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"Visual literacy" is modeled by CSU San Marcos literacy professor Laurie Stowell in the classroom of Dayna Shanahan. Having college students as role models helps children see higher education as something that's important and obtainable, says Laura Guyse. in the school yard with the help of UC San Diego students. Furiously shaking plastic bags of milk, they discover salt lowers the melting rate of ice as their teacher, Erin McIlroy, watches. Second-graders gather around iPads to see their school on Google Maps. As the view from above gets closer and closer, they understand the perspective of an astronaut or a bird looking down. The "visual literacy" F O U RTH - G R A D E RS M A K E I C E C R E A M lesson is modeled by CSU San Marcos literacy professor Laurie Stowell in the classroom of Dayna Shanahan. Second- and third-graders play a theater game called Zip Zap, which helps them distinguish between fact and opinion, while CSU San Marcos arts professor Merryl Goldberg demonstrates a way to incorporate the arts into everyday curriculum for teacher Laura Guyse. At Foothill Oak Elementary School, learning has become fun again, thanks to partnerships with local universities. Vista Teachers Association members say the collabo- Foothill Oak Elementary School A S S O C I AT I O N S I N V O LV E D : VISTA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION, CSU SAN MARCOS FEBRUARY 2014 Educator 02 Feb 2014 v2.1 int.indd 27 www.cta.org 27 1/27/14 3:52 PM