Visual+Literacy

Visual literacy is taking a thought or idea and placing it into a picture based on several guidelines. The method used is referred to as the PAT model. Perceptions, Actions, and Tools. Each of these have areas of which should be focused on to create your idea into an effective visual aid. I think that visual learning is an important part of learning. If the information is presented in a way that a student can learn then it can only help as a supplementary aid. If it is confusing and hard to follow then it might just need to be re worked or even scraped if the concept is to large for a picture. Using this in a Math class is hard, because I think that other concrete and tangible examples are better to aid the student in learning a math concept. However this tool comes to use when trying to advertise, or relay information that the creator wants.