Visual Learning and the Internet

Frederick R. Barnard is believed to have coined the phrase “A picture is worth a thousand words.”  Visual literacy is the ability to read pictures, charts, graphs, or other images and make sense of them.  The internet makes visual learning more available because of the access we have to images.  Images invoke powerful emotions as demonstrated by a photo from 1970 at Kent State University and another from victory in World War II.

 

 

                        Visual thinking strategy

 My school uses the Envoy program which is a system of non-verbal cues to for class behavior. By using symbols teachers use influence rather than power to manage their classrooms.

              

One strategy I would  like to see in my school is the VTS Visual Thinking System--it aligns with Common Core.

                      The Role of Internet in my library

Even though I only see each student for only 30 minutes per week,I feel I could have more contact by setting up a Wikispace for my library. I would like to create an online wiki where the students can give their reviews and opinions of a books they choose to read. This would help the students practice their writing and help other students get recommends from student on varies books.
In setting up the  wiki I would make accesse by invitation only through the student Edmodo accounts. Because I control the wiki I can monitor content. I would establish rules for the wiki—the students sign an internet access agreement anyway.