Visual Language Interface

Two of the 21st Century Skills are visual literacy and technical literacy. Those really mashed up for me today working with the new version of iMovie. The interface is really really different than the linear timeline programs we are used to. It is like talking a visual language in which pallates overlay one another.

Learning to Look

Today we worked two dimensionally. Yesterday we worked on experiencing VTS (Visual Thinking Strategies) with San Jose Museum docent Michael Arellano. Today we tried to be practitioners of VTS by trying to create that experience for the audiences of our vodcasts. As educators it was hard. We come from a culture where teachers are the experts and our natural behavior is to want to tell people about our interpretations instead of lead them through an inquiry process to discover it on their own. Lucy Larson from the San Jose Museum staff critiqued our script in the afternoon. She helped us back up the lens even more to provide an even better experience for our audience to look and discover. This will really help us help our audience to develop their visual literacy skills.