Image is Everything: Exploring Critical Thinking Through Visual Literacies BLC15

@amyburvall
Image is Everything:!
Exploring Visual Literacy
for Critical Thinking
#

http://bit.ly/blc15image
G doc in “Activities”
or…

1:00-2:00
2:00-3:00
outside safari + indep. research/preso
3:00-4:00
share + data viz + graphic facilitation
4:00-5:00
photo + video+ personal brand + reﬂection
intro + the why/how+ metaphor + shortology

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Introductions
see G-doc “Activities”
life in 3 emoji
CSI of you
3 of me
how am I? sketch

story of me in 3
what 3 images tell your story?

How Art Made the World:
The Day Pictures Were Born

dual coding!
and!
picture superiority effect
Allan Paivio

“Unﬂattening” - PhD as graphic novel @Nsousanis

External memory aids,
such as sketches and diagrams,
can help us overcome
the limited capacity
of our short- and
long-term memories
Allen Newell and
Nobel Prize winner
Herbert Simon

restructuring
idea pivoting
ﬂexibility
(modifying initial ideas;
coming up with novel changes)

“Why Doodlers are the New ‘Now’”

important in cross-cultural groups,
for whom visual sketches can
bridge gaps of understanding

“graphical library”
!
“visual alphabet”
!
“iconic language”

synthesis!
!
metaphorical thinking!
!
critical thinking

Gutenberg Parenthesis
return to more
visual/ oral

WHY #visualliteracy in the classroom?
student-made ﬁlm

"Scholars will be instructed through the eye.
It is possible to teach every branch of
human knowledge with the motion picture.
Our school system will be completely changed
inside of ten years"
- Thomas Edison

“make audio go viral with eye candy”
Blank on Blank

media literacy
and
digital ﬂuency

use metaphorical and visual thinking to
express complex and abstract ideas

non-verbal collaboration
power of images to tell a story !
and relate complex ideas

Playing the Game!
each person, 1 min

have a story in mind
draw as much of that story as possible
in 1 min
pass paper to next person
1 minute to “add”
to the story
divide paper into 4 boxes

RULES:!
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no talking (this game must be entirely non-verbal
until the end)
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you may draw in the next box of the storyboard
or embellish the previous person’s drawing
try to avoid “drawing” words
and phrases

last person who drew should share out loud
with the group what they perceived the stories to be
ﬁrst person should then share in what ways
end result was similar or different than original intent

Debrieﬁng Viziphone
What types of symbols and icons were useful in
communicating speciﬁc abstract ideas?
What was challenging about this activity?
What was most fun and why?
!

Debrieﬁng Viziphone
!
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What surprised you about the way the stories
developed with the imagery?
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Do you think your team was successful at
communicating an entire story with visuals only?
Why or why not?

“If only we could pull out !
our brain !
and use only our eyes.” !
!
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― Pablo Picasso

Iconography
and
Metaphorical Thinking

Ads are the cave art
of the twentieth century
!
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― Marshall McLuhan

Metaphor is about
association +
relationship

Metaphor is about
association +
relationship
“EYE-DEAS”

Metaphor is about
association +
relationship
“EYE-CANDY”

Metaphor is about
association +
relationship
making ideas “grow” better

Pictographs / Isotypes (1930s)

collaborative creativity: #remash

student logo contest: “What If?”

Iconography and Metaphor
choose from list on G-doc
also check out “SketchGuess”

Essentializing
and
“Shortology”

condensed shakespeare, mya gosling

POEMS
NOVELS
HISTORICAL

EVENTS

100% time, simple diaries @Braddo

!
“Quick and Dirty”
Presentation

images - no bullets
open-ended question
to lead class in
discussion

minimalist posters of a concept

minimalist posters
of a concept

Essentializing and Shortology!
!

Outside Safari!
+!
independent research with 3 slide preso
choose 1 from the G-doc
for indep research, see
“General” in the G-doc

Beneﬁts of Data Visualization

listicle!
(Thinglink or info.gram)

use real life items or people
length of hair= frequency of addiction

use real life items or people
photorealism

Visualize…!
What’s in your head?
#ds106 challenge
(hierarchical)

infographic remix
ﬁnd an original
and make it better
more clear, fun,
aesthetic
metaphorical, etc.

Creation
Creator
Motivation
Pos/Neg Effects
relations between
people and ideas

from Ikea’s Swedish cookbook
Blowout

Infographics and Data Viz!
!

metaphorical lettering
!
typographical parlant

Stefan Sagmeister, metaphorical typographer

#sketchquote
#threethirtysketchquote #birthdaysketchquote
take a break…and make!

Graphic Design and Typography!
!
choose 1 from the G-doc list

Sketchnoting
and
Graphic Facilitation
(abridged)

Sketchnote Scribes G+
(linked on the side menu)

divergent thinking: marginalia

develop your
own vocabulary
@TracyClark08

develop your
own
“visual voice”
sketchnotes by @MrZiebarth
using Paper 53 Think Kit

collaborative Sketch Song: SHE

“She”, Elvis Costello
(see G doc for lyrics to sketch)

Sketchnotes, Graphic Recording, Marginalia!
!

example of @MirandaKeeling to sketch

low barrier entry points: photo challenge

BESTAGRAM

low barrier entry points: photo-a-day

FORCED PERSPECTIVE

“A few weeks later, in the wood,
I came across Miss Riding Hood.
But what a change! No cloak of red,
No silly hood upon her head.
She said, “Hello, and do please note
My lovely furry wolfskin coat.”
- Roald Dahl

pic/ play / post app
Process Product Reﬂection

Photography and Cinemagrams!
!

Visual Storytelling: How Art Made the World

serendipitous “doodle-ramblings”
@Hombre_McSteez

PAPER 53
APPLE KEYNOTE
MAGIC MOVE

Video!
!

avatars
consistent
recognizable
high contrast / b&w is great
close up head shot

colour palette and style
research color meanings
make your entire digital presence that palette
understand complementary colors

logo design
have you thought about it?
MOO cards!
are cool!
(I have some
for you!)

Personal Branding!
!

IDEATE:
100 ideas in 10 minutes!
share best to Padlet
http://padlet.com/amyburvall/imagED

Social Media Activity:
!
Emoji Story
and/or
try IconPop app
and/or
GOPOP app
for visual conversation
#imagED #BLC15

Reﬂection!
!

Image is Everything: Exploring Critical Thinking Through Visual Literacies BLC15

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