Making use of ICT to develop visual literacy GA ICT Working Group workshop GA conference University of Derby April 9 th 2010 © Ahmed Zahid
Mar 28, 2015
Making use of ICT to developvisual literacy
GA ICT Working Group workshop
GA conference
University of Derby
April 9th 2010© Ahmed Zahid
Making use of ICT to developvisual literacy
• Enhanced role of ICT in KS3 curriculum and new primary proposals
• Visual literacy in KS3 geography … pupils should be able to use …. photographs, satellite images
• Develop a sense of place through enquiry and visual literacy
• Tools and techniques for using images
• Sources of images on the internet
Some things to try ….
• Ready, steady ….. describe • Picture reveals• 9 number board or A question of …• Odd one out• Extend the photo• Dingbats• Photo to sketch• Wordle
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7 98A question of water on disk
Which is the odd one out?
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From photo to sketch with www.dumpr.net
www.wordle.net
Excellent websites for geographical photos
• A Different View www.geography.org.uk/adifferentview• GA photo gallery
www.geography.org.uk/resources/photogallery/• Flickr www.flickr.com• A day in pictures
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/default.stm• Geograph www.geograph.org.uk/• FreeFoto www.freefoto.com/index.jsp• Images of the World www.imagesoftheworld.org/• Stacey Peak Media www.stacey.peak-media.co.uk/index.html
On your disks
• Images for you to use
• Websites for you to try
• PowerPoint presentations for you to use and adapt
• Movies to watch
• Time to explore!