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Visual Literacy and Nonlinguistic Representations: Part 1
March 10, 2011Jessica Fries-GaitherTerry Shiverdecker
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Visual Literacy and Nonlinguistic Representations
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Today’s presentersJessica Fries-GaitherEducation Resource Specialist
The Ohio State UniversityCollege of Education and Human EcologySchool of Teaching and Learning
Terry ShiverdeckerScience Content Specialist
Ohio Resource CenterOhio State UniversityCollege of Education and Human EcologySchool of Teaching and Learning
About Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears
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Today’s Agenda
Review terminology
Review terminology
Types of infographics
Types of infographics
Why focus on infographics?Why focus on infographics?
Strategies for interpreting infographics
Strategies for interpreting infographics
Children’s literature and online sources of
infographics
Children’s literature and online sources of
infographics
What does this mean to you?
CNN Health
Terminology
Visual LiteracyThe ability to create,
interpret, negotiate, and make meaning from
information presented in the form of an image.
Visual LiteracyThe ability to create,
interpret, negotiate, and make meaning from
information presented in the form of an image.
Nonlinguistic RepresentationsInclude mental pictures, graphic
representations of information, and even physical sensations.
- Marzano et al., 2001
Nonlinguistic RepresentationsInclude mental pictures, graphic
representations of information, and even physical sensations.
- Marzano et al., 2001
InfographicsVisual
representations of information, data, or
knowledge.
InfographicsVisual
representations of information, data, or
knowledge.
Integrated TextA text which combines paragraphs, headings, visual elements and design features that
support and give context to one another.
- Moline, 1995.
Integrated TextA text which combines paragraphs, headings, visual elements and design features that
support and give context to one another.
- Moline, 1995.
Information Graphics
Information Graphics
Visual TextVisual Text
Types of infographics
Diagrams TimelinesFlowcharts
Webs
MapsWord Clouds
Graphs Tables
Diagrams
Scale
Teach Engineering
Cross-section
Labeled Cutaway
University of Arizona Earth Cutaway
Amazing Super Powers
Timelines
TN History for Kids
Word Clouds
Google Images Search
Maps
Garmin Custom Maps Northern Michigan University Campus Map Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Tables
Houghton Mifflin Math Background
Flowcharts and Webs
Science in English
Research Tools>Concept Web
Graphs
Google Image Search
Let’s pause for questions from the audience….
Why focus on infographics?
“Students of all ages encounter these visual texts as frequently as adults do and are expected to understand
them, both in school work and in everyday living. To reflect the range of literacies, a classroom program
needs to include explicit instruction in how these texts work.”
- Steve Moline, I See What You Mean
“Students of all ages encounter these visual texts as frequently as adults do and are expected to understand
them, both in school work and in everyday living. To reflect the range of literacies, a classroom program
needs to include explicit instruction in how these texts work.”
- Steve Moline, I See What You Mean
Why focus on infographics?
Information is accessible to all readers.Information is accessible to all readers.
Very young children
Very young children
English Language Learners
English Language Learners
Struggling readers
Struggling readers
Visual learnersVisual
learners
Why focus on infographics?
We are consumers of
larger numbers of infographics and integrated
texts due to online media.
We are consumers of
larger numbers of infographics and integrated
texts due to online media.
Daily Infographic
Teaching Strategies
“Because a diagram can provide many layers of information and because a statistical graph can
often be misinterpreted, it is necessary to provide explicit instruction in what these texts do and don’t mean and how these texts make
their meaning.”
- Steve Moline, I See What You Mean
“Because a diagram can provide many layers of information and because a statistical graph can
often be misinterpreted, it is necessary to provide explicit instruction in what these texts do and don’t mean and how these texts make
their meaning.”
- Steve Moline, I See What You Mean
Explicitly discuss the purpose of different types of infographics.
Explicitly discuss the purpose of different types of infographics.
Teaching Strategies
Teaching Strategies
Focus on one type at a time. Ask questions that help students focus on the components of the infographic and
their purposes.
Focus on one type at a time. Ask questions that help students focus on the components of the infographic and
their purposes.
Teaching Strategies
As a class, examine an infographic and list all the information that it conveys. This might take several pages!
Check for understanding by challenging students to translate an infographic into text.
As a class, examine an infographic and list all the information that it conveys. This might take several pages!
Check for understanding by challenging students to translate an infographic into text.
Teaching Strategies
Give students strategies to attack infographics. Provide guided practice in applying the strategies.
Give students strategies to attack infographics. Provide guided practice in applying the strategies.
Teaching Strategies
Have students collect examples from newspapers, books, and online media. What features do they have in
common? Evaluate and critique – which convey their information the best and why?
Have students revise an infographic to make it more effective.
Have students collect examples from newspapers, books, and online media. What features do they have in
common? Evaluate and critique – which convey their information the best and why?
Have students revise an infographic to make it more effective.
Let’s pause for questions from the audience….
Children’s Literature
Online Sources of Infographics
• Released test items• Google Images• USGS (maps)• wunderground.com • NOAA• Illuminations• Smithsonian• Science Net Links
For More InformationI See What You Mean: Children at Work with Visual Information. Steve
Moline. Stenhouse Publishers, 1995.
Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement. Robert Marzano, Debra Pickering, and Jane Pollock. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2001.
Visual Literacy K-8k-8visual.info
Teaching with Infographics: Places to Starthttp://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/teaching-with-infographics-places-to-start/
Coming Soon!
Thursday, April 14, 2011: Visual Literacy and Nonlinguistic Representations: Part 2
** 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.**Join us as we explore how to help students become
proficient at creating maps, charts, diagrams, and other infographics.
Presenters: Jessica Fries-Gaither and Terry Shiverdecker
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Thank you!
Jessica Fries-Gaither: [email protected]
Terry Shiverdecker: [email protected]
Today’s slides available at: http://slidesha.re/visuallit1
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