Images can be used as a starting point for discussions with students in the classroom. One simple image can portray many different meanings and thoughts to an audience of students. These ideas and thoughts can be recorded as a class such as on post it notes then placed on a board or individually in students' reflective journals. Children will analyse and interpret images based on their prior knowledge and experiences relating a specific image (Jonasson, 1991, cited in Mergel, 1998). Therefore, in a classroom setting the Learning Manager could use connectedness- background knowledge, from Productive Pedagogies (Department of Education and Training, 2001) to help with the delivery of learning when using with images.
I found the above image at Flickr. In a classroom setting I would use this image for students to use critical thinking to create a discussion in relation to water conservation and what it means to different people.
I agree that images are useful when establishing students prior knowledge and understandings within a topic. I also believe they are useful when engaging visual learners.
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