Images in teaching can be incredibly useful. For example, when teaching history a world map shows the students where and what you are talking about. It is easier to see a country in relation to other countries on a map than it is to viualise their location when the teacher makes comments such as: 'adjacent to', 'adjoining', 'inbetween', etc.
In an English course images can also be useful. It is easier for students to get an idea of costumes for their Shakespeare drama if they can see what was worn in Shakespeare's time.
Images can be used in handouts, overhead projections, webpages, stories, and stimulus responses to name a few uses. I would definitely use images when teaching. They are engaging and work well for visual learners.
Hi Renee
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Images are great,a good way for those who are visual learner's to develop, but have you thought about the fact that too many images can be a distraction for learners, and some images slthough related to a subject, can be used to no advantage to the learner, therefore it is simply be used as a filler.
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