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RESOURCES
Click on the links below
Additional resources
Author and illustrator sites
Visual literacy sites
Other resources
Background readings
Program and planning Stage 1
Credits
Author and illustrator sites
Mem Fox
Julie Vivas
Visual literacy sites
The on-line visual literacy project.
The result of a university course entitled. The principles of visual literacy, this site presents information about the significance of visual awareness as a key element to communication. The site opens with an animated graphic requiring Quicktime. A succinct, general introduction to visual literacy follows listing basic elements: Dot; Line; Shape; Direction; Texture; Hue; Saturation; Value; Scale; Dimension; and Motion. Each is given a detailed description and is well supported by graphics and animated images drawn from art, motion pictures, print advertising and other media. For each page, References provides a comprehensive list of text and image sources. Teachers will find this site invaluable in developing an understanding of the various elements of the composition of graphics, and their significance in positioning viewers in a particular way. T. Patterson
USER LEVEL: Professional
KLA: English
SYLLABUS: English K-6; English 7-10
SCIS SUBJECTS: Visual literacy
KEYWORDS: Visual literacy; visual text
PUBLISHER: Pomona College, USA
REVIEW DATE: 3/6/02 [701] SCIS 1093367
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The Salon/Poolside - Visual literacy
Visual literacy & picture books
Other resources
FOX, M & VIVAS, J. Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge [videorecording] / directed by M. Reilly; narrated by M. Fox. Distributed under licence from Scholastic by Maxwell’s Collection. SCIS 1068882
Grandma and Grandpa: English K-6 teaching kit, later Stage 1. NSW Board of Studies, 1994. ISBN 0731025571 SCIS 801427
Spence, B. Proforma that can be used as a scaffold when discussing aspects of visual text, from ‘The literacy demands of visual text: reading the pictures’, Scan 21(2), 2002, pp 4-5.
Background readings
Callow, J. ‘Reading the future. Looking ahead: the future of visual literacy is here now’, Scan 19(2), 2000, pp 8-11.
Callow, J. ‘Reading the future. The literacy demands of visual text: deconstructing a web page’, Scan 19(3), 2000, pp 15-16.
Higgins, S. ‘Using visual texts to enhance storytelling’, Scan 21(1), 2002, pp 4-7.
Moline, S. ‘Visualising information’, Scan 19(2), 2000, pp 12-16.
Ottley M. ‘Picture books: beneath the skin’, Scan 21(2), 2002, pp 6-13.
Patterson, C. ‘Connecting visual literacy and evidence based practice’, Scan, 21(3). Forthcoming (includes suggested activities for selected 2002 shortlisted books).
Scheffers J. & Bohman, J. ‘Evidence based practice at Marayong Public School: The enhancement of student learning through participation in a book rap’, Scan 22(1), 2003, pp10-12.
Spence, B. ‘The literacy demands of visual text: reading the pictures’, Scan 21(2), 2002, pp 4-5. Go to an extract and proforma.
Zammit, K. ‘Reading the future: The literacy demands of visual text: working with new learning environments’, Scan 19(3), 2000, pp 10-14.
Credits
Thanks to Cath Keane, Editor Scan, School Libraries and Information Literacy Unit, Curriculum K–12 Directorate; Mandy Kirk, teacher librarian, John Edmondson High School; Ian McLean, teacher librarian, Penrith Public School; and Jenny Scheffers, teacher librarian, Caddies Creek Public School.
Additional resources provided by the School Libraries and Information Literacy Unit.
This rap is a joint project of the School Libraries and Information Literacy Unit and English K–6, Curriculum K–12 Directorate. It is based on the 2003 Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge rap.
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