Reading the Image

I think its very interesting that this weeks reading is on "reading" images, because I just read about visual literacy in one of my other classes. I definitly think that visual literacy needs to be amped up in classroom. Students do not know how to pause and really see what they are looking at. If a teacher asks the right questions the thinking that students do while reading images can be just as indepth as when they read text. Another reason that placing an emphasis on visual literacy is so important is because not all students excel at reading text,this reading images gives them chance to still access the content without being frustrated.

I also really like the idea of students using images to express their ideas, but I have had problems with using this in the computer lab when the printers don't work or do not print color, and thus the workt hat the students created can not adequntly be presented. I certainly hope that the price of colr printing goes down, because I think that will open up alot of whatis being discussed here.

Video

I have to say that I really like the idea of using video in the classroom. The ideas that jumped out at me was the idea of this demystifying actors and actresses. I teach 5th grade and I think this is an age when kids start to idolizing people in films and television, they don't realize that the people they see are not perfect, and should not be their idols. Anyways... I think I would have the students making films, more than I would be making ones for them to watch. I think a great idea would be to have the students tape little lessons which could then be shown to younger students at the school, thus making what they are doing real.