Comments on: Trying Hopelessly To Judge Books Apart From Their Covers /2008/trying-hopelessly-to-judge-books-apart-from-their-covers/ less helpful Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:31:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » ASCD 2011 /2008/trying-hopelessly-to-judge-books-apart-from-their-covers/#comment-280912 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:31:13 +0000 /?p=761#comment-280912 […] is David Cohen with a nice take, for instance.) Lynell Burmark has been on this blog's radar for a good three years. As someone who occasionally exchanges speaking services for checks made out to "Cash," I figured […]

]]> By: John Larkin /2008/trying-hopelessly-to-judge-books-apart-from-their-covers/#comment-85127 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:30:34 +0000 /?p=761#comment-85127 Visual vomit.

]]> By: Jeffreygene /2008/trying-hopelessly-to-judge-books-apart-from-their-covers/#comment-84519 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:17:01 +0000 /?p=761#comment-84519 @bill, benjamin, nope that is obviously will arnett as gob bluth. And the rabbit is dead.

]]> By: A. Mercer /2008/trying-hopelessly-to-judge-books-apart-from-their-covers/#comment-83863 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:15:46 +0000 /?p=761#comment-83863 Hey, that’s looks like one of my slides (except for the pie, I’d rather eat that).

]]> By: Mr. K. /2008/trying-hopelessly-to-judge-books-apart-from-their-covers/#comment-83507 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:14:46 +0000 /?p=761#comment-83507 This is the part that kills me:

…provides guidance on many topics including: the subliminal effects of color (which ones to use, which ones to avoid), appropriate use of typefaces and fonts, the role of text and bullets vs graphical images, clip art vs photographic images, killer charts, graphs and templates, new approaches to presentations and learning, the hows and whys of visual humor, and finding high-quality, no-cost visual resources…

It’s not unlike our tech coordinators who demonstrate powerpoint with billions and billions of bullet points and every flying transition in the package.

No wonder teachers can’t teach.

]]> By: dan /2008/trying-hopelessly-to-judge-books-apart-from-their-covers/#comment-83476 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:15:26 +0000 /?p=761#comment-83476 @Bill, how dare you sir.

]]> By: Benjamin Baxter /2008/trying-hopelessly-to-judge-books-apart-from-their-covers/#comment-83470 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:53:24 +0000 /?p=761#comment-83470 I’m guessing that’s the “Before” picture.

]]> By: Bill Fitzgerald /2008/trying-hopelessly-to-judge-books-apart-from-their-covers/#comment-83469 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:52:03 +0000 /?p=761#comment-83469 Hello, Dan,

Isn’t that a picture of you? You know, the guy holding the rabbit?

Cheers,

Bill

]]> By: Dina /2008/trying-hopelessly-to-judge-books-apart-from-their-covers/#comment-83455 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:42:29 +0000 /?p=761#comment-83455 Perhaps visual literacy is something one must pull out of a top hat after rejecting reading this book?

No, no…visual literacy is gardening with Andy Warhol. *That’s* it.

]]> By: Tom /2008/trying-hopelessly-to-judge-books-apart-from-their-covers/#comment-83448 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:56:07 +0000 /?p=761#comment-83448 Visual literacy has been and always will be pie. I stand by that.

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