Seeing is Deceiving:Visual Literacy in an Information Age

by Diane Cordell

“eye_0001” by lovelornpoets http://www.flickr.com/photos/lovelornpoets/6023231861/

http://seeingisdeceiving.wikispaces.com/home

wifemother

librarian teachereditor

reader writerlearnertraveler

photographerfriend

grandmother

“Self-portrait in mirror” by dmcordell http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/8683930103/

@dmcordell

“My kid could draw that” by erin m http://www.flickr.com/photos/erin_m/4358534470/

Visual literacy is the ability to understand and produce

visual messages

“Reading with Daddy” by bolinhanychttp://www.flickr.com/photos/davidheller/4367937673/

Visual skills are a necessary foundation

for later speech and reading skills

“Overflowing” by zoetnet http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoetnet/7929093836/

http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/could_we_return_to_the_original_earth_day/ via Earth Island Journal

News photos and videos

Advertising

“American Spirit Organic Cigarettes” byATIS547 http://www.flickr.com/photos/albaum/2307102594/

Infographics

“augmentation manifs” by Ownipics http://www.flickr.com/photos/ownipics/5595003993/

Question from the August 2012 NYS Regents Examin Global History and Geography

http://www.nysedregents.org/GlobalHistoryGeography/812/glhg82012-examw.pdf

Maps and charts

Blue prints, Schematics, Directions

“nick following pictographic lego instructions” by sean dreilinger http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/294259537/

“LEGO Instructions, Kindergarten Style” by eilonwy77 http://www.flickr.com/photos/eilonwy77/8094673988/

Social Networking sites and photo sharing apps

“That’s Polish girls for you” by Michal Huniewicz http://www.flickr.com/photos/m1key-me/9148965155/

“...rather than concern ourselves with the preferred learning style of an audience member we should think about the modality that best suits the content.”

-Olivia Mitchell, Speaking About Presentinghttp://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/presentation-myths/learning-styles/

CAVEAT for educators

“Multiple Intelligences” by pabeaufait http://www.flickr.com/photos/pabeaufait/2675722269/

Standards for Visual Literacy

NCTE #12 http://www.ncte.org/standards/ncte-ira

ISTE http://www.iste.org/docs/excerpts/MEDLIT-excerpt.pdf

ACRL http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/visualliteracy:

“Abstract abstract of an abstract” by kevin dooley http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/2853368756/

identifies needfinds & accessesinterprets & analyzesevaluatesuses effectivelydesigns & createspractices ethical use

Visual Literacy Array http://acrlvislitstandards.wordpress.com/

Identifies Need

“LA Essential Learning Outcomes” by Enokson http://www.flickr.com/photos/vblibrary/4586548101/

Finds and Accesses

Creative Commonshttp://search.creativecommons.org/

Wikimedia Commonshttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Library of Congresshttp://www.loc.gov/index.html

Finds and Accesses

Creative Commonshttp://search.creativecommons.org/

Wikimedia Commonshttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Library of Congresshttp://www.loc.gov/index.html

Interprets and Analyzes

“Analyzing” by cathboblet http://www.flickr.com/photos/14481213@N00/5840006575/

Evaluates

“DSCF7191-x” by Siekutera http://www.flickr.com/photos/siekutera/2815955956/

“Infographics Are Broken. We Can Do Better” by Erick Schonfeldhttp://erickschonfeld.com/2012/06/28/infographics-broken/

Uses Effectively

Designs and Creates

“Architect” http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Architect.png

Ethical Use

“Photograph gallery” by dmcordell http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/9204925036/

Practices

Let’s take a closer look at how this works...

Rube Goldberg Machine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine

Analyzing and evaluating

image: http://www.basilrathbone.net/films/

“Infographics, Explained by LEGOS”http://mashable.com/2012/07/18/lego-infographic/

2012 Data Journalism Awardshttp://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/dja/entries2012/

Winning entry from the Guardian, UKhttp://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/dja/entries2012/

Text

http://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/dja/entries2012/

SMASHING Magazine, Eronarn http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/05/10/

imagine-a-pie-chart-stomping-on-an-infographic-forever/

SMASHING Magazine, Eronarn http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/05/10/

imagine-a-pie-chart-stomping-on-an-infographic-forever/

“Infographics Behaving Badly” by swexlerhttp://www.datarevelations.com/infographics-behaving-badly.html

“Infographics Behaving Badly” by swexlerhttp://www.datarevelations.com/infographics-behaving-badly.html

“Infographics Behaving Badly” by swexlerhttp://www.datarevelations.com/infographics-behaving-badly.html

Snopes http://www.snopes.com/photos/photos.asp

http://www.snopes.com/photos/tsunami/tsunami1.asp

http://www.snopes.com/photos/tsunami/tsunami1.asp

http://www.snopes.com/photos/tsunami/tsunami1.asp

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/sharkkayak.asp

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/sharkkayak.asp

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/sharkkayak.asp

http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/duckthief.asp

http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/duckthief.asp

http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/duckthief.asp

Uses effectively, designs and creates

“Are We Still Afloat by artist Kaarina Kaikkonen” by Glyn Lowe http://www.flickr.com/photos/glynlowe/8496305256/

“Number 3” by Leo Reynolds http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/7237597090/

Data Visualizationthe way in which information is presented

http://sammooty.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/final_petinfographic.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqhy8xlCFK1qzw2n5o1_500.jpg http://www.business2community.com/content-marketing/

inside-the-infographic-studio-part-1-research-and-design-0153753

Typographystyle, size, and arrangement of letters

http://oeilsj.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/mylottoconz-noodles.jpeg

http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/australia_post_hug

Which is more effective?

Colorthe effects of hue,

value, and saturation

“Dragonfly photo - original” by dmcordell http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/6765896277/

“A Living Flash of Light” by dmcordell http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/6029773687/

Beyond the Book: Infographics of Students' Reading History http://www.edutopia.org/blog/infographics-students-reading-history-sarah-gross

First photo taken by Scottish schoolgirl, Martha Payne, in 2012 for her blog, NeverSeconds http://neverseconds.blogspot.com/

http://www.justgiving.com/neverseconds

Japan Spain

Winning poster for Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Contest

http://www.mwra.com/annual/contest/2013/poster/15-68-1-kiewra.html Claire Kiewra, grade 7

Rose Droplets, Angela Qiu

Balancing Forces, Victoria Kadous

Coin Stack, Zixuan Zhang

High School Physics Photo ContestAmerican Association of Physics Teachers

Light Scattering, Michael Contegni

http://www.aapt.org/Programs/contests/photocontest.cfm

Photo manipulation and ethical Use

“Oops...Another bad day for Mrs. Gulliver” by xalamay http://www.flickr.com/photos/xalamay/3554542321/

Healthy Body Image: A lesson plan for high school studentshttp://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/CFS/CFS-737-W.pdf

American Eagle Ads

BEFORE AFTERThe F& B Advertising Agency wanted to show just how easy it is to change someone’s appearance

in this campaign for their client, the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (Sweden).http://demo.fb.se/e/girlpower/retouch/retouch/index.html

“The Most Controversial Magazine Covers of All Times” http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/09/the-most-controversial-magazine-covers-of-all-time/

“The Most Controversial Magazine Covers of All Times” http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/09/the-most-controversial-magazine-covers-of-all-time/

Ban on Coverage of Military Coffins Revisited http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101137468

“Homeless woman” by Ed Yourdon http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/8733934675/

“Copyright Criminal” by courosa http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/2481906964/

Ethical Use: Copyright and Citationshttp://seeingisdeceiving.wikispaces.com/Resources

Visual literacy in education

“Art teacher” by Mario Glambattista http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariogiambattista/8445168579/

Picturing AmericaNational Endowment for the Humanities

http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/

British Museum/BBC: A History of the World in 100 Objects

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/

Oakland Museum of CAhttp://www.museumca.org/picturethis/match-objects

Gordon Parkshttp://www.pdngallery.com/legends/parks/mainframeset.shtml

Gordon Parkshttp://www.pdngallery.com/legends/parks/mainframeset.shtml

Gordon Parkshttp://www.pdngallery.com/legends/parks/mainframeset.shtml

Grant Woodhttp://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/6565

Gordon Parkshttp://www.pdngallery.com/legends/parks/mainframeset.shtml

Grant Woodhttp://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/6565

American Gothic

Samuel Bak Painting: Sanctuaryhttp://www.facinghistory.org/audio/samuel-bak-painting-sanctuary

Samuel Bak Painting: Sanctuaryhttp://www.facinghistory.org/audio/samuel-bak-painting-sanctuary

Samuel Bak Painting: Sanctuaryhttp://www.facinghistory.org/audio/samuel-bak-painting-sanctuary

April 1943, Warsaw Ghettohttp://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/the-ghetto-the-nazis-and-one-small-boy/

Image Detective“Read an image closely. Think critically about turn of the century America.”

http://cct2.edc.org/PMA/image_detective/index.html

Image Detective website http://cct2.edc.org/PMA/image_detective/index.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7815007@N07/8365490682/

“Going Retro for International Read Comics in Public Day” by dmcordell http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/6088827069/

“Reading time...” by dmcordell http://www.flickr.com/photos/9298332@N06/4731471342/

Graphic novels

are nothing

new!

Babymouse explains Graphic novelshttp://www.randomhouse.com/kids/babymouse/homepage.htm

http://www.garethhinds.com/beowulf.php http://www.todance.info/

http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/babymouse/homepage.htm

Graphic Novels

http://www.scholastic.com/bone/

“Maus” Resources http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/classes/33d/33dTexts/maus/MausResources.htm

“Maus” by Art SpiegelmanFirst Graphic Novel to win the Pulitzer Prize, 1992

Visual Writing Prompts

The Literacy Shed http://www.literacyshed.com/the-images-shed.html

What has just happened?

Time stood still for all but one man.What has happened? How has it happened?Why did they do it? What will happen next?

The Literacy Shed http://www.literacyshed.com/the-images-shed.html

CAVEAT #2 for educators

“Bewilderment” by Benson Kua http://www.flickr.com/photos/bensonkua/3150903855/

Classroom Rules http://www.slideshare.net/diane/classroom-rules-presentation

Classroom Rules Part 2 (blog posting) http://dmcordell.blogspot.com/2008/09/classroom-rules-part-2.html

“Introduction to monstering” by WorldIslandInfo.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/76074333@N00/318034222/

IMAGE #1

MY RULE: Pay attention

MY RULE: Pay attention

IMAGE #2

“Working Together Teamwork Puzzle Concept” by lumaxart http://www.flickr.com/photos/lumaxart/2137737248/

MY RULE: Contribute to group work - collaborate

MY RULE: Contribute to group work - collaborate

IMAGE #9

“peacock” by ynskjen http://www.flickr.com/photos/20299709@N00/624150998/

MY RULE: Respect yourself (by doing your best)

MY RULE: Respect yourself (by doing your best)

IMAGE #10

“Big Fun” by Ernst Moeksis http://www.flickr.com/photos/16961193@N06/2267862256/

MY RULE: Have fun

MY RULE: Have fun

Symbaloo

Visual Literacy Sites and Appshttp://www.symbaloo.com/shared/AAAABLs5dGAAA41_k2iTHQ==

Questions/Comments

“On the phone.” by Buzz Farmer http://www.flickr.com/photos/buzzfarmers/7317967922/

Einstein Chalkboard Generator http://www.hetemeel.com/einsteinform.php

@dmcordelldmcordell@gmail.com

My Photoshttp://www.flickr.com/dmcordell/My Slidedeckshttp://www.slideshare.net/diane/presentations My Pinterest Boardshttp://pinterest.com/dmcordell/My RebelMouse Aggregator https://www.rebelmouse.com/dmcordell/