# The importance of visual literacy

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxBeaconStreet
- Speaker: David Hooker
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/david_hooker_the_importance_of_visual_literacy)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Our world is more visual than ever before. Millions of images created daily are steering elections, changing lives and crashing servers. David Hooker, lead creative at presentation platform Prezi, argues that this situation makes visual literacy a key life skill to cultivate. "Images are too important to outsource to others," he says. "And too powerful to consume without due care and attention."

## Lectures

1. [The importance of visual literacy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/david_hooker_the_importance_of_visual_literacy/7dd8d1a959da), 18 min (TED's player)