Wonderings

Any questions or wonderings about New Media Literacy?

Visualization

Visualization

Defined as “the ability to translate information into visual models and understand the information visual models are communicating. Visualization has become a key way we cope with large data sets and make sense of the complexity of our environment.” (NML, 2011)

Real World Connection: When I go to the grocery store I have a big problem with spending too much money on certain items so I tend to track how much each item costs.  The way I do that is to visually put items into categories, like eggs and milk both cost around $2. I could draw a model for you right now, but it would take way too long.

Classroom Connection:  I think this literacy is related to my use of graphic organizers in my classroom.  I don't need a computer to do these although there are programs that.  I can have students categorize data or story elements into smaller visuals like a comic to show the most important points.

New Media Literacy Project. (2011). New Media Literacies. Retrieved May 21, 2011 from http://www.newmedialiteracies.org/the-literacies.php