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Resource Alert: Knowledge Quest

Knowledge Quest is devoted to offering substantive information to assist building-level library media specialists, supervisors, library educators, and other decision makers concerned with the development of school library media programs and services. Articles address the integration of theory and practice in school librarianship and new developments in education, learning theory, and relevant disciplines.

KQWeb, the on-line component of Knowledge Quest, is dedicated to enhancing the print publication with expanded articles and original content. This month's edition is on visual literacy and the oline component is filled with excellent articles. Here are just a few:

Learning to Look and Looking to Learn: Visual Thinking Strategies at the Eric Carle Museum

Visual Information Literacy: Reading a Documentary Photograph

On Writing (and Reading) the Graphic Novel (CBC meet the author/illustrator)

Focus on Visual Literacy (PBS Teaching and Learning Resources)

Reinventing the Book Club: Graphic Novels as Educational Heavyweights

Using Documentary Photography Books with Reluctant Readers in the High School Library

Teaching Visual Literacy: Graphic Novels and Critical Theory

There are many more so visit the Knowledge Quest webpage for many more.

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