How visual literacy and use of the internet impact the classroom, stategies I want to use, and internet use in my classroom

      Visual literacy impacts the classroom through stimulating the students in ways that they have now become used to. With the advent of so much personal technology in student’s hands, they look for visual impact in their lives, and with so much time spent in classrooms, the internet can provide great learning opportunities to promote visual literacy.

       Strategies I would like to use in my classroom include images that promote musical styling. By that I mean showing images that will promote thinking about how to play and sign various pieces of music I am teaching in class. Images can give the players and singers ideas on the use of phrasing, dynamic contrast, articulation and tempo.

       I love the idea of using the internet in my classroom. There are so many recordings and videos available now for my music students to study, we could almost watch something viable and worthwhile for half or each class session. The thing I use and like the most are videos on YouTube of music we are presently learning and/or performing. Many of these recordings were not available when I started teaching 28 years ago, and now my students benefit from seeing and hearing that music.