Christina Scheffel still feels sheepish about the time she was cactus slap happy. During the pandemic, Scheffel tried to inject some sunshine into her class at a time when she and her students really ...

Prompt-powered teaching: A set of AI prompt templates offers educators a straightforward way to produce customized visuals for lessons. Rising AI adoption: More than four in five K-12 educators now ...

Visual Literacy proponent Lynell Burmark explains why the use of images is so important in the classroom and how it can help teachers meet the challenges of getting through the curriculum and engaging ...

Ever heard of the “affect heuristic”? Short version: How we feel is how we think. Positive feelings lead to higher motivation and willingness to try new things. I’ve never been a doodler but I sketch ...

As visual communication becomes the norm in the workplace and artificial intelligence (AI) turns from a nice-to-have tool to a necessity and expectation, it’s clear that our classrooms need to adjust ...

Emeritus Professor Dick Walters takes a look at some of the many visual aids on display at a July 27 reception sponsored by Mediaworks. The unit showed examples of its photography and other graphics ...

Educators are increasingly using AI image generators and prompts to create engaging, diverse, and tailored visuals for lessons. These tools can help explain complex concepts, inspire creative writing, ...

Having been a teacher since 1976, I have seen major changes in classroom technologies and the emergence of alternative sources of information like the electronic media and the internet. The attitude ...