Visual LiteracyLesson Plan Ideas for Visual Literacy
http://eduscapes.com/sessions/digital/a_ctivity1.htm Zoo Animal Sounds : Students went to the zoo to observe the animals. Next they drew about their favorite animal. from the zoo The students wanted to make a book about the animals and how they sound. The students found their favorite animal on an ipad app "Zoola Animals "and "Animals", listened to their sounds again. Then we with teacher help recorded the animal sounds using the app"AirRecord " . Last step of our research, teacher made a Video of our hard work, and made it so we could scan a QR code to read again and again.. The students really loved playing their book over and over again. They just love seeing their own work. Hearing themselves was an added bonus, they just laughed, and laughed at each others voice sounds. It was a fun project. |
Media Literacy and Critical Thinking 12 Ways to Integrate Media Literacy and Critical Thinking into Any Curriculum (Links to an external site.)Number 6 .Good article to help use different ways of teaching critical thinking skills in a classroom
• exploring how media messages reflect the identity of the creator or presenter of the message and how the same message might come across differently if it was presented or created by someone Click on the Image Chef picture link below. This really was a good example to show the students. They loved their interpretation of the picture best. Halloween is Candy and more candy. The students didn't even really realize that the snacks were health snacks that the moms wanted them to choose at Halloween. The discussion was fun and an eye opener for the students to really look at pictures and think what the picture is really about from the advertisers. https://docs.google.com/document/d/https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AjL8kb85WkQImfE92lcBgdPlRu8efDhvk4iEHOivaqA/edit/edit Image of class assignment link Halloween Treat! HEALTHY SNACKS! (mom’s Idea) Child’s view NO,NO.NO!! Candy YES,YES,YES |