Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 Activity 4 Activity 5 Visual Literacy Using Web-based Photo Resources   Pick a Photo to "Read" Try one of the following 3 activities that promote "visual reading". Explore the photos at Google Images, Yahoo Gallery or Ditto. Pick one associated with your grade level and content area. Copy and paste the photo into a word processor. How could you help students "read" the picture? What directions would help the student focus on the visual? Create some leading questions. Share your photo with someone else. Ask them for additional ideas. Ask students to search for a topic such as poverty, riot, tornado, literacy, or power at Google Images, Yahoo Gallery or Ditto. Ask students to paste the picture into a word processor or desktop presentation and describe why they think the photo reflects their idea about the topic. It could also reflect a time period, book plot or setting, or scientific idea. Or, create your own activity. For example, select a photograph featuring architecture, automobile, or plant and ask how it reflects a math concept. Build "visual reading" into your classroom. Design an activity that uses the Picture of the Day from one of the following websites. Astronomy Picture of the Day Kodak Picture of the Day Earth Science Picture of the Day Colorado Scenic Picture of the Day CNN Picture of the Day Horse Picture of the Day Weather Photo of the Week   Pick a Photo to "Interpret" Try one of the following 2 activities related to interpreting visuals: Explore historical ads (AdFlip & Ad Access), historical photos (Picturing the Century), posters (Poster Art of World War II), cartoons (WhistleStop Cartoons and Poltical Cartoons) or maps. Create an activity that asks students to retell, identify, describe, explain, or critique a photo or illustration. Compare line drawings of objects (Discovery Clipart) to photographs that student take. For example, drawings versus photos of leaves.   Pick a Photo to "Apply or Use" Try some of the follow visual sources (Google Images, FreeFoto, Peace Gallery, Yahoo Gallery) and design an activity. Create an assignment that asks students to select, organize, arrange, label, or tell a story using visuals. For example, students might create a photo essay or collage. They might also describe the place or make comparisons.   Pick a Photo to "Design" Practice your design skills by cropping, extracting, modifying, or transforming an existing visual. Use Google Images or Yahoo Gallery to find a photo. Try one of the following ideas: Combine photos together Find a career photo and add your head. Put yourself into a historical photo Find a photo of a place you'd like to travel and add your picture to the scene. Choose one new imaging tool menu item to learn and incorporate it into an activity such as brightness, contrast, cropping, or filters. Explore file formats and resizing options. Make a new photo look old or an old photo look new Practice Composing Try the following activities to promote quality photo composition: Select a photo and brainstorm all the different photos that could be taken with a single subject Use a transparency frame to practice composing pictures Keep a log of pictures that have been taken and review the log after viewing the pictures Brainstorm groups that might work together on digital camera projects Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 Activity 4 Activity 5  Created by Annette Lamb, 4/01. Updated 3/02.