Chris,
I completely understand your frustration about not knowing or feeling confident in answering this question. I wrote out my answer Tuesday but changed it at the last minute because I thought I was answering the prompt completely wrong. I spent last night racking my brain to rewrite my answer and attempt to make it relevant to the prompt and incorporate what I learned from the reading. I felt like I had answered the question in my essay from last week, and when I wanted to use references, I could not remember from whom I had gotten the information. For example, I could not recall who wrote about how many images we process, and here it is in your post. Be that as it may, I do not think I answered the question correctly, but gave it a try too. …show more content…
Interestingly, in my first attempt at answering this question, I mentioned the visuals students use for communication on SnapChat, Instagram, and Facebook. These apps provide students a more consistent visual medium to communicate, and I wondered about the issue of students not learning Visual Literacy is a contributing factor that youth do not understand the impact their videos and picture have on others both now and in the future. When reading Riesland, this is precisely the thought I had while reading about how there is a competition for attention and how students are interacting within a "global media" industry that marketers understand, but the educational system is far behind the times it appears. Would you agree?
It is for that reason among others I am beginning to appreciate the value Visual Literacy can bring to impact student learning, my teaching, and
I completely understand your frustration about not knowing or feeling confident in answering this question. I wrote out my answer Tuesday but changed it at the last minute because I thought I was answering the prompt completely wrong. I spent last night racking my brain to rewrite my answer and attempt to make it relevant to the prompt and incorporate what I learned from the reading. I felt like I had answered the question in my essay from last week, and when I wanted to use references, I could not remember from whom I had gotten the information. For example, I could not recall who wrote about how many images we process, and here it is in your post. Be that as it may, I do not think I answered the question correctly, but gave it a try too. …show more content…
Interestingly, in my first attempt at answering this question, I mentioned the visuals students use for communication on SnapChat, Instagram, and Facebook. These apps provide students a more consistent visual medium to communicate, and I wondered about the issue of students not learning Visual Literacy is a contributing factor that youth do not understand the impact their videos and picture have on others both now and in the future. When reading Riesland, this is precisely the thought I had while reading about how there is a competition for attention and how students are interacting within a "global media" industry that marketers understand, but the educational system is far behind the times it appears. Would you agree?
It is for that reason among others I am beginning to appreciate the value Visual Literacy can bring to impact student learning, my teaching, and