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6. L: Language learning: ELL supports
In all classrooms, but especially for ELL’s, visual supports are beneficial examples of scaffolding. When the learning is scaffolded students are building on prior learning, and it presents ways for students to build on a success before they learn something new. This is vital for ELL students. One example of a visual scaffold is an anchor chart. I like my walls to teach when I am not teaching. This means we need to be intentional with our wall space. When used with fidelity, anchor charts engage and support instruction because students can visually review a process and be reminded of a concept already taught. The benefit of an anchor chart is that it can be displayed and referenced as needed.
With these V.I.S.U.A.L. ideas you can transform your classroom into a vibrant learning lab. The effective use of visuals can increase retention and enhance the learning process. It is also sure to make learning more fun and lively.
Children nowadays are moving towards becoming digitally dependent and inclined where a world of icons, images, colour prevail such that it also affects their learning styles and preferences. In this generation, pictures, images, icons, logos, charts, and slides are commonly used to help them grasp lessons, and teachers who still insist on using text as the main ingredient of delivering their lesson plan are labelled as old-fashioned among students. Visual media is helpful in summarizing broad and deep concepts, such as charts that explain processes and enlarge microscopic details. At the same time, they serve to unify the languages of the world. For instance, the “stop” sign is used internationally, although the language used may differ, the same rule applies. Brand logos are no different and the same goes for instructional manuals. In general, meanings and information are simplified and are made concrete through visual media
Personally speaking, I am a visual person. I learn effectively when pictures are involved since they are great aids to help simplify a concept or help retain key words. Oddly enough, I also do remember the page layout and the position of images on the page. J In absorbing text heavy reading material, I usually write down important words on paper which help me recall material based on where and how I have written them on the sheet. Abstract ideas I encounter would always be visualized into images and moving scenes in my head to reduce them to concrete and objective words. Google—ing images also help in my learning. According to the visual learning theory, visual media shapes our perceptions and re-surfaces memories that represent experiences which facilitate decision-making and creative problem solving. In line with special education, visual media can help teach children who have a great difficulty in learning through the traditional ways of solely text media. (i.e. dyslexia, severe intellectual disorders). At the same time, visual media can also be used to enhance learning of advanced and gifted students. By using pictures and images, complex ideas can be simplified, colour can serve to catch and maintain attention, and can also stimulate imagination. In teaching kids in general, I think graphics and colour will make their learning more fun and interesting because of the brightness and the liveliness of visual media in bulletin boards, in story-telling, in playing, in textbooks and throughout the classroom.
According to Temple Grandin, an autistic person who has graduated with a Doctorate degree in animal science, and experts, autistic children are more inclined to think in images and pictures, so incorporating this media into special education would surely result in much better learning experiences.Media can be used in almost any discipline to enhance learning, both in class, and also for out-of-class assignments. Short film and television clips, written articles, and blog postings can be viewed to reinforce concepts and spark discussion. Songs and music videos, especially when the lyrics are made available, can be used to the same effect. Research suggests that people learn abstract, new, and novel concepts more easily when they are presented in both verbal and visual form (Salomon, 1979). Other empirical research shows that visual media make concepts more accessible to a person than text media and help with later recall (Cowen, 1984). In Willingham's (2009) research he asks a simple question to make his point, "Why do students remember everything that's on television and forget what we lecture?" -- because visual media helps students retain concepts and ideas. Bransford, Browning, and Cocking (1999, p 194) also note the crucial role that technology plays for creating learning environments that extend the possibilities of one-way communication media, such as movies, documentaries, television shows and music into new areas that require interactive learning like visualizations and student-created content. The Advantages of Using Media:
Many media sources (feature films, music videos, visualizations, news stories) have very high production quality capable of showcasing complex ideas in a short period of time. This helps develop quantitative reasoning. Learn more about this technique using the Teaching Quantitative Reasoning with the News module.
Media offers both cognitive and affective experiences. It can provoke discussion, an assessment of one's values, and an assessment of self if the scenes have strong emotional content.The use of media sources help connect learners with events that are culturally relevant. As a result, a positive consequence of utilizing media is that instructors must keep their materials and examples up-to-date.News stories can be used to connect theories taught in the classroom with real world events and policies.The Advantages of Media for Students:Popular media (films, music, YouTube) are a familiar medium to students that helps gain attention and maintain student interest in the theories and concepts under discussion. Students can see the theories and concepts in action. In more than a figurative sense, theories and concepts leap from the screen.
Students can hone their analytical skills by analyzing media using the theories and concepts they are studying.
The use of media in the classroom enables students to see concepts and new examples when they are watching television, listening to music, or are at the movies with friends.Students can experience worlds beyond their own, especially if the media is sharply different from their local environment.
In addition to numerous advantages, there are also a number of cautions that faculty should keep in mind in utilizing media. Using media requires a complete understanding of copyright law, an appreciation of the workload involved, and some skill in recognizing content that will enhance learning, instead of becoming a distraction.
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