Reflection 4.1 Images
Write a blog reflection, identifying the learning purpose of a) using images/visual representations created by others, and b) learner-generated images/visuals. Then think of your pedagogy, and content. How could the use of images/visuals be supportive of learning in your own teaching context? Use the SAMR model (as usual, and for the balance of your explorations of technologies) to propose the use of images/visuals (both learner-accessed, and learner-generated) in your own classrooms at each level of the model. Wowsers! There is so much to cover this week. Honestly, it was scary seeing the weekly content pages....read this, try this, watch here, reflect there. Then the page with the header declaration stating that to read and try everything - not even "Super Student" could complete - be selective. Aaaaah......audible sigh of relief. Audible....audio.....did someone say audio? You will hear (pun intended) me on that one later. Taking into account Bob's wise words, let's be one of those that does listen to music shall we? Courtesy of triple j, here is Julia Jacklin singing 'Don't Let the Kids Win' live, a haunting song about youth and how we lose so much as we "grow up", we forget about the truly important things....
source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFbJ_x3CJbY
Now let's talk about images. The power of an image. What is says. What it can be interpreted as. What is can be misinterpreted as. Photo: Jamie Lorriman Images for learning = powerful! The impact of seeing, interpreting, digesting an image is so very powerful. The photograph above is an example of the power of an image. A world-wide reaction followed the posting of this image after the recent terror attack in London. The haters sure did hate with this one. In case you missed it, there was an outcry that a Muslim woman casually walked and mobile-phoned past an horrific act of terror and human suffering. But a large number of rational voices also came to the fore. Namely the photographer himself, Jamie Lorriman, saying he would not assume what was going through the lady's mind, and neither should people who were not at the scene. “To assume she was ignoring someone is impossible to know, the look on the woman’s face, she’s horrified, she’s in the middle of a traumatic situation." (source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation) See that story here. In a classroom discussing what we see and how it is perceived, how that can be used for good or for bad, makes for fantastic topic analysis and understanding. Now let's flip it. Let's get the student to create the image. The power of selecting or creating an image, sharing it, explaining it, in my mind is a fantastic way to learn. This explanation below of visual literacy is undoubtedly the evaluating and creating end of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy. "Visual literacy is the ability to see, to understand, and ultimately to think, create, and communicate graphically. Generally speaking, the visually literate viewer looks at an image carefully, critically, and with an eye for the intentions of the image’s creator. Those skills can be applied equally to any type of image: photographs, paintings and drawings, graphic art (including everything from political cartoons to comic books to illustrations in children’s books), films, maps, and various kinds of charts and graphs. All convey information and ideas, and visual literacy allows the viewer to gather the information and ideas contained in an image, place them in context, and determine whether they are valid." I had a play with popplet. As an example this could be a fantastic tool for collating all the images from a trip to Pumpkin Island as part of the subject of Tourism for year 11. See here on the QCAA website for a sample of work that could certainly incorporate a bit of popplet action.
Now for my SAMR. Yippee! I worked out how to incorporate a blooming table! I can not tell you my level of happiness. Small things as they say. Anyhoo, all I had to do was download a free 'simple table' app from the top of the weebly editing process. Happy Days. So this SAMR is following on with the Year 11 Tourism theme.
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Excellent idea using contemporary visual media like the image of the women. Leaning is much more enjoyable when content is relevant and links back to the 21st century.
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