Innovations and Excellence Bendigo Secondary Schools' Cluster

Visual Literacy and Photostory

Visual Literacy in the classroom
21st Century Skills - ncrel
Visual Literacy
Visual Literacy in the Classroom
Questions for visual literacy

Finding Images - to save an image "right click" and "save as" to the appropriate location.
Creative Commons - Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that offers flexible copyright licenses for creative works.
Google Images
Flickr - collaborative photo sharing
Enables you to find photos by clustering

Adding a title slide

Adding Music
Adding music
Free MP3's
Narrating Pictures

Issues surrounding copyright
Copyright rules and regulations 2005

Learning and Teaching Applications
Photostory could be used to create:
• TV commercial promoting a country as a tourist destination
• Biographical /autobiographical report
• News report on an historical event or current issue
• Narrate an illustrated book
• Instructional video - step by step explanation of a Science experiment / foods technology

Sample Photostory files
Japan (2.6MB)

Photostory User Guide
Pdf file

This professional learning program supports:
Flagship Strategy 1 Student Learning
Flagship Strategy 4 Creating and Supporting a Performance and Development Culture
VELS – Interdisciplinary Learning – Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
PoLT – Principle 3 Students' needs, backgrounds, perspectives and interests are reflected in the learning program.
PoLT – Principle 4 Students’ are challenged and supported to develop deep levels of thinking and application.
PoLT – Principle 6 Learning connects strongly with communities and practice beyond
the classroom.