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= = =The Power of Images =

Images can be a very useful and powerful instructional tool in the classroom. They can be applied to any subject area and at any grade level.

 * ====According to a 3M research study, we process images 60,000 times faster than text. ====
 * ====According to William Glasser, we learn 20% more through "seeing" than by just reading. ====
 * ====Research by Richard Mayer indicates that there is an 89% improvement in learning when a relevant visual is added to text. ====
 * ====Students ages 8-18 spend over 7 hours a day watching TV, on the computer, and playing video games. ====
 * ====By graduation from high school, students have viewed 22,000 hours of television programs. ====

So the big question is...
How do we as educators take advantage of the power of images, and students' visual ways of learning?

Teaching visual literacy is the first step in this process. Through visual literacy, the following objectives can be accomplished:

 * ==== Students will gain skills in reading and interpreting images. ====
 * ==== Students will transform the visual information into comments or written words. ====
 * ==== Students will use images to support their written words. ====
 * ==== Students will find or create images to communicate their thoughts. ====
 * ==== Students will view images and use higher order/critical thinking skills to analyze them. ====