Reflection on readings 1

By the end of this course, we should be:
1) learning the basics of how to use a digital still camera;

2) downloading your pictures to a computer; and

3) using ImageBlender software to create more advanced imaging techniques and integrate those images in the curriculum.

As a teacher it doesn't matter if I am a beginner or a novice, my goal is to create a collection of images that will optimize learning and visual literacy with my students.

A visually literate person should be able to
• Interpret, understand and appreciate the meaning of visual messages;
• Communicate more effectively by applying the basic principles and concepts of visual design;
• Produce visual messages using computers and other technologies; and
• Use visual thinking to conceptualize solutions to problems

With visual images helping students learn, a parallel could be drawn to action learning. Having students get up our of their chair and move their body to represent a process may be considered more important learning than memorizing a definition of a word.

The research in the ten Brain rules suggest making our students regularly have physical exercise could increase the oxygen to their brains and therefore help them learn.