To provide a visual to support a concept you are teaching
Photographs can illustrate ideas. They say "this is what I'm talking
about," or "this is what it looks like." Photos can help us create
an accurate mental image of an idea.
To document something
Class photos, pictures of a special event, pictures of student artwork
or assignments,--all help us to document history. They are a record
of things that happened in your class.
To design and create
Students can use photographs to create posters and artwork to design
t-shirts, or to produce other creative projects.
To give presentations
Students can us photographs to support presentations, using PowerPoint
or producing slide shows.
To publish
Digital photographs can be added to books or illustrated reports
that are created on computers using desktop publishing software
or even simple word processors.
To see through your students' eyes
Put a digital cameral in your students' hands and let them capture
what they see. You can learn what they find important in their communities,
or find out what they notice in the environment. Interview the
students about the pictures they took to learn more.
To capture data
Use cameras to collect
information. students can find geometric shapes in nature; they can
take pictures of the plants that grow in their neighborhood park;
they can look for examples of gothic architecture. Whatever they are
studying, they can capture visual images with a camera and bring them
back to the classroom for examination.
To make visible
Some things are invisible to the naked eye, either because they
are too large to see (like the solar system) or too small
to see (like germs). Photographs can put these things into a format
that we can see and understand, by either reducing them, or magnifying
them.
To give access to things far away
Some things are simply too far away for our students to experience
them. Photographs can bring nature to inner city students; they
can bring other cultures into the classroom; they can help students
understand different ecosystems than the one in which they live.
Photos help bring the world closer.
To compare and contrast visual elements
Sometimes differences and similarities aren't easy to notice. Photographs
give us a way to examine the visual aspects of a subject in detail.
By comparing tow or more photographs, we can identify ways in which
tow subjects are the same and how they are different.
To teach about visual literacy
What are the elements of good visual design? How can we "read"
an image? Do photographs tell the truth? How can photographs be
used to manipulate us? How can we use photographs to make a point,
persuade, sell an idea?
To teach about technology
We can use photography to teach about using a camera as well as
to teach computer skills. Students will need to know how to operate
the camera, how to make the camera talk to the computer, how to
open images in a photo-editing program, how to manipulate photos,
how to print pictures, and how to insert the images into other documents.
To teach about photography
What makes a good picture? How do we decide on photo-angles? How
does lighting affect our pictures? How can we manipulate the foreground,
background, subject? How do we take action shots? and more..
Type in a search term of your choosing and
search for a photograph or image
On the Google page, click on Images nearthe
upper left corner
Click on the image to select it, then click
on the Full-size Image link to select the large view
Drag the photograph to the Desktop
After gathering the three images
Collage: Select one photograph from each category--one from
the digital camera, one scanned image, and one image from the Internet.
Using PhotoShop:
create a collage that combines portions from
each picture (not the entire image except for the background picture)
combine each element carefully to create a
cohesive single image--not simply three individual images on the
same page
use the text tool to add a label to you college
apply at least one Effect to you text
print our a color copy of your final collage
(print to lab ITC001 color)
This is due by January 29.
Office hours: Tuesday mornings: 9:00 - noon
Thursday mornigns: 9:00 - noon
Other times aby appointment
Also contact me through email at saxowsd@wou.edu
or denvygail@saxowsky.com
