Syllabus bites: Visual literacy

Overview

What is Visual literacy?

The glossary definition for Visual literacy from the NESA Syllabus for the Australian curriculum in English K–101 contains the key terms and concepts about visual texts, media and communication used in the syllabus.

The Visual Literacy slideshow2 provides an introduction to visual literacy and visual texts, including examples on elements of art, lines, shapes, colour, texture, space and design principles.

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This infographic contains an image from the multimedia digital story ‘Inanimate Alice3'. Artists: Babel, Kate Pullinger4

Infographic: Visual literacy, English K-10 syllabus, engage, explore, process and evaluate visual texts, conventions, techniques, language choices and processes.

Links

  1. http://syllabus.bos.nsw.edu.au/english/english-k10/
  2. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pGVjYleKLuBJ2orEjAuPhMjvFV99V3GqPa10jDvWpds/edit?usp=sharing
  3. http://www.inanimatealice.com/
  4. http://www.katepullinger.com/