Visual:
Cursive Handwriting:
Plain Handwriting:
Typewritten:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Paradigm Shift:
The progression of a crude, rudimentary form of a cave drawing to
a type written email on a computer demonstrates the radical changes that have
occurred in visual communication. Each style of transmission has its own
advantages and drawbacks, but each was used in a different time in our culture.
Conveying the results of a scientific experiment today would be almost
impossible through a pictorial sketch, but when this form of intercourse was
employed the messages had a different style and aim. Today though, we still use
all of the forms to learn. A child begins with a picture book then moves up to
one with short words and phrases that also has pictures. From there the words
become longer and sentences more complicated. At last the child who has become
a teenager is reading a novel and after typing up a summary on a computer. The
stages of communication offer a gradual growth in comprehension. Without the
first step though, the child would not be able to reach the more advanced forms.
To learn is to make sense of something that was previously unknown. The way we
learn is crucial but more importantly it’s that we get there.
