Visual+Literacy



====﻿Visual literacy is becoming more important as adults and students alike are confronted with various visual images to interpret. The main purpose of this document is to critique an image about how much protein Americans consume in a year using a strategy called PAT; Principles, Actions and Tools. Using this strategy would have to be modified for elementary students, but it would help them think more critically about what they are really looking at.====

====I plan to use this modified strategy by using images that the media presents in subjects like Science and History where they use statistical graphics and political cartoons that have abstract meaning. It's important to know that there is bias and each author draws from a different perspective. With younger children you could actually do a bookwalk through picture books to discuss meaning without actually reading the book. This helps students make predictions and analyze what they see through their own eyes. Other students might have a different perspective, which would be pointed out so students get the idea that we all don't get the same thing when we look at something. Hopefully, this will bring some diversity to the classroom along with acceptance of where others are coming from.====