Michelle+T

Workshop 1
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Workshop 2 Analysed body language in images. Students brainstormed emotions and events (e.g. proud, unhappy, deceiptful, relieved, guilty, excited, joy, elated, etc). Students randomly selected an emotion and event and took a photograph to depict their selection (using facial expressions, gesture, posture, etc.) Students had to show their work to the group who then had to use the information in the image to work out what students were intending to portray.

Workshop 3 Compared the clothing and customs portrayed in paintings depicting the British Colonisation of Australia. Analysed the way that the different clothing items and customs portrayed were selcted with intent and made inferences about the perpectives of various artists.

Workshop 4

Teachers analysed an article from National Geographic magazine (Exreme Explorer) to identify the visual literacy elements in the text.

Workshop 5 Students watched a BTN news report. Before watching: discussed title, date, prior knowledge and predicted content During/after: Analysed the visual literacy in the report (images, logos, persons and their dress, music, camera angles, etc) for the perspective and potential bias of report.