At first I thought that visual symbols in my life only related to things like stop signs and the American flag. Since taking a visual literacy class I have learned that it is so much more. I find myself constantly evaluating visuals to uncover what the author/producer was trying to say. I look at what type of font was used, camera angles, background, etc. I am more cognisant of the message I am sending with the symbols I choose to use in projects. This will all help me when I become a teacher. I am an Early Childhood major and especially young children are susceptible to subtle messages conveyed in images. Below are a few hidden images that I was oblivious to before and now I see them everywhere.
When the Big Ten conference grew to eleven teams, they did not want to change their logo. They creatively added an "eleven" to it instead.
Look carefully and you can see two people sharing a bowl of salsa and chips.
Baskin Robins included a plug for their 31 flavors of ice cream.
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Love the examples. I will use them next semester! Thanks for the participation. I enjoyed having you in my class.
ReplyDeleteDiana, I really enjoyed this blog post! I actually found myself laughing while looking at your images because I had NEVER noticed any of those before! I thought they were very fun and interesting. It has been a great semester of getting to know you, and you seem to know what you are doing, and I know will be very successful in your teaching some day! I wish you the best of luck in all you do!
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