Quote-"We must teach communication comprehensively, in all its forms. Today we work with the written or spoken word as the primary form of communication. But we also need to understand the importance of graphics, music, and cinema, which are just as powerful and in some ways more deeply intertwined with young people's culture. We live and work in a visually sophisticated world, so we must be sophisticated in using all the forms of communication, not just the written word."-George Lucas
Responce-I agree. I think that these forms of communicatioin will get the students attention therefore getting them interested in their education. These forms of communication are also more appealing to other audinces as well.Acess to these forms of communication is easily obtained so there should not be an issue for educators to obtain these resources.
It is important for educators to undersatand that the world is changing and education needs to evolve simultaneously with the rest of the world. Students can not fall behind and ignore the advances in the world because it will affect them in every part of their lives and not just their education.
Related Resources- This site gives the definition of visual literacy as well as examples. It also provides e-books that promote visual literacy for elementary students.
Referances-
Black Cockatoo Publishing . (2008). Visual literacy k-8. Retrieved from http://k-8visual.info/
Daly, J. (n.d.). Life on the screen: visual liteacy in education. Eutopia, Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/lucas-visual-literacy
I liked this quote. Especially how he says that this kind of communication is "more deeply intertwined with young people's culture". It makes sense that we teach these skills since they relate so closely to things that students are regularly exposed to.
ReplyDeleteI agree, i feel this should be easy to obtain access to these forms of communicaation. I also feel that teaching children through graphics, music and cinema helps the information stay with the student.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate what you said about teachers understanding that the world changes. I feel that such is essential, because many teachers are simply more comfortable with the old ways, and inadvertently deprive students of successful learning.
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