The small steps:
-visit informationisbeautiful.net and gapminder.com and wander
-check out one of those “best works of art in history” books and leave it on the coffee table
-put an engaging picture as your desktop background
-read a graphic novel
-visit vimeo.com and watch some “Staff Picks” or explore Great Big Story (on youtube)
-use student selected visuals for creative writing prompts
The bigger steps:
-present and have students write about an infographic
-prepare a companion slide show (or prints) of various genres of visual arts on a theme related to class readings
-read Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
-show a film clips or short films in class to facilitate discussion
-let students use Padlet.com or tiki-toki.com to visually arrange ideas
Jumps:
-have students create an infographic about a topic they are researching
-read and use Visual Literacy: A Conceptual Approach to Graphic Problem Solving by Judith and Richard Wilde
-have your students create graphic novel panels to review chapters of a reading
-explore the how of visuals, not just the what (figurative language in visual form)
Amazing collections of using apps in teaching.
http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html
http://morethanenglish.edublogs.org/for-teachers/blooms-revised-taxonomy/
-visit informationisbeautiful.net and gapminder.com and wander
-check out one of those “best works of art in history” books and leave it on the coffee table
-put an engaging picture as your desktop background
-read a graphic novel
-visit vimeo.com and watch some “Staff Picks” or explore Great Big Story (on youtube)
-use student selected visuals for creative writing prompts
The bigger steps:
-present and have students write about an infographic
-prepare a companion slide show (or prints) of various genres of visual arts on a theme related to class readings
-read Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
-show a film clips or short films in class to facilitate discussion
-let students use Padlet.com or tiki-toki.com to visually arrange ideas
Jumps:
-have students create an infographic about a topic they are researching
-read and use Visual Literacy: A Conceptual Approach to Graphic Problem Solving by Judith and Richard Wilde
-have your students create graphic novel panels to review chapters of a reading
-explore the how of visuals, not just the what (figurative language in visual form)
Amazing collections of using apps in teaching.
http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html
http://morethanenglish.edublogs.org/for-teachers/blooms-revised-taxonomy/