you'll record them as two separate recording/files using Vocaroo and save them as .mp3 files in your Google Drive.
      • NOTE: Do not record on your phone as this will give you a format that won't work with Google AND you won't be using a new web 2.0 tool you just learned AND you will get a 0 for this part of the assignment.
      •  DO NOT use the link from Vocaroo as you need practice downloading the file and will have it as long as you need it.
    4. DOWNLOAD the files to your Google Drive naming them “Haiku 1” and “Haiku2” NOTE: They must be linked from your class Google Drive Account to your Two Haiku Google Slidedeck
    5. MUST DO: Go to each of the audio files and right click to share so that "ANYONE WITH THE LINK" can access.
    6. Go to Google Slides and create your own new slidedeck with two blank slides and name the slidedeck YOUR NAME
    7. Find an image using a free images website such as: Pixabay, Pexels, Unsplash, Morguefile or you can use one of your own images that visually represents your first Haiku (the found one) and insert it on the slide.
    8. Repeat this for the second Haiku (the one you write) on the second slide
    9. Go to your Haiku1 audio file and copy the link, and past the link on the slide with the matching image. Make sure it is a "live" and clickable link.
      OR
    10. Use the Insert menu, to insert your Audio file from Google Drive that matches your image for your specific Haiku.
    11. Repeat this proces for the second Haiku audio file. You will have two slides with two images and two audio files.
    12. Find your SlideDeck file in Google Drive and make this "Share with anyone with the link".
    13. Share the link to your Google Slide deck with your teacher by texting it to her via Remind.
    14. IMPORTANT: You also must make the Google Slidedeck link sharable by choosing "Anyone with the link"

WHEN YOU ARE DONE- EXPLORE THESE PODCASTS FOR STUDENTS
25 Great Learning Podcasts for the Classroom
https://www.commonsense.org/education/articles/19-great-learning-podcasts-for-the-classroom


ROYALTY FREE MEDIA

Visuals: Pixabay, Pexels, Unsplash, Morguefile

Music
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

Speeches
https://archive.org/details/Greatest_Speeches_of_the_20th_Century

All Media, mostly Images
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Wikipedia:Public domain image resources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain_image_resources

Public Domain Image Websites
https://99designs.com/blog/resources/public-domain-image-resources/

Access some fabulous visual and audio media collections at the Library of Congress (some are in the Public Domain) https://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html

RANDOM

Cat Scratch Fever https://i.giphy.com/media/3o72EX5QZ9N9d51dqo/giphy.webp