Thinking About Visual Literacy - Notes From a Workshop

Dear Blog Readers,

I spent the day yesterday in a series of workshop on integrating technology into undergraduate education.

Today I am spending the day in a workshop on visual literacy. I am learning a lot and finding some really interesting resources for my teaching. Here are two you may want to explore on your own.

Periodic Table of Visual Literacy
http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html

WordCount - WordCount™ is an interactive presentation of the 86,800 most frequently used English words.
http://www.wordcount.org/main.php
Make your guess as to the top five words before you click.
Here's where you'll find some of the my favorite words.

• abstruse - 46,891
• gossamer - 46,065
• wanderlust - 69,638

Where do some of your favorite words rank?

Alright, back to work. Stay tuned for an update during our next break.