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Super thought ... During the first term of this year when I worked with teachers in the use of iPhoto, I showed them Flickr and talked about the options of a 6-word story, a wonder-what caption, and other ideas. I also talked about CC licensing and showed them how my photos are licensed in that way. I really encourage teachers to use more photos, their own and if possible ones from their students, in the classroom.
So ... love the idea... Bob
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Love this idea. Keep us posted.
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I think captions are a great way to engage the students and talk about copyright early in the year. It could be a nice first step towards 5 photo stories, although I do not find the present kids 5 photo group easy to use and they need more comments and discussion from others, perhaps like #comments4kids?
I have wanted to do a version on 365photo for students and get them having the same sort discussions we do. However it needs to be simpler, like each student gets a day a month to submit a photo, or even weekly. Any other ideas?
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@Shaunnz -- hmmmmmm.... got me thinking. Wondering if we could set up a project where kids post once a week and other registered participants in the project can comment, just like we do here. It would need to be a closed environment however, since I have a K-4 crowd.
Wonder what would be the best medium to use to host this type of project?
Thoughts anyone?
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A Wiki or a Blog could be used for this type of project, both having various privacy and comment review options available. Perhaps your school or school district has this as part of their server.
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@Ed Tech Diva - I am not sure what your requirements for a closed environment are? I think we would want anyone to view but if we wish to restrict participants Flickr can restrict comments and add notes in the privacy controls to "Friends" that we approve. We could set up a wiki or blog although I worry about managing the uploading and display of all the work.
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I work with novice teachers and would be interested to find out more of what gibson'sgolfer does with teachers around visual literacy and in particular using digital camera (s) in the classroom.
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Hey, I run one of the 5 frame storytelling groups for kids and also a ning. I do agree with you at the moment it is hard to use as there is not a lot of collaboration going on... unfortunately one of the things that has slipped with the busy year that I had! I have not been able to push it and get it out there - but there has been a few of us using it. Plus the adult group are keen supporters of the kids. I know as I have run a unit using them before we set up the kids group. I set it up as a few people were not happy that students were roaming in the group, though 99% were excited about what was happening!
That being said I am keen to get it going again but it needs lots of support! So join in and pass it around! :)
Kids 5 Frame story Group
Originally when I start doing this unit I spend a lot of time talking about photography and looking at elements of photography - colour, line etc. During this time we spend a lot of time writing captions based on photo's or talking about "what could be happening.. now... next... before" etc. Then the kids get into writing stories based on the 5 frames (other peoples) then eventually move into creating their own. This pre-stage would be awesome to include lots of 1 photo a day tasks and images from other students. It would be great to be able to compare with other students around the world too!
I have a couple of presentations based on the Photography and 5 Frame Storytelling units and what we did as part of these here:
5 Frame Presentation & Links
One possibility for completing a 365 type project with kids is to set up a class account and teach them to place them into sets. Then set up an RSS feed for the recent activity page so you can see comments etc come through before you work with the kids? Best option in terms of moderation of comments is to have them run through a blog or a site like the 365 project.
Amanda
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@ed tech Diva - A Ning could be a good environment as photos can easily be linked from flickr and you can make it a closed environment also. Allows for commenting, forums etc too
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@Hey.Milly - my district blocks Nings so that won't be a possibility. We do have the ability to set up a Moodle account, so that might be a possible venue.
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@Ed Tech Diva - Wow, that is full on. I'm guessing you have a lot of things blocked? Moodle is a similar idea so that would be good. :)
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@Hey.Milly - yup. I tend to be selective when I ask my IT to unblock a website, they know it so they're pretty good about getting websites unblocked for me. Don't like to abuse my good relationship with them. :)
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OK, so I used an image of my dog as my first blog writing prompt for my 3rd graders. Upon reflection I realized the BIGGEST mistake I made was to have them 'cold write' on the computer. I was not pleased with the quality of the comments.
So for this week I decided to have the image and prompt posted via projector as they walked into the classroom. They had to write out their answers on a sheet of paper and that 'hard copy' would be what they would use to type into the comments of the blog post. (There's just something about 3rd graders not yet being able to go from thought to typing -- heck, some adults have problems with it! LOL). Siavogel was kind enough to let me use her Swan Image ( www.flickr.com/photos/siavogel/4281291223/ ) and you can see the results on our blog page ( atypical3rd.blogspot.com/2010/01/picture-is-worth-1000-wo... ). Our next topic in ELA (English Language Arts) will be dialogue. I think these comments will provide excellent examples on how to use dialogue.
As I continue with this weekly project and reflect upon what worked and what didn't, I'll share it here.
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@ED TECH DIVA Edublogs would be a great option. It is a very controlled environment. I have also used Gaggle.net in the past with little ones. What about doing a VoiceThread?
As for the quality of comments, you might have kids brainstorm ideas that come to mind as they look at the picture. As some kids were brainstorming, others could be looking words up in the thesaurus to add to the list. You might get much more descriptive language this way.
Good luck and keep us posted!
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@Ed Tech Diva Thank you for sharing how you are using these images in the classroom. It has certainly inspired me.
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Look at this amazing way a teacher is using 365 with students! tsheko.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/flattening-the-world-with...
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great ideas!
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