Visual+Literacy

Visual Literacy Assignment Looking at the image I see what they are intending for me to view. However, I think that there are some little corrections that I would make. The image could be made to look clearer and make better since. When I look at the image it looks like a table describing that we eat too much protein. I see a hamburger, chicken, fried chicken, and a hotdog. All of these things are excessively fattening. It also looks like the image has two parts, because of the “B” on the left hand side of the image. The Process is to show the viewer the message, and then put the message into context by using images of the food. By using greasy food this shows that we as a society are overweight and need to be aware of this fact. The positive of the image is that the message is clear and not hidden. The symbolism of the food, and that of a baby chick, is abundantly clear. The person that created this image wanted us to eat less protein. The negative about the image is that it needs content. I understand the message, but what they want us to do differently is not clear. The other problem is that the data on the image is not cited so I don’t know where they got their data from. My suggestions would be to add another image onto it describing or showing what the creators want different. If they want us to eat more vegetables then add a carrot or something to finish the thought. Another thing is that I would re-align the image. Move the hotdog column and place it next to the Big Macs column. Both have very large numbers and that would send a message that we eat too much food. In conclusion, I think that the image portrays what it wants and does get the message across. The changes like moving the columns around, and adding a vegetable would make the message really work better.

This was a assignment that showed us how to look at an image. Then describe how to create a good image, and how we would correct the image that we looked at.

This was an an assignment that we had to determine what was wrong and correct the problem,. I think this is a good skill to have as a teacher because we have to look at things that we are doing then fix the problem.

I can's see my self using this lesson per say, but the skills I will be teaching.