Engaging the Eye Generation: Visual Literacy Strategies for the K-5 Classroom

by Johanna Riddle

Literacy in the twenty-first century means more than just reading and writing. Today's students must learn how to interpret and communicate information through a variety of digital and print-based media formats, using imagery, online applications, audio, video, and traditional texts.

154 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Christy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Elementary media specialist details several projects that incorporate visual literacy. The last two chapters on research are the best in the book. We must teach students to be communicators and creators instead of passive receivers.

[Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This books describes almost exactly what I have tried to do with my students and how I teach. Wish I had written it! Johanna Riddle beat me to it. Riddle did provide me with some great ideas I can incorporate this coming school year, as well as rationale for what I do and how I hope to build instruction provided in our school library media center computer lab. I did not give it five stars because it was not indexed (probably not her fault), and some of it was a bit disorganized. It was more like a discussion that came back to similar points, sometimes referencing research, sometimes comments/paragraphs not strongly connected to the current point, and lack of clarity in the chapter divisions. Seems some editing would help--maybe there was a rush to get it in print. I will definitely share it with my school staff and recommend it to other library media specialists as it does have an abundance of sound ideas.