Developing visual literacy through WindowSwap
Photo by Rob Wingate on Unsplash Visual Literacy is an important 21st Century skill, as it helps with creativity, problem solving and critical thinking, amongst other things. In this possible sequence of activities I bring together the use of visual literacy and graphic organizers. If you are not yet familiar with the benefits of graphic organizers you can find out more information here Last year I became aware of an amazing website, in which ordinary people from all different parts of the world have filmed short videos of about ten minutes duration from their window, often accompanied by the sounds from their environment. When you click 'Open a new window somewhere in the world', you are transported to a random view from someone’s window and get to experience it as if you were there. It is very relaxing and extremely fascinating as you never know where you might end up! This resource is ideal for online lessons, and the possibilities are endless. I’m sure you can imaging