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Category Archives: Visual Literacy

Planning to sketch some Google Doodles

September 2, 2014

School begins again and teachers check their websites and blogs as they get ready to greet their students. Don’t forget …

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Dancing Fingers Video and Inference Questions

June 30, 2014

Target Audience: Grade 10-12 Read the questions below and then watch the video twice with one of the questions in mind. …

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The Man With The Violin by Kathy Stinson

January 9, 2014

The Man with the Violin by Kathy Stinson and illustrated by Dušan Petričić is a wonderful picture book based on the true story of the famous …

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Whiteboard Visual Lecture Series

December 15, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqh82KkwqqU Dr. Mike Evans is an associate professor of family medicine and public health at the Toronto General Hospital. The …

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“If I could invent anything, I would invent…”

December 5, 2013

A few months ago I had the opportunity to visit a show of the top US kid’s Google Doodle entries. …

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Sculpture by the Sea: Students inspired by art

November 20, 2013

David McCracken’s 2013 “diminish and ascend” is part of this year’s Sculpture by the Sea in Bondi, Australia. McCracken has an …

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NFB’s PixStop Stop-motion App

November 18, 2013

http://www.nfb.ca/free-downloads/nfb-pixstop-app/ The NFB’s app PixStop (free in Canada and $2.99 everywhere else) is designed for ages 10 and up to shoot …

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Being a Boy in Summer

November 8, 2013

http://vimeo.com/couchmode/channels/927/sort:preset/78332737 Directed by Tomas Mankovsky Adrian Corker ‘Interdependence’ Music from the album ‘Raise’ In this short film two young boys travel …

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Swedish Gender Rating for Films

November 7, 2013

The Swedish Film Institute and the Scandinavian cable TV channel Viasat Film plans to start using a film rating that …

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Rethink Texting

September 27, 2013

Watch John McWhorter’s Tedtalk on texting by yourself. McWhorter’s thesis is that texting is an expansion of people’s linguistic repertoire. …

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