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=Telling a Visual Story=
 * 1) //Nerd Wars//
 * 2) ==Three Act Structure==
 * 3) Act 1 (Beginning): Introduce characters and setting. Introduce the concept of the protagonist, the main character of the film. Exposition. Incentive Movement.
 * 4) Act 2 (Middle): Introduction of a goal that leads to the main problem or conflict of the story. Conflict, rising action, crisis.
 * 5) Act 3 (End): Conclusion. The protagonist's final confrontation. The audience finds out whether the protagonist accomplishes his or her goal. Falling action. Resolution.
 * 6) ==Visual Literacy==

What is Visual Literacy?
 * [|21st Century Skills]

//**Visual literacy** is the ability to interpret, use, appreciate, and create images and video using both conventional and 21st century media in ways that advance thinking, decision making, communication, and learning.//

//Have Working Knowledge of Visuals Produced or Displayed through Electronic Media//
 * //Students Who Are Visually Literate://**
 * 1) Understand basic elements of visual design, technique, and media.
 * 2) Are aware of emotional, psychological, physiological, and cognitive influences in perceptions of visuals.
 * 3) Comprehend representational, explanatory, abstract, and symbolic images.

//Apply Knowledge of Visuals in Electronic Media//
 * 1) Are informed viewers, critics, and consumers of visual information.
 * 2) Are knowledgeable designers, composers, and producers of visual information.
 * 3) Are effective visual communicators.
 * 4) Are expressive, innovative visual thinkers and successful problem solvers.

[|Reading Images, an introduction to Visual Literacy, by Thibault & Walberty] [|The Visual Literacy Challenge, by Annette Lamb]
 * ===Examples:===
 * ===[|The Dustbowl]===
 * ===[|More Examples]===
 * ===[|DigiTales]===
 * ===[|Center for Digital Storytelling]===
 * ===Visual Literacy Classroom Activities===
 * ===[|Read, Interpret and Use Digital Photos]===
 * ===[|Visual Focused Activities]===
 * ===[|Using a Digital Camera in the Classroom]===
 * ===[|Digital Storytelling in the Classroom]===


 * Assignment: Determine what unit project you would like to create with your students. Begin the lesson plan. Share this plan with your STS.

Story Map [|Blank+Story+Map.isf]**