Matcha-ing into the World

The Love of Reading  I understand 100% of the importance of reading because just a couple years ago in high school, I dreaded reading because I had my phone and it was so much cooler…or so I thought. My love and hate relationship with reading dates back to when I was in elementary. It’s been ups and downs but thankfully I love reading now and will continue to read for the rest of my life. Reading is such a crucial skill and needs to be shared to younger students as we move into a more complex digital age. When I was in elementary school, what I found first sparked my love for reading was when the teacher would let us pick books from the library and they didn’t limit us to which genre or type. I also really loved when we moved into specific books as a class and then we would be able to watch the movie adaptation of it such as Tuck Everlasting. The movie was the reward because we got popcorn and ice cream and well who doesn’t love popcorn and icecream. Here are ideas to help foster a...

  Hi Everyone!  Welcome to the last part of the series for Reading Review. I cannot believe we are in week 3 of the school semester. Time is flying by super quickly. This quote below really sets the tone because I think having visual literacy is a privilege and also a perk. However, I understand that especially when students are young, learning visual literacy takes baby steps because not everyone might be fluent in the alphabet or words and so when educators are thinking of incorporating visual literacy into curriculum there is definitely a sensitive portion to studying visual literacy. Noneless a very exciting journey! For Part C of the assignment we are looking at my understanding and insights of the resources I collected last week. I have gathered a collection of resources that have significantly increased my understanding of the topic. The research process was very smooth because I found that visual literacy is a popular topic. The online websites I used were UBC’s libr...

  Hi Everyone! Welcome back to my blog! This week I’m working on showing you all the resources that will allow you and I to better understand visual literacy. This is Part B to last week’s assignment.  To recap here our my topics and keywords :  Social Media Literacy and Visual Literacy   Technology into Classrooms  Age in Visual Literacy  Multi-Models of Literacy  The keywords :  Social Media Literacy  Curriculum Integrating Visual Literacy  Visual Storytelling  Visual Trends  Important Visual Analysis  Age-Appropriate Visuals in Education  Visual Literacy  21st Century Learning Ability  This week, I wanted to dive deeper into my understanding of visual literacy in education and I found these amazing resources to enrich my understanding of my topics. Here are the few resources that are very useful :  Experimenting the effect of using visual multimedia intervention to inculcate social media litera...

Hi Everyone! I’m Michelle and I’m a dog lover plus I love baking! Currently I have just graduated from UBC in the spring and I’m taking a couple courses that interest me during my gap year. I also am first and foremost an avid learner and reading is one of my passions.  Hi Everyone! I’m Michelle and I’m a dog lover plus I love baking! Currently I have just graduated from UBC in the spring and I’m taking a couple courses that interest me during my gap year. I also am first and foremost an avid learner and reading is one of my passions.  One of the courses being LIBE 477B which is a course that is super cool because every week I get to post about a new topic or a continuation of a topic. Come with me on my journey through taking LIBE 477B during my gap year!  Visual Literacy  In terms of issues, interests or opportunities arising for visual literacy, there are quite a few. Firstly, the impact of the digital age has made visual communication crucial. Students constantly...