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How to Teach Media Literacy
http://www.medialit.org/how-teach-media-literacy
This website hosts a number of free articles on teaching media literacy, but the lesson plans and curriculum resources require a subscription for access.
Art, Design, and Visual Thinking (Cornell)
http://char.txa.cornell.edu/
This website is an online textbook designed for a Cornell University course, FSAD 1250 Art Design and Visual Thinking .
Visual Literacy Exercise
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/tp/VisualLiteracyExercise.pdf
This is an exercise provided by the Library of Congress to quickly and effectively introduce someone to the fundamentals of visual literacy.
Visual Literacy Toolbox
http://www.humanities.umd.edu/vislit/activities.php
This website is intended to help faculty customize their curricula to incorporate visual literacy in ways that suit their individual instructional needs.
Media and Literacy: Learning in the Information Age-- Issues, Ideas, and Teaching Strategies by ACRL Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/visualliteracy
ACRL Image Resources Interest Group:
https://sites.google.com/site/acrlirig/
International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA)
http://www.ivla.org/
IVLA is a not-for-profit association of researchers, educators, designers, media specialists, and artists dedicated to the principles of visual literacy.
What is a Print?
http://www.moma.org/whatisaprint/flash.html
This is a quick overview of woodcut, etching, lithography, and screenprinting techniques.
Visual-lit
http://visual-lit.wikispaces.com/What+is+Visual+Literacy%3F
This is a wiki on the subject of visual literacy.
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University: How do you look? Promoting Visual Literacy at Duke University and Beyond.
http://hdyl.nasher.duke.edu/visual-literacy/
The Visual Resources Association
http://vraweb.org/
A multi-disciplinary organization dedicated to furthering research and education in the field of image management within the educational, cultural heritage, and commercial environments.
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