Fran Smith's The Eyes Have It: Potent Visuals Promote Academic Richness article is an interesting article that discusses how some schools have investigated the use of displaying an image and having their students learn based upon the questions/responses the the students have for the image. The teacher then paraphrases the response and guides the conversation into an educational discussion. I found this article to be a neat way to approach some topics as it really appeals to those students of artistic talents and it teaches other students that pictures really do "say 1000 words". However, like any other strategy, I feel as though this would be great to use in particular situations and probably more so in certain topics. I do not think it is a 'one-size fits all' approach. I still believe that there is a time and place for students to have to sit down and watch/listen to learn regardless of the generation that is being taught.
http://www.edutopia.org/visual-thinking-strategies-art-curriculum
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