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Enhancing Learning with Text and Visuals

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EnhancingLearning with Text and Visuals

Discuss the various types and uses of text and visuals and the general principles for creating and using text and visuals to enhance student learning.

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Text Literacy-The learned ability to locate, understand, and use informational text.

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Text in the Classroom

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Text in the Classroom

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Purposes of Visuals Provide a Concrete Referent for Ideas Make Abstract Ideas Concrete Motivate earners Direct Attention Repeat Information Recall Prior Learning Reduce Learning Effort

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Visuals in the Classroom

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Visual Literacy-The learned ability to interpret and create visual messages accurately

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Types of Visuals used in the Classroom Pictures-

Photo-like representations Study-aides

Drawings-

Graphic arrangement of lines

Print and digital Student and teacher made

Charts-

Visual representations of abstract relationships

Should have a clear purpose One concept or relationship

Graphs- Visual representation of

numerical data Interpreted more easily Software

Posters- Combination of images,

lines, color and words Brief message Attention grabber

Cartoons- Line drawings Easy and quick to read

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Purposes of Visuals Provide a Concrete Referent for Ideas Make Abstract Ideas Concrete Motivate Learners Direct Attention Repeat Information Recall Prior Learning Reduce Learning Effort

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Categories of Visuals

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Viewing Visuals Presentation Software

Digital projector PowerPoint, Keynote Multimedia Teacher and student

produced Digital Images

Digital camera or scanner CDs, DVDs, external

drives Display on large TV or

use a projector Document camera

Overhead Projection Available, low cost,

easy to use Transparency film

Printed Visuals Text books Wall display

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Viewing VisualsADVANTAGESADVANTAGES

Readily available Range of materials Ease of preparation Inexpensive Simplification of complex

ideas Ease of use Interactivity All students have equal

view

LIMITATIONSLIMITATIONS

Two-dimensional Too much on one

visual Bulky hardware Expense

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Visual Design Guidelines

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Creating Visuals Planning Tools Lettering Techniques Drawing, Sketching, and Cartooning Clip Art Designing Visuals With Computers Creating Presentation Graphics Creating Overhead Transparencies

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Capturing Visuals

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Copyright Concerns

Permitted One illustration per book, periodical, or newspaper One diagram, chart, or picture from a single source One visual per source for presentation visuals

Not permitted Reproduction of copyrighted cartoon characters

Teachers and Students

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Demonstrating Professional Knowledge

1. Compare and contrast text and visual literacy.2. Select a text resource and describe the advantages of

integrating it into a lesson.3. Describe variables that affect how a learner interprets or

decodes a visual.4. Provide an example visual for each of the seven purposes of

visuals, explain how the visual fulfills the intended purpose.5. List and describe how the six categories of visuals support

student learning.

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