Learning from Deaf children 's visual literacy events. Implications for teaching of hearing childre .


The aim of study (Ross ,2004 , Doctoral dissertation) the report was to focus on the literacy events going on, in a preschool and during the fear year of school for the deaf , from the children's perseption . The study was a study of group of deaf children during a two years period. the study is enthographic.
The result of study showed that deaf children developed thir interes in reading and the writing during the first preschool years in much the same way as hearing children do. They showed a increasing meta linguistic awareness and a undertanding of fuction of written text. The result show that the children used several kinds of strategies in learning to read and write. Some of these strategies was regarding how to decode and remenber words and some had to do with the fact that childrear are visual oriented, seeing and not hearing. Result will be present in a paper suggesting that we could learn from deaf children 's strategies when working with hearing , with reading and writing dificulties

Visual Literacy, At the Crux of the Information Revolution

Visual literacy, as described by Yoram Eshet-Alkalai (a scholar from the Tel-Hai College in Israel), is most easily described as the recognition and translation inside the human mind, of icons in place of the traditional alphabet.

To illustrate, some examples of this that we are seeing more and more these days are the use of what are called "emoticons" by individuals while they are writing messages to indicate their current emotional state; which might otherwise be expressed as a written sentence.
Eg. =) is a way of showing that a person is in a happy mood, or wants to pass on the message of good will to the intended recipient of the message.

As we progress more and more toward the digital age, it is my firm belief that visual literacy will be the key to reaching plateaus otherwise unattainable by the antiquated methods currently employed by many educational faculties across the globe.

A report titled explorations (Visual Literacy in Higher Education), written in 2005 by Ron Bleed (a student hailing from Maricopa Community Colleges), speaks in depth about how the gap between younger generation kids and their teachers continues to widen. Especially in terms of communicating information, kids these days are learning in much different ways then their parents did back when they were in school.

It is largely suspected that the current supposed drop in literacy exhibited by this new generation (Generation X, and the Tweens), is primarily due to the scale on which they are being measured.

While the current teaching administration (largely consisting of Baby Boomers, or individuals from Generation Y) is still working with a curriculum that has its roots in traditional language instruction; kids are absorbing information visually via the internet, television, and other forms of mass media.

The truth is, many of these old platforms of learning that we currently rely on are very quickly becoming outdated. In the Maricopa Community College system changes are being made to incorporate visual literacy, and to revolutionize the way new students are taught to absorb content.

The next frontier for growth will be in the digital, not in the corporeal form. Currently, with our traditional alphabet and literacy structure, there are a great many limitations dictated by the basic nature of the medium with which it is communicated. However, in the digital world, truly limitless possibilities await us; the only barriers are that of lack of knowledge. Every day new breakthroughs are brought to light, and with them more opportunities for advancement.

The below video (taken from YouTube, and posted originally by MediaCircusDOTcom) demonstrates that the top ten likely in-demand jobs for 2010 will likely not have been available in 2004, and that they will probably require the use of technology that has not even been invented yet.

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How does visual literacy fit into this picture? It is how we will interpret all that the technological revolution has to offer. Our old methods of learning have taken us quite a ways, but if we are to grow as a species, we must acknowledge the necessity of moving forward. If we do not, we risk becoming stagnant as a society.

Times are changing, our understanding of visual literacy will dictate whether or not we are changing along with them.

Regards,

Ian Brinton

It will not be wrong if I say that “visuals help us to live every moment.” Because whenever the language is a verbal communication have barrier the visuals have played a vital role in helping us to communicate. The amount of information hidden in one small photo sometimes can be way more important and useful then a whole report on the topic. The code language of signs and symbols has already proved the statement to be true in many ways.



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In today’s world, it is really important to communicate. We all have ton of ideas is stored in our small brain and so we need to communicate them with each other. Along with the regular style of verbal communication there is trend of visual communication taking over all the modes of communication. We all need to understand that it is not a new style of communication rather its one of the oldest method as the making pictures in the cave walls was the only mode of communication with the cave people. So even today it is playing a major role as all the advertisements we see in our daily life are the visual. We all know the importance of signs and symbols.

It is so important for any society nowadays to have photo visual literacy anywhere. I do believe photo visual literacy is necessary because:

• It makes the life easier for people; for example, to find the mail box, and to find subway/RT stations.

• It helps people to meet their needs; for example, a sign over the bathroom door helps people decide which bathroom to use.

• It keeps people safe all the time, which helps to avoid car accidents and traffic jams.

• It helps people to recognize trade markets, which is easier to find specific stores.

Photo visual literacy is a worldwide language for everyone to understand.