Visual Messages: Integrating Imagery into Instruction : A Teacher Resource for Media and Visual Literacy - Softcover

Considine, David M.; Haley, Gail E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0872879127 ISBN 13: 9780872879126

Publisher: Libraries Unltd Inc, 1992

Synopsis

Connect the curriculum of the classroom with the curriculum of the living room! This new edition of Considine and Haley's pioneering work helps you institute and maintain a viable program in visual (or media) literacy. Fascinating background information on the visual literacy movement is followed by dozens of effective strategies and classroom activities that are ready to implement, plus lists of resources for further exploration. The activities span the curriculum and teach your students the critical-viewing and media literacy skills they need in our media-oriented world. All activities are coded by grade level and curriculum area. This is a vital resource for an emerging area of study.

About this title

Book Description:

The authors provide effective media literacy strategies, activities, and resources that help students learn the critical-viewing skills necessary in our media-dominated world. Various media and types of programs are addressed, including motion pictures, television news, and advertising. Activities are coded by grade level and curriculum area.

About the Author:

DAVID M. CONSIDINE is Associate Professor and Media Studies Coordinator, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.

GAIL E. HALEY, an artist and Author in Residence at the same institution, has received both the Caldecott Medal and the Kate Greenaway Medal for her children's books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Libraries Unltd Inc
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0872879127
• ISBN 13: 9780872879126
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 267