udl and integrating visual literacy across the curriculum
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UDL and Integrating Visual Literacy across the Curriculum
Part 1: UDL
The Principles ofUniversal Design for Learning
Multiple Modes of Representation
Multiple Modes of Engagement
Multiple Modes of Expression
Some Elements of Visual Literacy
color
Scale
Part 2: visual elements
Symbolic
Shape
juxtaposition
&
Color
http://www.zachholmquist.com/decoding-emotion-and-coding-to-color
www.sallygentieuwelch.com/pages/Color.html
Juxtaposition & Scale
symbolism
Shape
You are the artistPart 3: the assignment
Illustrator's Note:
My illustration was supposed to represent sorrow and grief. I used colors to describe how I felt about the war. How I felt about the war is kind of like how I feel when people are making fun of me, it hurts. It does not hurt nearly as much as what the Jews were put through. But I want to make it clear to people that even though others are different don’t pick on them.
Not Me
Lonely, cold. Nazi is part of me. I
am a stranger tomyself. I am a
T R
A I
T O
R Who knows why? Not me. Not me.
NOT ME.I feel
empty and heartless. Destroying my
motherland. This person really isn’t me.
My heart is dying.
Frozen, shattered.
No.
This is not me. I am gone…
Holocaust Unit
The Assignment
30 minutes
• Select the media
• Reflect on your emotional reaction
• Experiment with medium
• Create a visual representation
• Create an artist’s note
• Share (optional)
"All of us are watchers - of television, of time clocks, of traffic on the freeway - but few of us are observers. Everyone is looking, not many are seeing.”
- Peter M. Leschak
Part 4: Implications for teaching & learning
Part 2: visual literacy
Visual Literacy means being able to:
• Interpret, understand and appreciate the meaning of visual messages
• Communicate more effectively by applying the basic principals and concepts of visual design
• Produce visual messages using computers and other technologies
• Use visual thinking to conceptualize solutions to problems
Humans process visuals 60,000 times faster than text
Illustrated materials can boost:
• Using color enhances learning and improves retention by more than 75%
• long term learning and application of that learning up to 89%
• recall up to 42%
Using color can increase motivation & particpation by up to 80%
Color visuals increase willingness to read by up to 80%
image accessed from: http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/EMS/WWII/WWII.html
Atomic blast
http://katebrigham.com/thesis/demo_interface.htm
Science
http://graphjam.com/
Math
Social Studies/History
Google EarthTools:
Wonder of MSWord
Digital Storytelling
What now?