{"id":361,"date":"2015-07-21T20:50:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T20:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/com1010-002-sp16\/?page_id=361"},"modified":"2016-01-12T16:12:21","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T16:12:21","slug":"w6-learning-activity-in-class","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/com1010-002-sp16\/visual-and-media-literacy\/w6-learning-activity-in-class\/","title":{"rendered":"W10. Learning Activity &#8211; In Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-service\"><div class=\"su-service-title\" style=\"padding-left:50px;min-height:36px;line-height:36px\"><i class=\"sui sui-users\" style=\"font-size:36px;color:#4e4e4e\"><\/i> W10 LA-IC<\/div><div class=\"su-service-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"padding-left:50px\"><\/div><\/div>\n<h2>Purpose<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Examine ways to interpret the content of visual images<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:10px 0;border-width:2px;border-color:#05a9ff\"><\/div>\n<h2>Learning Activity<\/h2>\n<h3>Visual Literacy<\/h3>\n<p>Images and photographs have a language and communication techniques unique to the medium.<\/p>\n<p>21st century media:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>question the author<\/li>\n<li>articulate what is represented<\/li>\n<li>examine how the information has been represented<\/li>\n<li>infer what has been included and excluded and why.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Angle<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The vantage point or direction from which the artist photographs the<br \/>\nsubject.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Framing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>By deciding where the edges of the image will be, the photograph<br \/>\ndetermines what you will (and will not) see\u2014whether the subject will fill the<br \/>\nframe and appear \u201cclose up\u201d or will be seen at a distance as part of a larger<br \/>\ncontext.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Destitute Pea Pickers in California<\/h4>\n<div id=\"su_slider_69ee3c7b1c60e\" class=\"su-slider su-slider-centered su-slider-pages-yes su-slider-responsive-yes\" style=\"width:100%\" data-autoplay=\"3000\" data-speed=\"600\" data-mousewheel=\"true\"><div class=\"su-slider-slides\"><div class=\"su-slider-slide\"><a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/com1010-002-sp16\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2015\/07\/3b06165r.jpg\" alt=\"3b06165r\" \/><span class=\"su-slider-slide-title\">3b06165r<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-slider-slide\"><a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/com1010-002-sp16\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2015\/07\/8b29516r.jpg\" alt=\"8b29516r\" \/><span class=\"su-slider-slide-title\">8b29516r<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-slider-slide\"><a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/com1010-002-sp16\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2015\/07\/8b29523r.jpg\" alt=\"8b29523r\" \/><span class=\"su-slider-slide-title\">8b29523r<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-slider-nav\"><div class=\"su-slider-direction\"><span class=\"su-slider-prev\"><\/span><span class=\"su-slider-next\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-slider-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h3>Light<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Light is one of the most powerful tools of the photographer. The<br \/>\nmanipulation of light and dark and the sharpness of contrast between light<br \/>\nand dark contribute to the mood a photograph conveys.<br \/>\nFocus: The clarity or blurriness of the image. The range between the nearest<br \/>\nand farthest things that appear in clear focus defines the photograph\u2019s depth<br \/>\nof field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 30px\">National Geographic 100 Best Pictures<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/com1010-002-sp16\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2015\/07\/NG.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1332 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/com1010-002-sp16\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2015\/07\/NG-236x300.png\" alt=\"NG\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/com1010-002-sp16\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2015\/07\/NG-236x300.png 236w, https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/com1010-002-sp16\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2015\/07\/NG.png 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/yhoo.it\/1G3tTCh\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/yhoo.it\/1G3tTCh<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Composition<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What is in the foreground? Are the elements arranged in<br \/>\nany particular pattern? Do you see any geometric shapes? Are the lines of<br \/>\nthe photograph straight or curving, thick or thin? Do any visual elements<br \/>\nrepeat? Is the visual weight of the photograph balanced: on each side? top to<br \/>\nbottom? diagonally? (Adapted from Susan Schekel, personal communication,<br \/>\nStony Brook University)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Margaret Bourke-White<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/centralasian\/5582825951\/?ytcheck=1\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/centralasian\/5582825951\/?ytcheck=1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What has been excluded and why?<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Franklin Roosevelt<\/h4>\n<div id=\"su_slider_69ee3c7b1da71\" class=\"su-slider su-slider-centered su-slider-pages-yes su-slider-responsive-yes\" style=\"width:100%\" data-autoplay=\"3000\" data-speed=\"600\" data-mousewheel=\"true\"><div class=\"su-slider-slides\"><div class=\"su-slider-slide\"><a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/com1010-002-sp16\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2015\/07\/roosevelt5.jpg\" alt=\"roosevelt5\" \/><span class=\"su-slider-slide-title\">roosevelt5<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-slider-slide\"><a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/com1010-002-sp16\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2015\/07\/roosevelt4.jpg\" alt=\"roosevelt4\" \/><span class=\"su-slider-slide-title\">roosevelt4<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-slider-slide\"><a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/com1010-002-sp16\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2015\/07\/roosevelt3.jpg\" alt=\"roosevelt3\" \/><span class=\"su-slider-slide-title\">roosevelt3<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-slider-slide\"><a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/com1010-002-sp16\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2015\/07\/roosevelt2.jpg\" alt=\"roosevelt2\" \/><span class=\"su-slider-slide-title\">roosevelt2<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-slider-slide\"><a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/com1010-002-sp16\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2015\/07\/roosevelt1.jpg\" alt=\"roosevelt1\" \/><span class=\"su-slider-slide-title\">roosevelt1<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-slider-nav\"><div class=\"su-slider-direction\"><span class=\"su-slider-prev\"><\/span><span class=\"su-slider-next\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-slider-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hdl.loc.gov\/loc.pnp\/hec.40759\">http:\/\/hdl.loc.gov\/loc.pnp\/hec.40759<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hdl.loc.gov\/loc.pnp\/hec.40758\">http:\/\/hdl.loc.gov\/loc.pnp\/hec.40758<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hdl.loc.gov\/loc.pnp\/npcc.28260\">http:\/\/hdl.loc.gov\/loc.pnp\/npcc.28260<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hdl.loc.gov\/loc.pnp\/hec.46900\">http:\/\/hdl.loc.gov\/loc.pnp\/hec.46900<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hdl.loc.gov\/loc.pnp\/highsm.17901\">http:\/\/hdl.loc.gov\/loc.pnp\/highsm.17901<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\">What is the artist&#8217;s purpose?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>Oxbow<\/em>, Thomas Cole<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/prezi.com\/go_umim7-lzt\/the-oxbow\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/prezi.com\/go_umim7-lzt\/the-oxbow\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.explorethomascole.org\/tour\/items\/49\/zoom\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.explorethomascole.org\/tour\/items\/49\/zoom<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:10px 0;border-width:2px;border-color:#05a9ff\"><a href=\"#\" style=\"color:#999999\">Go to top<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>What&#8217;s Next?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">We will examine ways to organize your final project by thinking visually. <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/com1010-002-sp16\/visual-and-media-literacy\/w6-learning-activity-online\/\">Next learning activity.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purpose Examine ways to interpret the content of visual images Learning Activity Visual Literacy Images and photographs have a language and communication techniques unique to the medium. 21st century media: question the author articulate what is represented examine how the <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/com1010-002-sp16\/visual-and-media-literacy\/w6-learning-activity-in-class\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  W10. 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