Visual literacy is an important skill in our increasingly visual world. This presentation will be shared at the Internet@Schools West Conference 2014 in Monterey, CA.

1. Learning to See, Seeing to Learn:
Visual Literacy in Education
Mary Ann Bell
Professor of Library Science
Sam Houston State University
Diane Cordell
Consultant and Writer, CyberSmart Education Company
“chocolate box stare” by Mo https://www.flickr.com/photos/april-mo/8317752125/

2. “Self-portrait in mirror” by dianecordell: http://flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/8683930103

3. Interacting with Images
“Teaching Art” by Mario Glambattista https://www.flickr.com/photos/mariogiambattista/8445168579/

4. Picture Walk
“reading ten little zombies aloud...” by sean dreilinger https://flic.kr/p/9PxQdF

5. Analyzing Artifacts
Image Detective,
Library of Congress
http://cct2.edc.org/PMA/image_detective/index.html

9. Visual Writing Prompts
Pinterest board by Karen McMillan
http://www.pinterest.com/missmcmillan/writing-prompts/

10. Visual Writing Prompts
https://visualwritingprompts.wordpress.com/
https://visualwritingprompts.wordpress.com/category/subjects/social-studies/page/2/

11. Photography
in the
MakerSpace
“Mikes got the camera” by Amanda Lockwood
https://www.flickr.com/photos/amandacphoto/3136466060/

12. https://www.flickr.com/photos/philippeleroyer/2738586742/
“May the Fourth Be With You” by dmcordell
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/5688594848/
“Student Entries” by Kennedy Library https://www.flickr.com/photos/kennedylibrary/14008657645/
“That Bank Holiday Feeling” by Lis Ferla
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lastyearsgirl_/2525399036/
“Paris Plages” by philippe leroyer
Where I Read
Toy Stories
Shelfie
Create...

13. Curate
“Memories” by martinak15 https://www.flickr.com/photos/martinaphotography/7077601607/

14. Historypin
http://www.historypin.com/

15. April 2014
https://www.flickr.com/photos/
dmcordell/sets/72157643280480943/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/sets/72157639282916975
April 2014
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/sets/72157643280480943/

16. Digital Footprint
and Ethical Sharing
“monroe, day 3: footprints and bassinet” by Sarah Gilbert https://www.flickr.com/photos/cafemama/954301207/

17. Think Before You Post...
“Think before you post” by Royan Lee http://spicylearning.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/think-before-you-post.jpg

18. Understand how to use
social networking sites appropriately
“Collage of Digital (Social) Networks” by Frau Hölle http://flickr.com/photos/frauhoelle/8464661409

19. Respect privacy rights and copyright laws
“No more photos!!!” by imelda https://www.flickr.com/photos/imelda/8109207126/

20. “Gallery 62 Modern Art” by Oxfordshire Churches https://
www.flickr.com/photos/oxfordshirechurches/6776997347/

21. Create a positive footprint
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1emxcttgKE

22. Selfie!
"Macaca nigra self-portrait (rotated and cropped)" by Self-portrait by the depicted Macaca nigra female; rotated and cropped by David Slater. See article. - Daily Mail.
Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons -
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macaca_nigra_self-portrait_(rotated_and_cropped).jpg#mediaviewer/File:Macaca_nigra_self-portrait_(rotated_and_cropped).jpg

23. Always cite sources, including images
“Citing a Flickr image” by dmcordell https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/11741104464/

24. “Imagine a world...” by gwynydd michael https://www.flickr.com/photos/g_originals/361722654/

25. “It’s not what you look at that matters,
it’s what you see.”
-Henry David Thoreau
“eye rise” by Aaron Shumaker https://www.flickr.com/photos/trushu/464043507/

26. Questions/Comments?
“Why” by Tintin44 https://www.flickr.com/photos/sylvain_masson/4195880838/

27. Einstein chalkboard generator http://www.hetemeel.com/einsteinform.php

28. Diane Cordell
dmcordell@gmail.com