(1) How can visual literacy and the use of the Internet impact the teaching and learning process in the classroom? What are some visual-thinking strategies you would like to use in your classroom? What role do you want the Internet play in your classroom?
Visual literacy and the use of the Internet can impact the teaching in learning process in the classroom by allowing a teacher to connect more to her students. If a teacher can practice good visual literacy then he/she might be able to better understand her students on a psychological level. Many kids who are unhappy or in an abusive home give it away through essays, poems, and more commonly pictures they draw. A teacher who can “read” a picture would be able to notice these signs and get the kid proper help. The Internet itself is a valuable learning tool that the student(s) can use to gain help on their assignments, an endless database. Instead of searching through a text book for information about a president or major figure, a child could simply look up on the Internet and find the results much quicker.
Some visual-thinking strategies that I would like to use in my classroom are: using art (in a way that would develop critical thinking and good communication) and to engage them in an activity where they would have to deeply examine a picture for tiny differing details. This process would teach the students how to pay attention better (to detail and directions) as well as teaching them good focus and comprehension. The role that I want the Internet to play in the classroom is for it to become another useful tool in a student’s arsenal of learning; such as a text-book or a calculator, but more efficient.
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