“Visual Literacies and Critical Thinking Go Hand in Hand. One Develops the Other.”
We as future teachers need to use and embrace various visual means of literacy to allow our students the opportunity to interpret the images in their own way. This includes using SELFIES and EMOJIS and allowing students to communicate through visual means. It is also a way for teachers to incorporate multimodality into their lesson and it offers students the oppurtunity to explore their literacy skills in technology and visuals. As discussed in the video “Selfies,” the use of visuals allows students to express their originality and presepectives. By allowing this, teachers can have a better understanding about the students learning style and adapt lessons to meet their individual needs.
Below is a video defining visual literacy, I hope you enjoy it!
Multimodality and Visual Literacy has broadened my conception of literacy because is shows us there are so much more to literacy then just reading and writing and we need to teach this to our students. We as future educators need to take advantage of these types of literacy and create fun and interesting lessons to help our students broaden their literacy abilities!
References: Quote- "Visual Literacy and Critical Thinking" Video Chart- "Selfie" Video "Visual Literacy and Critical Thinking" Video Images- pslearning.com 123rf.com pintrest.com/bettefetter/insirational-quotes-more/ Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Stc9EyGAOY