Visual Impact, Visual Teaching by Timothy Gangwer

Author:Timothy Gangwer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skyhorse
Published: 2015-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Activity 4. Visual Metaphors

Ask students to make images (without other people in them) that are visual metaphors for their personalities. A visual metaphor can reflect values, self-concept, interests, goals, opinions, and so on. Have students create three visual metaphors for who or what they used to be, who or what they are now, or who or what they hope to be. Discuss these visual metaphor photographs in class. “Do others see you in the way you see yourself?”

Activity 5. Point of View

Ask students to imagine themselves as nonhuman subjects or objects. This might include plants, animals, or natural or manufactured objects. Have them list the things that might be important to them in their new imagined role. Who or what would they interact with on a regular basis? After discussing their lists, ask students to make images from the point of view they have chosen to imagine. When they have made their photographs, use them as a basis for stories, plays, or presentations. This activity is a good way to help students visualize and learn processes. In a science lesson, you might assign different students different roles as objects and ask them to imagine their reactions to gravity, heat, acceleration, or other physical forces. This activity is also good for building emphatic skills.

Activity 6. Phonetography

Assign students letters of the alphabet. Ask each student to find and photograph something that starts with the same initial consonant or vowel sound (A—acorn, B—book, C—cow, and so on.). Post images with letters in a visual alphabet. Highlight tough letters like Q and X. “Form words using phonetic photos.”

Activity 7. See What You Mean

Have students make photographs representing various parts of a sentence (nouns, verbs, adjectives). “Put them in order and compose the sentences they now represent. Rearrange them to create different sentences.” (Remember, nonsense sentences can be fun, too!) Have students assemble their own images into sentences and see if other students can read them. After photo sentences are arranged, rearrange them or leave parts out to see if they still make sense.

Activity 8. Say What You Mean

Discuss homonyms. Have students work in teams to create pairs of photographs that show words that sound alike but that do not have the same meaning. Write sentences or short stories based on the homonyms students have photographed. Challenge them to see how many pairs they can incorporate into their stories. Have students write or tell a joke based on misunderstanding a homonym. Have them repeat this activity using synonyms or antonyms. Create a class visual dictionary of homonyms, synonyms, and antonyms.

Activity 9. Local Definitions

Identify concepts, phenomena, principles, or definitions from current lessons. Assign students to make photographs to replace textbook images with local examples from their environment. Compare images and discuss student understanding of these concepts. “Look for subtle or blatant differences in comprehension. Remember, differences are not necessarily wrong; subtle differences can lead to new understanding.”

Activity 10. Photo Poems

“Make an image that is dominated by a single color, then use the image to generate a list of other things that are the same color.

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