Visual Literacy- Inquiry into it's effects in the classroom

As I continue with this class, I find I am drawn into the process of inquiry learning. I am currently working on Skyhopper 2 which looks at different types of inquiry. I was drawn to the visual literacy question. It immediately sent me on a search on line-- I noted classes on how to greater understand images- to visual laguage development , to different types of ways to use visual literacy to develop learners skills.

I became introspective - somewhat melocoly - why? well when I was a young student- I was very much a visual learner. I drew images to re-tell things I had read, I had almost perfect visual memory. This was not fostered nor encouraged. My seemingly random doddles were considered meaningless and I was forced into a more traditional approach. I truly wonder what might have grown-- if I was left to learn in that fashion. further if it was fostered through activities that helped me dive deeper into learning.