Everyone is looking, not many are seeing - Peter Leshack
What a wonderful book to be reading! My blog for the day will be based on Chapter 1 "Developing Intelligent Vision". Reading Between the Lines was an awesome section in this chapter. I found myself mesmerized at the thought process of the children during the lesson on the book, "Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship". Especially the part where the teacher asks Joshua to locate the part of the story that shows they love each other and become friends. Joshua points out a section in the inner spine between two pages and states "Right about here". Joshua formed a bridge of sequence between the pages that could not be seen yet he knew that somewhere between those two images a friendship had occurred. He formed an understanding through the use of imagery.
Through the classes discussion, the young students learned to "read" photographs to address questions that were posed by the teacher. They gathered information and formed theories based on their observations, compared visual information presented in the book to their prior knowledge, and then used the text to find additional clues. The use of the Venn diagram served as an aid to help the students keep track of the various perspectives until they could agree on a definition of the abstract concept of friendship. Through this guided discussion, the students gained new skills and fine-tuned skills that were already presented. They "read" the images.
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