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This Wii remote requires visual literacy, as someone who has never used one and has no experience with video games or remote controls would not be able to immediately use it. It is not explicitly clear what the function of each button is. Some are…

Pictured in this photo is the box art for the board game "Blood On The Snow: The Battle of Suomussali" and the individual card pieces for the units that are controlled by the players. The art is reflective of the name of the game as it depicts Soviet…

This is the labeling on the front of the fridge at my house. I noticed that is does not have any words, making is visually literate. One does not have to be able to read "water", "cubed", or "crushed" to make a decision about what they are needing…

This is a photo of a painting created by artist Christina Hess titled Napolean Boneparte. There is more to it than just a silly dog painting, using a visual literacy lens. The title reflects the author’s concept of painting historically classic…

For this week I chose a photo of several road signs to represent visual literacy. While road signs were created to send messages to people while they are driving, the color, use of wording, and pictures upon each sign mean something different. The…

The Roku remote is a device that requires visual literacy due to the fact that it is relatively different than most normal remotes. If you had not used a Roku before, it is likely you would not completely understand this remote at first glance. Aside…

The Xbox one controller is the latest iteration of Microsoft's attempts at controller design. The standard controller come in a matte black color, but is available in others. The two features that stand out the most visually are the A, X, Y, & B…

This is a picture of Renaldo Rivera’s monument to Juan de Onate, sometimes referred to as the ‘the last conquistador’, in Alcalde, New Mexico. This monument is one of a few dispersed around New Mexico and Texas, which were built around 1998 to…

In this photo I have my guitar amplifier which is a Line 6 Spider 3 modeling amp. It has a lot of effects and the person operating the amplifier and adjusting tones to their liking has to have some understanding of what different effects or tones do…

This is a map of the blue light system on NCSU campus. This map is supposed to show the locations of every emergency blue light phone on main campus. However, even I as an NCSU student have no idea what this map is trying to show without context;…