Week 5 and 6: Media & Visual Literacy

In class during Week 5 and 6 we discussed a lot on Visual Literacy. Photoshop is one example of how something can be changed to how you want it. We watched a slideshow of pictures before and after being edited. There were drastic differences that completely changed the outlook of the picture. Also, we learned that food industries incorporate specific colors, etc. into their logos so that people relate a company with its logo. The importance of visual effects and images is to attract attention to the desired image. We each individually created a visual literacy project that incorporated 5 varying changes to an image.

In the field of education, visual literacy is extremely important. People as a whole are becoming more visually stimulated. In education, it helps to incorporate all 3 learning styles into a lesson plan for all types of learners. Visual aspects helps children to correlate, mentally, how things relate to one another. Thus, extending the knowledge into their long term memory. Photographs allows for students to become visually aware of what is going on in todays world. It is easier to grasp a concept when it is presented in more than one way.

The image below provides an outline of how visual literacy relates to children in a classroom and it's importance. I find that this is directly related to my major and what was covered in class.