Visual Literacy

Visual Literacy

The student created video about visual literacy was very eye opening. How it permeates every bit of our lives shows just how important it is. I also loved knowing that we are currently living in the 3rd visual revolution; the digital revolution. An individual can be a careful critic and fluent in visual literacy; there is even visual rhetoric!

Out of all of the Ed Tech Team courses, I found this to be the most interesting, powerful and I learned a lot! I am excited about the book cover lesson that I created. Additionally, I am very proud of the book design that I created and how much I learned in Google Drawing.

Flipped Learning!

What impact does Flipped Learning have on your classroom? How can Flipped Learning empower you as a teacher?

I'm excited about doing my first FLIP lesson. I have dipped my toe in the waters of screencasting to give direct instruction in software tools and an art lesson for my students. For a 4th grade classroom at a Title 1 school it is difficult to hold kids accountable for usage of technology at home. This will be the biggest difficulty as an educator, but I believe it is important and worth giving it a try. Another hurdle is always the reflection piece. The school year also seems so rushed that reflection time is only 15 minutes for a whole unit in my classroom. However, I believe it is important and very beneficial (even to my own learning). This will absolutely change the dynamics of my class time.

Here are my two lessons!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/17YBSRiNOURkKrzgDxTQdvS3KA3ptAmobHR897gedr_Y/edit