1. Power point on visual literacy
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2. What Is visual literacy
Visual Literacy is the ability to interpret visual messages accurately and to create such messages
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3. Why is it important to know about visual literacy?
They create great learning tools for students
Students can exhibit their learning
Students can share their work with a global audience
Students can gain skills and competencies
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4. Why use visuals Connie Holden
Visuals help further students understanding
Younger students tend to interpret images more literally
Older students tend to summarize the whole scene and report a conclusion about the meaning of the picture
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5. Two general approaches to teach visual literacy
Decode , or “read” visuals proficiently by practicing visual analysis skills
Encode, or “write” visuals to express themselves and communicate with others
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6. what are the six types of visuals
Pictures- Books
Drawings- Clip Art
Charts- Flow Chart
Graphs- Pictorial
Posters- Caricatures
Cartoons- Toon Doo

7. Example- Flow Chart
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8. Example- Clip Art

9. Presentation software for instruction
Students can use PowerPoint templates to produce professional-looking presentations
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10. What are the qualities of an essential question?
These questions are open ended questions that spark students interest and engages them into a conversation about a lesson and they also help students with their learning and understanding of the lesson.
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