Students today have grown up in a technological and visual world. They have been raised with not only computers and the internet, but with the Rugrats, Bugs Bunny, and video games. This has developed them into learners who need both visuals and technology to learn. Visual literacy can help grab their attention, help them understand the text, and make them understand a concept better. One quick way to bring visual literacy into the classroom is through the use of the Internet. The Internet is full of visuals that can be used, from still images to videos. The impact on learning when combining visual literacy and technology is tremendous, because you have caught the students’ attention, given them the information in format easier to understand, and put the learning into their hands with technology.
I already use storyboards whenever the students need to plan out a project. Storyboards provide them with the opportunity to think about and plan how they want to present the information. I would like to add re-composing to my strategies. I have the students create several timelines throughout the year and could have them write about those in a more formal way after creating them. This could hopefully improve their writing skills. I am also going to have them use some online graphic organizers. I want to make my students aware of them so they can use them in other classes as well.
Being a technology teacher the Internet is a vital component of my daily classroom routine. I currently put all my assignments on the internet for my students to access. I am constantly looking for projects that utilize the Internet so that my students learn more educational uses for the Internet. I want my students to leave my classroom knowing that the Internet is way more than Myspace , Facebook, Youtube, or games. All of these have their benefits, but the Internet is full of fantastic, educational resources that my students will find useful now and later on in their lives.
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