***Please note videos will not play From cave walls to Facebook walls we have always embraced visual communication. Dual coding theory of cognition (Paivio, 1971), reiterates the importance of visual imagery in respect to our thinking processes - that in fact we need visual language in addition to verbal or text-based coding of stimuli. With the changing media landscape, our streams, memes, and zines have exploded with imagery, ushering in a need for visual literacy skills. We are quickly moving from images as decoration and augmentation to images as sole content and communication tool. We have some false beliefs about visual language - that it is equated with “art”, requiring “talent” from “creative types” - and therefore it is unfortunately often not overtly taught and practiced in schools. Technology has affected knowledge in such a way as to diminish the value of “raw” information and increase the value of sense-making, as well as chip away at attention spans, sparking a need for distillation of complex ideas. Images can essentialize the cumbersome in beautiful ways. They have a “stickiness” for the viewer and challenge the critical thinking of the creator. This hands-on session will explore the “Whys” of visual literacy and offer participants an opportunity to tinker and play with: iconography and metaphorical thinking pictograms, “Shortology”, emoji, meme stories, and gifs graphic design, graphic facilitation, infographics and sketchnotes photography, cinemagrams (moving photos) icon-based annotations and marginalia using images to leverage CVs, social media, and presentations We’ll experiment with ways to use visual language for personal knowledge management, amplification of knowledge and creative work, critical thinking, social interaction (conversation), and other forms of creative and intellectual expression.

1. @amyburvall
Image is Everything:!
Exploring Visual Literacy
for Critical Thinking
#

2. http://bit.ly/imagED

3. community

4. http://bit.ly/blc15image
G doc in “Activities”
or…

5. 1:00-2:00
2:00-3:00
outside safari + indep. research/preso
3:00-4:00
share + data viz + graphic facilitation
4:00-5:00
photo + video+ personal brand + reflection
intro + the why/how+ metaphor + shortology

7. workshop trailer

8. workshop trailer

9. !
Introductions
see G-doc “Activities”
life in 3 emoji
CSI of you
3 of me
how am I? sketch

10. story of me in 3
what 3 images tell your story?

11. How Art Made the World:
The Day Pictures Were Born

12. How Art Made the World:
The Day Pictures Were Born

13. How Art Made the World:
The Day Pictures Were Born

14. How Art Made the World:
The Day Pictures Were Born

15. Are YOU a Visual Thinker?

16. Are YOU a Visual Thinker?

17. THE

18. dual coding!
and!
picture superiority effect
Allan Paivio

19. “Unflattening” - PhD as graphic novel @Nsousanis

20. External memory aids,
such as sketches and diagrams,
can help us overcome
the limited capacity
of our short- and
long-term memories
Allen Newell and
Nobel Prize winner
Herbert Simon

21. restructuring
idea pivoting
flexibility
(modifying initial ideas;
coming up with novel changes)

22. “Why Doodlers are the New ‘Now’”

23. important in cross-cultural groups,
for whom visual sketches can
bridge gaps of understanding

24. “The Whirl”, Dave Gray

25. “graphical library”
!
“visual alphabet”
!
“iconic language”

26. Dan Roam “vivid thinking”

27. Dan Roam “vivid thinking”

28. synthesis!
!
metaphorical thinking!
!
critical thinking

29. Tyranny of…

30. Gutenberg Parenthesis
return to more
visual/ oral

31. WHY #visualliteracy in the classroom?
student-made film

32. WHY #visualliteracy in the classroom?
student-made film

34. environment: graffiti wall

35. "Scholars will be instructed through the eye.
It is possible to teach every branch of
human knowledge with the motion picture.
Our school system will be completely changed
inside of ten years"
- Thomas Edison

36. “make audio go viral with eye candy”
Blank on Blank

37. “make audio go viral with eye candy”
Blank on Blank

38. media literacy
and
digital fluency

39. early Muppets

40. early Muppets

41. !
VIZIPHONE

42. use metaphorical and visual thinking to
express complex and abstract ideas

43. non-verbal collaboration
power of images to tell a story !
and relate complex ideas

44. Playing the Game!
each person, 1 min

45. have a story in mind
draw as much of that story as possible
in 1 min
pass paper to next person
1 minute to “add”
to the story
divide paper into 4 boxes

46. RULES:!
!
no talking (this game must be entirely non-verbal
until the end)
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
you may draw in the next box of the storyboard
or embellish the previous person’s drawing
try to avoid “drawing” words
and phrases

47. last person who drew should share out loud
with the group what they perceived the stories to be
first person should then share in what ways
end result was similar or different than original intent

48. Debriefing Viziphone
What types of symbols and icons were useful in
communicating specific abstract ideas?
What was challenging about this activity?
What was most fun and why?
!

49. Debriefing Viziphone
!
!
What surprised you about the way the stories
developed with the imagery?
!
Do you think your team was successful at
communicating an entire story with visuals only?
Why or why not?

50. “If only we could pull out !
our brain !
and use only our eyes.” !
!
!
― Pablo Picasso

51. THE

52. Iconography
and
Metaphorical Thinking

55. Ads are the cave art
of the twentieth century
!
!
!
― Marshall McLuhan

56. #jesuischarlie

57. #jesuischarlie

59. power of a tagged image

60. The Dot and the Line, 1963

61. The Dot and the Line, 1963

62. Metaphor is about
association +
relationship

63. Metaphor is about
association +
relationship
“EYE-DEAS”

64. Metaphor is about
association +
relationship
“EYE-CANDY”

65. Metaphor is about
association +
relationship
making ideas “grow” better

66. Metaphor is about
association +
relationship

67. Metaphor is about
association +
relationship

68. Metaphor is about
association +
relationship

69. Pictographs / Isotypes (1930s)

70. The Noun Project

71. collaborative creativity: #remash

72. student logo contest: “What If?”

73. Iconography and Metaphor
choose from list on G-doc
also check out “SketchGuess”

74. @serendipidoodle

75. @serendipidoodle

76. Essentializing
and
“Shortology”

78. “Shortology”

79. “Shortology”

81. condensed shakespeare, mya gosling

82. MINIMALIST MOVIE POSTERS

83. POEMS
NOVELS
HISTORICAL
EVENTS

84. synthesis: emoji story

85. 100% time, simple diaries @Braddo

86. !
“Quick and Dirty”
Presentation

87. images - no bullets
open-ended question
to lead class in
discussion

91. minimalist posters of a concept

92. minimalist posters
of a concept

94. the film
Amadeus

95. famous movie lines

96. 4 icon challenge

97. Essentializing and Shortology!
!
choose from list on G-doc

98. Outside Safari!
+!
independent research with 3 slide preso
choose 1 from the G-doc
for indep research, see
“General” in the G-doc

99. Infographics
and DataViz

102. Benefits of Data Visualization

103. Benefits of Data Visualization

106. INSIGHT

110. picture VENNs

111. listicle!
(Thinglink or info.gram)

112. listicle!
(Thinglink or info.gram)

113. use real life items or people
length of hair= frequency of addiction

114. use real life items or people
photorealism

115. photo essay style

116. Visualize…!
What’s in your head?
#ds106 challenge
(hierarchical)

117. word cloud art

118. infographic remix
find an original
and make it better
more clear, fun,
aesthetic
metaphorical, etc.

120. DIY
with data set

121. DIY
with data set

122. Creation
Creator
Motivation
Pos/Neg Effects
relations between
people and ideas

123. re.vu
infographic CV

124. re.vu
infographic CV

125. Thinglink : Metadata Me

126. from Ikea’s Swedish cookbook
Blowout

127. Burning House Project

128. Infographics and Data Viz!
!
choose from list on G-doc

129. Graphic Design
and
Typography

130. metaphorical lettering
!
typographical parlant

131. “where art meets type”

132. Stefan Sagmeister, metaphorical typographer

133. http://webylife.com/

138. #sketchquote
#threethirtysketchquote #birthdaysketchquote
take a break…and make!

142. “DRAWMOUR” TUMBLR BLOG

143. translate a photo…

145. Graphic Design and Typography!
!
choose 1 from the G-doc list

146. Sketchnoting
and
Graphic Facilitation
(abridged)

147. some basics

148. some basics

149. Sketchnote Scribes G+
(linked on the side menu)

150. SQVID
Dan Roam

151. SQVID
Dan Roam

152. SQVID
Dan Roam

153. SQVID
Dan Roam

154. practice SQVID with words

156. divergent thinking: marginalia

157. networked reading @MrZiebarth

158. develop your
own vocabulary
@TracyClark08

159. develop your
own
“visual voice”
sketchnotes by @MrZiebarth
using Paper 53 Think Kit

160. put it on a tee!

161. make it an ironic tee!

162. collaborative Sketch Song: SHE

163. “She”, Elvis Costello
(see G doc for lyrics to sketch)

164. “She”, Elvis Costello
(see G doc for lyrics to sketch)

165. Sketchnotes, Graphic Recording, Marginalia!
!
choose 1 from the G-doc

166. example of @MirandaKeeling to sketch

167. Photography
and
Cinemagraphs

168. try with photos!

169. photo safaris
@cogdog

170. low barrier!
of entry points

171. low barrier entry points: photo challenge

172. low barrier entry points: photo challenge
BESTAGRAM

173. low barrier entry points: photo-a-day

174. low barrier entry points: photo challenge
FORCED PERSPECTIVE

175. “A few weeks later, in the wood,
I came across Miss Riding Hood.
But what a change! No cloak of red,
No silly hood upon her head.
She said, “Hello, and do please note
My lovely furry wolfskin coat.”
- Roald Dahl

176. “Ocean Pollution”

177. Snap-enger Hunt with SnapChat

178. cinemagraphs
(mood? process?)

179. cinemagraphs
(mood? process?)

180. favourite apps

181. NOIR

182. Big Lens
or
Pixlromatic

183. pic/ play / post app
Process Product Reflection

184. pic/ play / post app
Process Product Reflection

185. Tayasui Sketches App

186. Photography and Cinemagrams!
!
choose 1 from the G-doc

187. Visual Storytelling: How Art Made the World

188. Visual Storytelling: How Art Made the World

189. Visual Storytelling: How Art Made the World

190. Visual Storytelling: How Art Made the World

191. Visual Storytelling: How Art Made the World

192. Visual Storytelling: How Art Made the World

193. Video:
Digital and Hybrid

194. Creative Speedsketching

195. Creative Speedsketching

196. serendipitous “doodle-ramblings”
@Hombre_McSteez

197. #soundsketch

198. the power of the cut

199. the power of the cut

200. appsmashing

201. PAPER 53
APPLE KEYNOTE
MAGIC MOVE

202. PAPER 53
APPLE KEYNOTE
MAGIC MOVE

203. PAPER 53
REFLECTOR APP
iMOVE

204. PAPER 53
REFLECTOR APP
iMOVE

205. Video!
!
choose 1 from the G-doc

206. Personal
Branding

207. “visual presence”

208. avatars
consistent
recognizable
high contrast / b&w is great
close up head shot

209. colour palette and style
research color meanings
make your entire digital presence that palette
understand complementary colors

211. logo design
have you thought about it?
MOO cards!
are cool!
(I have some
for you!)

212. Personal Branding!
!
choose 1 from the G-doc

213. IDEATE:
100 ideas in 10 minutes!
share best to Padlet
http://padlet.com/amyburvall/imagED

214. Social Media Activity:
!
Emoji Story
and/or
try IconPop app
and/or
GOPOP app
for visual conversation
#imagED #BLC15

215. Reflection!
!
choose 1 from the G-doc

216. www.amyburvall.com