Comments on: Pick The Right Icon For The Job http://understandinggraphics.com/brainy/pick-the-right-icon-for-the-job/ Design For The Human Mind Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:25:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mark Joyce http://understandinggraphics.com/brainy/pick-the-right-icon-for-the-job/comment-page-1/#comment-561 Mark Joyce Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:22:14 +0000 http://understandinggraphics.com/?p=1959#comment-561 This article brought <a href="http://www.thenounproject.com/" rel="nofollow"> The Noun Project </a> to mind. ~ I teach concepts as being concrete (you can draw them because they are what they are) or abstract (you can only symbolize them). ~ I'm looking forward to directing (teacher education) students to your categories. The distance between icons and rebus pictures is not far. Icons provide a fine basis for building and teaching the building of visual literacy and concepts at the same time. Thanks for a thought-filled post! This article brought The Noun Project to mind. ~ I teach concepts as being concrete (you can draw them because they are what they are) or abstract (you can only symbolize them). ~ I’m looking forward to directing (teacher education) students to your categories.

The distance between icons and rebus pictures is not far. Icons provide a fine basis for building and teaching the building of visual literacy and concepts at the same time.

Thanks for a thought-filled post!

]]> By: Ted Thompson http://understandinggraphics.com/brainy/pick-the-right-icon-for-the-job/comment-page-1/#comment-430 Ted Thompson Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:34:46 +0000 http://understandinggraphics.com/?p=1959#comment-430 Interesting article. Thanks for sharing! Interesting article. Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: cmalamed http://understandinggraphics.com/brainy/pick-the-right-icon-for-the-job/comment-page-1/#comment-410 cmalamed Fri, 28 May 2010 01:14:20 +0000 http://understandinggraphics.com/?p=1959#comment-410 Hmmm. I'll have to check out those comments! Maybe there's an icon support group somewhere? Why not faucets with a fire icon for hot and an ice cube for cold? And I share your experience with the single-faucet shower. I'll let you know if I find a support group. Hmmm. I’ll have to check out those comments! Maybe there’s an icon support group somewhere? Why not faucets with a fire icon for hot and an ice cube for cold? And I share your experience with the single-faucet shower. I’ll let you know if I find a support group.

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