Visual Literacy and New Technology in Promary Schools: The Glebe School Project

Avril M. Loveless
Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, Vol 8 No. 2/3, p. 97-110

The Glebe Project was a pilot investigation into two areas of concern: debates about the nature of literacy in an "information age" and the knowledge and experience required by student teachers in developing children's literacy. Nine-year-old children and student teachers worked on a design brief using powerful digital imaging resources. The children used the technology in a positive and unquestioning way, developing a range of strategies to help them with technical skills. Their construction of the visual images brought together a variety of elements - narrative, content, audience, color, text, design, affect, interpersonal ways of working, and attitudes to the technology. The student teachers needed support in analyzing both the nature of the children's learning as "practitioners" using complex technology and the different roles adopted by the participants as the activity progressed.

We hope you found what you needed on this page. If you have any questions or comments, please contact me.



Howard J. Bender, Ph.D.
President
The Education Process Improvement Center, Inc.
P.O. Box 186
Riverdale, Maryland 20738
hjbender@epicent.com