2. “The responsibility of educators is to
ensure that today’s students are
ready to live, learn, work, and thrive
in this high-tech, global, highly
participatory world”
(Lemke, 2010, p. 244).
3. Innovation
“A creative idea that has achieved sufficient social
and/or professional acceptance so as to become the
impetus for ongoing ripples of creativity and
change” (p. 245-246).
4. • Charts and diagrams can help students think critically and creatively.
• By choosing appropriate charts and graphs to incorporate into your lessons,
students must be creative to draw conclusions about the data just by simply using
these diagrams as a visual tool.
5. “In addition to interpreting
visuals, students should also
understand how to create
original visuals to
communicate their ideas,
represent their data, and tell
their stories” (p. 255).
6. Wordle is a program that can
help presenters portray a
specific theme or idea through
a visual representation. By
looking at these examples,
what ideas do you think the
designers were trying to
create?
“The idea behind contrast is to
ensure that each element of
the visual design is significantly
different from the others” (p.
255).
7. Rotation, Reflection, Repetition, Repetition. (2012). Retrieved on Novemeber 16, 2012 from:
http://fontfeed.com/archives/mota-italic-gallery-celebrates-first-anniversary-with-pre-typo-berlin-party/
By using repetition of different elements such as: font, color, and shape; you can
show the significance of a specific idea. This specific picture uses color, font, and
repetition of words to portray a message. Each student would be responsible for
thinking creatively to explain what message they receive.
8. A good example of alignment would be a comic strip. Illustrators
create comic strips in a specific way to make sure their readers can read
the text in the right way. Not all comics are aligned in this specific way but
when you are reading a comic strip, you can be sure that the illustrator has
thought about the alignment of their pictures or text.
9. This chapter goes on to
explain that the eye prefers
simple landscapes and items that are
related should be grouped together so that the eye can
realize that they are one visual element. By using proximity,
students aren’t confused about what information is supposed to
be retained.
10. Through different presentations that
I have created for this class and other
classes, I have implemented the
ideas of visualization to help portray
my message. In this presentation
alone, I have made important text
larger and used different pictures
and diagrams to help the readers
understand.
By using these ideas and
principles in the classroom,
students won’t be distracted by
all of the visual noise and will be
able to retain the important
information better.
11. Did you notice my use of the four visual elements that were explained in
Chapter 11? If so, was it helpful as you made your way through my
presentation?
Do your school systems currently utilize any of these Innovations to help assist
your students with visual literacy?
What are your thoughts on the other two Innovations of “Democratization of
Knowledge” and “Participatory Learning”?
