Visual (%) Non-Visual (%)

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Visual Information

010000

2000030000

4000050000

60000

Brain Processing Speed

90%

400%

TEKS???

Technology TEKS (6-8): 10.A, 10.D 11.A-B ELAR(6-8): 13A, 13B, 13C, 13DKnowledge and Skills Statement: Media Literacy

“Students use comprehension skills to analyze how words, images, graphics, and sounds work together in various forms to impact meaning.”

Social Studies:(6): 21A, 22, 23(7): 21A, 21C, 21D, 21F, 22, 23(8): 30A, 30C, 30D, 30F, 31, 32

Science (6-8): 3AScientific Reasoning and Investigations Strand

Observation

Perception

Inference

Use three open-ended questions:What's going on in this picture?What do you see that makes you say that?What more can we find?

3 Facilitation Techniques:Paraphrase comments neutrally.Point at the area being discussed.Link contrasting and complementary comments.

Students are asked to:Look carefully at image.Talk about what they observe.Back up their ideas with evidence.Listen to and consider the views of others.Discuss many possible interpretations.

• No judgments and no wrong answers• Must objectively describe what they see (5W’s)• Cannot say “clearly” / “obviously”

Intro Video Example

Visual AnalysisVideo Example

http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/

The Search {Graphic Novel}

Based on the selection, the reader can tell that in the last frame, the mother is—

The Search {Graphic Novel}

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Resources, lesson ideas, & more

Locate ?

http://www.bing.com/

http://www.morguefile.com/

DiscoveryEducation

Images

Photoshop ElementsGimp

PhotoStory

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Movie MakeImovie

Premier Elements

Photo EditorIphoto

Smart Notebook

Web 2.0 Tools

Glogster

voicethread

MUSEUM BOX

mosaickr

Jigsaw Planet

Google EarthSunrise Earth

National Archives

Digital Vaults

ToonDoo

http://www.museumofbadart.org/

http://teachingwithmedia.wikispaces.com

Credits

Coral Photo: Shutterstock http://www.faqs.org/photo-dict/phrase/596/coral.html

Candles Photo: Klearchos Kapoutsis Flickr Creative Commons http://www.flickr.com/photos/klearchos/2790338867/sizes/m/in/photostream/

Blued Eye: Morguefilehttp://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/524279http://mrg.bz/9GRmbJ

Brain scan (brain01): Morguefilehttp://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/24363http://mrg.bz/i7MZEv

Puzzle Pieces – Open Clip Art Libraryhttp://www.openclipart.org/detail/81277

Multiple Intelligences clip art:http://www.childfirst.com.cn/gifs/en_soundcurr05.gifwww.childfirst.com.cn/pages/en_unique.html

Heuvel, Eric. The Search. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2009.