Ron and I were asked to present this past weekend on Visual Literacy. Last year in one of my university classes; I developed, along with the rest of my group, a PowerPoint presentation on the various kinds of literacy. During the research for this class assignment, I began the development of my case study and the beginnings of my current research in visual literacy. This work lead to the first year's findings that were presented at the annual American Educational Research Association Conference in Montreal.
Photo from American Educational Research Association Presentation.
After that presentation, a new opportunity occcured which was local. The regional school reform funding organization was sponsoring a workshop on literacy and the work that Ron and I are doing fits right into the workshop. See Ron's blog entry.
Ron and I are planning on continuing the work and integrating more of the four big content areas into the visual arts curriculum. The big change I have seen in my practice over the past years has been no longer am I just adding on English, writing, and math to my art lessons; I am incorporating the objectives into my student's artwork.