Visual Literacy is a lot more than I thought it was going to
be. Initially I was thinking about Graphic Novels but the textbook reading
taught me more on this topic and how it applies to our everyday lives. We are continuously
exposed to Visual Literacy and we don’t pause to think about it as literature:
billboards on the side of the road, advertisements on television, and the menu
with beautiful photographs of the food at your favorite restaurant.
I remember making commercials for student-invented products
and campaigns for imaginary candidates in various classes as a child and not
knowing that I was creating literature or even visual literature. It was fun
and almost felt nonsensical but this is one direction that literature allows us
to go.
Visual Literature had limited information on CCSS and that
could possibly be due to the fact that visual literature seems like something
you might learn in a business class or an art class. This is important for
English Classes to be able to offer this form of education because it shows
application of the subject. Most students want to know how a school subject applies
to the big picture of real life. With visual literacy, the students can see why
taking an English class might be important to someone who already speaks the
language or doesn’t want to major in English; they can now see that English
Class is more than just reading Shakespeare.
I also like the Graphic Novel part of this subject. People
learn in different ways and I really like the idea of Graphic Novels to switch
up the learning process. I also wonder if it can teach body language for
learning social skills. It’s a strange thought but instead of reading how
people feel, students would see how people feel with body language expressed in
the graphic novel; a skill that everyone can benefit from or improve on.
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