In the States, there's a program called Literacy Through Photography,
out of Duke University in North Carolina, that follows a similar
premise. They have a working curriculum for which they supply workshops
and professional development opportunities (they even have some
international extensions, I believe). I was able to get a basic outline
for it some years ago. But I believe it was intended more for upper
primary to early secondary levels. Regardless of design, I think this
approach is a thoughtfully organic application of technology in student
learning and applaud your efforts. Let me know how it works out for you.
jonathan turner wrote:
Re: Point & shoot cameras (Ed Tech perspective)
Hi,
just got back from a week away in Denmark, so sorry for late reply on
this.
Just in case any one is interested, the school have bought some (I’m
not sure how many yet) Canon A480’s, which look like good value for
money. Thanks for all your help.
By the way, the reason for using photography with these kids is not
really to teach them about photography but actually to use photography
as a tool to improve their literacy skills... It’s a project which
employs creative professionals to come into schools and help teachers
deliver their curriculum using creative methods. So in this case, we
have got the kids to take ‘News pictures’ and then got them to write a
news paper article to go with it. And in another class (infants) they
used photos to tell a fairytale story... And then write the story to go
with the pictures.
It’s not so much about producing quality photos, more about inspiring
them to write. Digital seems to have been a fast and effective method
of doing this so far. All good fun.
Jonathan.
On 24/5/09 13:07, "Trevor Cunningham" <trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Jonathan
Cost for disposables would be less too (in the short run, but how long
do you intend to use them? is this budget renewed annually?), and you
would have a better chance of getting parents, depending on
demographics, to fund this aspect of the project if all they have to
pay for is a disposable and processing a roll of 24 (or maybe the
budget can handle this if renewed annually)...if you go digital, and
the school has to manage the gear, then it becomes an inventory and AUP
policy element and could involve annoying paperwork (depending upon how
byzantine your school is).
You wrote: However, these kids are between 5-7yrs so the immediacy of
digital is vital to their learning and holding their attention I think.
Emily touches on a great point with the learning curve factor. If the
lesson is how to capture images digitally and upload them to a
computer, then ignore me. If it's about photography, just note that
having to teach a technology to facilitate a learning objective will
likely amount to about 60% of your lesson with this age group, not to
mention the micromanagement required to "keep it simple". I teach
Primary IT right now and must stress the depreciation factor involved
with this age group. Disposables have one button (usually) and one
wheel, PS digi's have lots of things to break. And it doesn't matter
how flash the technology is, they'll get bored in 15 minutes anyway.
The only point I can see for digital, beyond getting familiar with a
technology, is relevance to the world they're growing up in...and even
that's a weak one.
my 2 p
Do they still sell the canon a530?
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