Visual literacy is a good way to writing

Maya script and Chinese script are quite old methods to record something. In the reading material, Maya writing is most well-known because its decipherment attracts lots of people’s attention. They are unique visual literacy and are the simplest way to record what happened in ancient time.

There is no doubt that recent we still sometimes use this kind approach to start writing. My experience is a good example, usually before I start writing I will have brainstorm. It helps me get some ideas and examples to illustrate the questions. Also, I write them down on a piece of paper and draw a draft because by this, I can find the relationship or connection between each point and example. This visual staff is like the Maya script because both of them could be regarded as writing.

However, this visual literacy sometimes makes people confused since it just shows the roughly outline of its meaning. It means that some specific information can not be presented on it. Crucially, some missed details are actually important information to translate interpret the writing, especially when archaeologist translates the ancient scripts.

"How does literacy shape technology? How does technology shape literacy?"

They are intereting questions. Those two questions seems to be related to each other. In my opinon, the shapes of writing technologies accompany the process of developing of literacy. For example, the most basical technology is pencil. If there was no writing exsiting before, it would not be emerged. Meanwhile, the literacy can record the technologies and makes the public possiblely have access to understand and interpret the technologies. For instance, if a new washing machine were invented, we can learn how to operate it by instruciton that is also a kind of literacy.

My viewpoint of the second question is that technology creats tons of novel, various literacy, especially when computers were used to as a method to composetion. There is no doubt that the fiction would not be imerged without the high development of technology. It also provides us with a visual perspective to observe the world around us.

The proposal of my project 4

This project is not only creative but also practical because it requires us to make a media to express our ideas. The idea should be discussed in precious projects. It means that we should the different method to support our point.

What I plan to do on this project is to make a video about American peer painting culture. You know, there is a wall right across Bessay Hall, is painted by people .Specifically, what I will do is to record the process of painting and to ask what they guys passion is. What they want to express to others.

I think this project is related to the third project (literacy). As far as I am concerned, painting is very popular among young people in the America. It should be regarded as an unoriginal culture of America. Also it can be a kind if literacy because people need to understanding something and interpreting it and finally people express their thoughts or ideas by painting. This process correctly is the kind of literacy which we discussed in the class.

When it comes to audiences, they are composed of three parts. Firstly, my teacher will watch it because this is the class work. Secondly, the painting makers, maybe they are interested in this project because they can know what they do during creative a painting. Lastly, the most component of the audience is some people who are interested in painting culture and how to paint.