Visual

Literacy
 WHAT IS IT?
• Visual Literacy is a vital skill. As we live in an
increasingly visual culture, we are surrounded
by the images in our lives—from the
newspapers, magazines, televisions ,
advertisements and graphics on the wen. This
makes the need fro visual literacy and the
ability to “read” images a vital skill
 Where is it used?
• It is necessary to make sense of the images that
are all around us—thus, making it an essential
element of the communicative process.
• The process of interpreting media, illustrations,
semiotics, manipulation, visual data process
and sequences can all be under our “spatial
ability.”
• Visualization from prehistoric times, man has
desired to communicate. Before the
development of language, man was able to
convey series of ideas and observations
through the use of images and symbols.
 Images are remembered reality
A picture is worth a thousand words. Visual
symbols are being used in place of words to
express an idea or evoke a feeling or mood.
 THE ILLUSTRATIONS
Visual Illustrations are present in children’s books and it provides
wordless interpretations of a written story. These illustrations have
the power to teach children how to read and make sense of the story.

Asking them the following questions can help teachers in doing so:

1. What can you see in the illustration?

2. What are they doing in relation to one another?
3. What could probably happen as a result of what they are doing?
 SEMIOTICS

The study of symbolic processes in which a

visual image is combined with a meaning or a
carrier of meaning.

Example: Red Roses for expressing love.

 Process and Sequence
Visual literacy is not just an ability to interpret an image in order t
understand a story, a moment from the past or symbol. Visual literacy can
also involve the ability to understand a process or sequence

Examples:
Creating origami
 SPATIAL ABILITY
It is the ability to understand a spatial concept
like 2D and 3D shapes. It can also involve how
someone can understand that architectural
designs, floor plans and landscapes represent a
proposed reality. It involves the capacity to
understand that the parts and sections are parts of
a whole.
 VISUAL DATA

Visual literacy can also include the ability to

interpret representations of a data. It could
include the real life ability to be a critical
consumer of informations.
 VISUALIZATION

Most of the things we make begin with a mental

picture. This is true for planning a meal, organizing
research, planning a vacation or trip to the mall as well as
visualizing parts of the story in your memory. It is a
process being used by everyone.
 Classrooms need to build visually
literate learners capable of understanding
the world around them—learners who are
critical consumers and creators of
information.
 NON-PROJECTED VISUALS AS
TRIGGERS TO VISUAL LITERACY
Non-projected visuals are those which require no projection
material or electricity. They are usually in form of printed charts,
illustrations, maps, flascards, photographs, magaznes and
wallpapers.

Still pictures. They give illusions of space just like how

photographs which are made by stereoscopic cameras capture
wide images. The observers receive the impression of this
reality. Illusions are made in such a way that angles create
different perspectives.
 Advantages of Using Still Pictures
1.Motivates students
2.Presents subject matter symbolically.
3.Presents abstract ideas in visual forms
4.Creates a problem and stimulates better
thinking.
 A still picture may be used to:
1. Explain a technical term
2. Trigger description of an example or anecdote
3. Elaborate explanations
4. Obtain responses from the students
 Advantages of Non-Projected Pictures
1. Do not need a power source or apparatus.
2. They can be viewed as straight as they are.
3. Flexible and can be easily moved.
4. They have visual appeal.
5. They can be carefully stored and prepared fro use in the future.
6. They can be used at all levels of learning
7. Can maintain students’ high level of interests.
8. Possess an innate educational value.
 Disadvantages
1. It may become outdated.
2. They cannot sufficiently present motion/ movements.
3. Copies may wear out when over-used.
4. Expensice
5. Can be easily damaged.
6. Not interactive.
7. Not visible to all students in the class.
8. Time consuming to prepare.
 Impacts to the Learners and their
Learning Process
1. Students are provided with opportunities to boost their
imagination and be creative.
2. It stimulates better learning by tapping on their interests.
3. It provides developmentally appropriate learning activities.
4. Reasoning can be developed through the use of images.
5. Skills of analysis and synthesis can be taught.
6. Cause-effect relationships can be explained clearer.
7. Identification and better understanding of sequential concepts
Aside from still pictures, non-projected
Realia visuals could also be :
Realia refers to objects or items from real life which
are used in classroom to illustrate or to teach
vocabulary and serve as an aide to facilitate
language learning and production.
It concretizes vocabulary and language by allowing
learners to see hear and touch the objects
Models

They are the representation of a real thing in which the height, weight and depth is felt as
reality.
Mock Ups
It is a special model where the parts of
the model are singled out, heightened, and
magnified in order to focus on that part or
process under study..
 PROJECTED VISUALS
 Projected visuals have long been popular as a
medium of instruction as well as
entertainment.

 Projected visuals are defined as media formats

in which still pictures are enlarged and
displayed on a screen.
 OVERHEAD PROJECTOR
Overhead projection has become the most widely used audiovisual device in
North America classrooms and training sites. It projects transparencies with
brilliant screen images suitable for use in a lighted room. The teacher can
write or draw diagrams on the transparency while he teaches; these are
projected simultaneously on the screen by the OHP.
• The movement of the objective lens and mirror focuses the image
properly on the screen.
• There is also a small cooling fan on the overhead projector to
blow out the excess heat produced by the bulb.
 Advantages of OHP
 Brightness
 Eye contact
 Ease of use
 Abundance of materials
 Manipulable
 Availability of materials
 Self-prepared materials
 Advance preparation
 Impact attitudes
 Organization and discussion
 Limitations
 Not programmed – overhead projector cannot be programmed to display
visual sequences by itself, nor is an audio accompaniment provided.

 Not self-instructional – It is designed for large- group study.

 Production process required – materials have to be made into

transparencies by means of some production process.
 Keystone effect – distortion
 FILMSTRIPS
 A filmstrip is a continues strip of film consisting of individual
frames or pictures arranged in a sequence usually with a specific
title .In other words , filmstrips are a sequence of transparent still
pictures with individual frames on a 35 mm film . A tape-recorded
narration can be synchronized with a film strip. Each strip
contains between 12 and 18 or more pictures .
 SLIDES
• A slide is a still transparency of 70mm, 35mm or 6mm size which
• is optically enlarged and projected on a screen as a real image

• 3 KINDS OF SLIDES CAN BE MADE

• Marker slides

• Etched glass slides

• Silhouette slides