Lesson 3: Visual Media and Information

• visual media and information - materials, programs, applications and the like that teachers and students use to formulate new information to aid learning through the use, analysis, evaluation and production of visual images.
• visual design elements - the building blocks or basic units in the construction of a visual image.
• line - describe a shape or outlines.
• shape - usually a geometric area that stands out from the space next to or around it, or because of differences in value, color, or texture.
• value - the degree of light and dark in design.
• texture - the way a surface feels or is perceive to feel.
• color - determined by its hue (name of color), intensity (purity of the hue), and value (lightness or darkness of the hue).
• form - a figure having volume and thickness.
• consistency - of margins, typeface, typestyle, and colors is necessary, especially in slide presentations or documents that are more than one page.
• center of interest - an area that first attracts attention in a composition.
• balance - a feeling of visual equality in shape, form, value, colors, etc.
• harmony - brings together a composition with similar units.
• contrast - offer some change in value creating a visual discord in a composition.
• directional movement - a visual flow through the composition.
• rhythm - a movement in which some elements recur regularly.
• perspective - created through the arrangement of objects in two dimensional space to look like they appear in real life.
• visual design elements: line, shape, value, texture, color, form.
• visual design principle: consistency, center of interest, balance, harmony, contrast, directional movement, rhythm, and perspective.