Weeks 10 and 11. Visual Literacy

Module Objectives

Overview

What is Visual Literacy?

Required Reading

Visual Literacy

 Visual Literacy: Why We Need It

Infographics Lie. Here’s How To Spot The B.S.

• http://www.fastcodesign.com/3024273/infographic-of-the-day/infographics-lie-heres-how-to-spot-the-bs

Daily Infographic

• http://www.dailyinfographic.com/

Infographic of the Day: Do the Mainstream Media Have a Conservative Bias?: A breakdown of coverage suggests liberals are getting the short end of the stick, but there’s less to it than meets the eye.

• http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/08/infographic-of-the-day-do-the-mainstream-media-have-a-conservative-bias/260772/

Visual Thinking

Roam, D. (2009). The Back of the Napkin. Penguin Group.

• Chapter 3. Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures
• https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_F30cR8m9fafk9MUWpJRUtTQktNXzUzT2oxLWVPYVQxRTJnTmZycXFFTFNTcjFEa3BHU2c

Blah-Blah-Blah in a nutshell

• http://www.danroam.com/blah-blah-blah-in-a-nutshell/

Periodic Table of Visualization Methods

• http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html

Re-Imagining Work

Technology Tool(s)

Twitter Google Drive

Citations