This week in class we discussed the concept of visual literacy. This is something that I think that everyone knows what it is but its not something that many people actually take the time to look at and realize the importance of it. the idea of visual literacy is that a picture can be read and information can be conveyed through this picture. the classic example of this would be Photoshop. It basically takes an image and allows a message to be conveyed through it. I believe that visual images are much more exciting and catch peoples attention more than words on a page do so this is an interesting concept.
In education, especially early childhood education, which is what i am interested in, visual clues are something that are essential in helping children to learn. Programs like photoshop can really help a teacher to help children learn by making something fun and interesting. like i stated previously, images are much more exciting than words, and preK and kindergarten children cannot read well anyways, so pictures and images are the ways that a teacher can help them to learn.
http://k-8visual.info/
The link above is to a website that talks about how visual literacy helps children from kindergarten to eighth grade learn. the website explains why and it even offers some free examples that you can download and use. i think that this website was a good choice because it is not only a good example, it is also a website that i would use once i actually became a teacher. it even has toolkit that you can use to help you get started. a website like this is certainly helpful in utilizing all of the tools that you can in order to help children learn the best way.
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