This picture just makes me want to be there right now... for use in the classroom it can be used for many things, here are just a few off the top of my head
to stimulate a creative writing piece in English;
a lead in to weather and current patterns in Science;
as a start to crop and manipulate in a photoshop activity or
recreate in an Art using different mediums and textures.
I believe that images are a key part of everyday life, people pull memories from images in their heads, when children learn at the early years they associate pictures with words when they are learning to talk through such tools as flash cards. By having an image for the students to learn visible throughout the learning experience will shape the experience and keep the students on task especially visual learners.
In our media driven society, communication occurs just as much through images as it does through text. Images may be an illustration in a picture book, a photograph or painting. Anstey and Bull (2004, p. 280) state that “regardless of how we view or respond to still images in texts, we require a vocabulary and set of understandings about still images in order to share our response with others”. These tools include the codes (colour, line, texture, shape, form) and conventions (balance and layout) of visual literacies. It is also important to discuss with our students about the purpose and context for each image “students need to understand that they should be as strategic about reading still images as they are about reading written text” (Anstey & Bull, 2004, p. 293).
ReplyDeleteAnstey, M., & Bull, G., (2004). The literacy labyrinth (2nd Ed). Frenchs Forest, New South Wales, Australia: Pearson Education Australia.
Hi Brooke,
ReplyDeleteI recently read an article on Strategies for Visual learners (Pearson Education, 2010), that states the 65% of the population are visual learners and that less than half the class are actually engaged if a teacher just talks at them with information. I myself am a visual learner, and need to see to do. The point you make about the importance to discuss with our students about the purpose and context of images and how to properly analyse them is of utmost importance. I would be interested in reading more about how to aid the learners in doing this. Thank you for your comments I shall be certainly looking for a copy of the text you referenced
Here is the link to the article if you are interested http://www.phschool.com/eteach/social_studies/2003_05/essay.html#Strategies
Brooke