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3/30/2012 Activity 1 I have always believed that image is vital in reading and writing. Image brings more/different clarity of understanding, emotional evocation, tangibility to abstract thought. One of the reasons that I grew to love in reading was for the dramatic and total sensory engagement. The First book I ever remember "readinging" was a baby book my mother had given me when I was about 2 years old. It was made of soft paper-like cloth. It had a salty type smell and it tasted salty too. I was illustraed with a soft yellow and muted brown, with the pictures outlined in a faint red. The pictures were depicted in the style of the Dick and Jane books. However, instead of school-age children, the pictures were of a toddler. Upon entering school, I was exposed to a wide vaiety of of picture books with all sorts of child engaging illustrations varying in intensity and media and medium. Fast forwarding to the 21st Century, Images are desired to be real. We want to take an idea from our mind, plan its purpose and make it come to life so that we can interact with it. It is all apart of our spiritual inclination to be a creative force/being. Naturally we procreate. Mentally/Emotionally we recreate. Spiritually, we are endeavoring to take our ideas and manifest them into engaging and hyper-stimulating creations that give us meaning and purpose to our lives.

Images will continue to shape what we know because they can be used to create a common global starting point for communictation. Images when "captioned", can bring together different cultures, languages, and communities who would otherwise be at odds with one another or not even know that the other existed.

Not quite sure what I want to learn this week. An overall goal that I have for this class is to gain another weapon in my arsenol to defeat the beast of boredom and lack of purpose that has sat its rump on the the head of the great minds through which I feverishly facilitate learning.

Activity 2:


 * 1) Click Reading Across a Dozen Literacies, read the introduction and focus particularly on the sections devoted to artistic and visual literacy. Be sure to follow the links exploring the nature and power of these two literacies today.
 * 2) Then click on your and reflect on insights you have gained.
 * 3) Make a list of criteria you would use in selecting an image to include in a digital story.

Does the hand that rock the cradle rule the world? Does the hand that teaches reading, writing and 'rithmetic rule the world? I now know that whomever can caputure and sustain the beholders attention will be the one that rules.

"Thou shall not make any graven images Do not become entangled with the cares of this world. Write the vision and make it plain. For he who hears it can run. Be not conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your minde Without a vision, the people will perish. I hide Your Word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Satan is the prince and power of the air.

It is becoming more apparent to me the purpose of these Holy sayings. How powerful is the influence of images on the behaviors of humanity. Images can and do evoke emotional responses. As humans we are wired to respond to our emotions. The images that can evoke the strongest emotions and be able to sustain that emotion while to the same degree engaging as many of the senses as possible is the "winner".

Criteria
 * Lighting
 * Color/black and white/negative/sepia heat enerated,
 * Movement or lack of movement
 * Evokes Emotion
 * Abstract or avant-garde-makes you stop and think
 * Size of the image(s) in the picture- close-up
 * do not put the image to be focused on directly in the middle. off-set it in one of the four corners
 * Organic vs Inorganic
 * Picture that focuses in on telling the story- the detail matters
 * Repetion of an image showing action
 * One tha questios or challenges perception, show bias
 * Appeal to the 5 senses
 * Sharpness
 * Interesting patterns/shapes
 * Metaphor qualitygiving meaning to a seemingly unrelated idea
 * Sharpness or muted image to achieve an affect.

Activity Part 2 The Honey Bee Grade 3/Science Standards: Objectives: KEY VOCABULARY WORDS (Made into a Content Word Wall) Introduction: Directions: "As you view this slide, think about what you think it means." Have students view teacher generated powerpoint slide of persuasive image Allow students to silently ponder for about 1 minute Individually call on students to give a response Ask them to explain further what they mean. "Take it further-explain."
 * 1) To identify the honey bee
 * 2) Identify its Body Parts
 * 3) Identify and name the Life Cycle
 * 4) Explain the importance of the honey bee
 * 5) List and explain the detriments to the honey bee
 * 6) Communicate advocacy for the honey bee
 * apiologist
 * forage
 * "bee hotel"

"We are going to become apiologists and investigate what it means."