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Visual Literacy Collection

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Resources in “Visual Literacy” Collection

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Developing Visual Literacy in Science, K–8

This book covers the gamut of information concerning how to develop the skills necessary to help them process visual information. Although it is specific to grades K-8, it has many ideas that would be beneficial to older students.

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Editor's Note: The Importance of Visual Literacy Journal Article
Graphic organizer templates

Unlike other sites that provide images of the organizers without much explanation in view, this site provides the name of the organizer and how it is helpful in organizing ideas. When selected the link then provides a simple, black line master to be filled in with ideas.

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Graphic Organizers

Visual literacy should be developed over time and with many experiences. Not only do students need to learn how to interpret visuals, they need to learn how to organizer their own ideas as visual representations -- some need it more than others. This site provides very basic, blank graphic organizers to use in a variety of settings.

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Guest Editorial: Visual Literacy, the Must-Have Skill for the 21st-Century Learner Journal Article
Interactive graphic organizers

This site provides a collection of black line graphic organizers to be used in any subject area. Although generally for reading and writing, each of the organizers are accompanied by teaching tips.

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Periodic Table of Visual Literacy

Interactive color-coded table showing a variety of visual literacy tools

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Research and Teaching: Visual Literacy in Biology: A Comparison of Visual Representations in Textbooks and Journal Articles Journal Article
Summarizing with Drawings: A Reading-Comprehension Strategy Journal Article
Visual Literacy Facts

Excellent explanation of what visual literacy is all about

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Visual Literacy in Science Journal Article
What Do You See? Journal Article