What is Visual Literacy?
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Visual literacy is communication of information through diagrams, charts, graphs maps and tables. Sometimes information is clearer when not limited strictly to written language. It can be drawn as well.
Students need visual literacy to interpret information from many informational texts. Many visual symbols are universal, not requiring the reader to speak a specific language. Visual texts can make sense of complex data by formatting it so the information is easier to discern. It is easier to look at a diagram of an animals parts than it is to describe those parts through text.
Students need visual literacy to interpret information from many informational texts. Many visual symbols are universal, not requiring the reader to speak a specific language. Visual texts can make sense of complex data by formatting it so the information is easier to discern. It is easier to look at a diagram of an animals parts than it is to describe those parts through text.
Visual Literacy Program Outcomes:
- Integrate literacy with other curriculum areas, such as math, science and technology, history, health and social studies.
- Motivate students who are judged to be “non-writers” or “non-readers”.
- Develop initiative and independence in learning, especially in the areas of research and writing.
- Extend the repertoire of young writers: there are many ways of writing, not just sentences.