Visual Literacy: Learn to See, See to Learn

Visual Literacy is a great book for novice to expert teachers. It provides information about appropriate fonts to use in teacher-created materials, using color in the classroom based on research, how to create a visually pleasing classroom from the door to the walls, etc. I recommend this book to you if you want to learn how to use visuals effectively with your students. It will change how you teach and how much they learn!

This book establishes a bold new frontier in our understanding of what it means to see. Dr. Burmark, long renowned as a leader in powerful presentations, here puts in writing -- and, of couse, a wealth of intriguing images -- how and why we interpret what we see. With a graceful, engaging style, she covers the history of visuals and how we came to this age of images. She explores the power of color in a beautifully presented color section of the book. Her section on effective use of imagery in computer presentations once again raises the bar on the whole field -- hopefully, we'll see fewer and fewer text-based presentations that use the screen only as a giant teleprompter. The book is filled with humor and wit; this is a fun, entertaining read! It's also one of the most useful and informative books I've come across in a very long time, with plentiful references to resources and materials. ...