6 Visual Literacy: Navigating a World Immersed in Visual Language
Stop! Look around you. Take note of the images inscribed on our visual landscape. Are you skilled in interpreting them? In creating them? This poster presentation will define visual literacy and its importance in developing and engaging both critical and creative thinking. You will learn how to use the elements of art and the principles of design to interpret visual images. You will then engage in a creative activity that involves interpreting a visual image and creating an aesthetic response or creating a visual image to represent information and/or data. Visit this poster presentation to deepen your understanding and use of visual language.
Author(s):
Dr. Martha Champa
martha.champa@utoledo.edu
University of Toledo
United States
Dr. Martha Champa is an educator fascinated by the learning experiences of students from grades 1 through graduate school. Currently, she prepares teachers in literacy instruction at the University of Toledo. She is also an instructional coach/teacher mentor for an elementary school where she is guiding the infusion of creativity into instruction as a means to instruct the gifted and advanced students.Previously, Dr. Champa worked in two middle schools instructing gifted learners in both Social Studies and Reading.
Dr. Susanna Hapgood
susanna.hapgood@utoledo.edu
University of Toledo
United States
Dr. Susanna Hapgood is an Associate Professor at the University of Toledo's Department of Curriculum and Instruction. There she teaches undergraduate and graduate classes on literacy teaching and learning. Her research interests include the design of texts and experiences that foster young children's content area literacy, particularly scientific literacy. A qualitative researcher, she has over 20 years of experience in science education in classrooms and informal settings. She has published articles Educational Leadership, Elementary School Journal and the Journal of the Learning Sciences.