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Tyson Seburn, #tobelta webcon, August 8-9, 2014

Visuals for texts

Facebook status, July 15, 2014• 15 July: Lou and I literally stopped to smell the

flowers today.Who is Lou?

What does ‘literally’ mean?

What were we doing?

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Key considerations for visuals for texts

1. Meaningful for one concept2. Visually informative3. Promotes communication4. Reliable as appropriate

Visuals for textsTumblr journal entry, March 31, 2014:• When I got home, I knew something was off

because I saw little pieces of paper on the floor in the hall. Since the den door is always closed when I’m at work, I knew Lou had done something to cause trouble. When I opened the door, despite my horror at the sight of what looked like a tornado had hit the wrapping paper, she looked at me smugly, like she had done something amazing.

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Tumblr journal entry, March 31, 2014:• When I got home, I knew something was off

because I saw little pieces of paper on the floor in the hall. Since the den door is always closed when I’m at work, I knew Lou had done something to cause trouble. When I opened the door, despite my horror at the sight of what looked like a tornado had hit the wrapping paper, she looked at me smugly, like she had done something amazing.

What concepts from the text are clarified by the visual?

Visuals for texts

Tumblr journal entry, March 31, 2014:• When I got home, I knew something

was off because I saw little pieces of paper on the floor in the hall. Since the den door is always closed when I’m at work, I knew Lou had done something to cause trouble. When I opened the door, despite my horror at the sight of what looked like a tornado had hit the wrapping paper, she looked at me smugly, like she had done something amazing.

What concepts from the text are clarified by the visual?

Visuals for textsOne of China’s last intact walled cities is undergoing something of an identity crisis. Pingyao, in China’s Shanxi province, has endured for 2,700 years, escaping the destruction of the Cultural Revolution because the city was too poor and too remote to be trashed by the Red Guards.…Pingyao could evolve into a perfect and tidy Disney version of itself…not that much different from the Temple of Heaven pavilion at Epcot.

Source: The Atlantic (http://bit.ly/OzVXSn)

What visuals come to mind when you read this?

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• What characteristics do you have of Disney?

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Visuals for texts Source: http://spb.fotolog.com/photo/11/56/19/lord_mannoloth/1211534898_f.jpg

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• Please watch this video for 2 minutes.• How does it demonstrate disneyfication?• What characteristics does it emphasise?

http://bit.ly/fgvideo1

Visuals for textsOne of China’s last intact walled cities is undergoing something of an identity crisis. Pingyao, in China’s Shanxi province, has endured for 2,700 years, escaping the destruction of the Cultural Revolution because the city was too poor and too remote to be trashed by the Red Guards.…Pingyao could evolve into a perfect and tidy Disney version of itself…not that much different from the Temple of Heaven pavilion at Epcot.

Source: The Atlantic (http://bit.ly/OzVXSn)

How did the Family Guy or Game of Thrones help?

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Notwithstanding the purported goal of establishing state neutrality, the proposed [Quebec] Charter of Values would not require removal of the religious symbols that are considered “emblematic of Quebec’s cultural heritage”, such as the cross in the Quebec legislature and on top of the town of Mount Royal. Nor would towns with the names of saints be required to change their names.

Source: Leddy (2013), “Quebec Charter Challenges Freedom of Religion”

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Source: http://riotwire.com/cartoon/10-faqs-on-the-quebec-charter-of-values-faq/

Visuals for texts Source: http://bit.ly/40maps2

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Instead of being seen as tragic individuals, the mixies of today are being talked about in a far more romantic light. Mixed-race people are portrayed as the harbingers of a utopian future in which “race,” that petty construct, ceases to exist and we all live in harmony—beautiful and content in our exotic, beige-ish glory.

Source: Toronto Life, May 2013

Visualiser in ARC

http://fourc.ca/arc

The role has the following duties:Organise information from the text graphically to help others understand it in a different way, such as: a photo that truly represent the feeling or aspect of the text a satirical cartoon (i.e. political cartoon) a timeline of relevant events a chart of information (e.g. pie chart, bar graph, line graph,

etc.) an infographic

Visualiser in ARC

http://fourc.ca/arc

Key considerations when using visuals:What concept in the text does the visual help

explain?Does the photo elaborate beyond vocabulary

alone?Where does the visual come from?

Visual resources• ELTpics

– https://www.flickr.com/photos/eltpics/sets/• morgueFile: Free photo archive

– http://www.morguefile.com/• Commoncraft: video explanations

– http://www.commoncraft.com/• Explania: animated explanations

– http://www.explania.com/en• Daily infographics

– http://dailyinfographic.com/• 40 maps that explain the world

– http://bit.ly/40maps2