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A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS
Photo Story And
Discovery Education
Visual Literacy
Visual Literacy Ability to understand communications
composed of visual images as well as being able to use visual imagery to communicate to others
“A picture is worth a thousand words.” Fred R. Barnard
Ability to construct meaning from visual images
PhotographsTell storiesConvey emotionsRepresent ideas and document
historySpeak through visual imagesPortray the emotional effects
inherent in a photographer's choices about angle, focus and other aesthetic elements
Questions to ask when looking at images?What do I know? How do I know it?How can I find out more?What’s the point of view? Who’s the creator’s audience?Why is this important?
Do captions influence what you are thinking?
1.American airplane flying over the Rocky Mountains
2.A U.S. Air Force C-46 cargo plane flying over "the Hump" (the Himalayas)
3.American DC3 plane with 12 passengers flying over the Alps
http://www.lpb.org/education/cyberchannel.cfm
Let’s Vote
These pictures have been cropped.
Have students write a captionto describe
what is happening.
Write a caption
http://www.lpb.org/education/cyberchannel.cfm
Katrina Aftermath
Write a caption
Steam Boat Race on the Mississippi
http://www.lpb.org/education/cyberchannel.cfm
Digital StorytellingProvides educators with an instructional
method that brings together both Visual Literacy and 21st century Literacy
Allows you to combine writing process strategies with multimedia technologies to expand your student’s total literacy development.
What is Digital Story TellingNarrative expression crafted into a media
presentation for sharing information and enhancing stories
Usingcomputerspictures video music narrationwriting
LPB Learning Port
Photo Story 3Allows you to create digital stories that
incorporateStill ImagesAudioMusicTransitions
Saves the completed project as movie Free software
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=92755126-a008-49b3-b3f4-6f33852af9c1
Project SamplesScience – Broadmoor ElementarySocial StudiesMathELATeacher training
ScienceRocks and Minerals
Social StudiesHigh School Projects
•The Holocaust
•The Counterculture
•Pearl Harbor
•The Civil Rights
Shapes All AroundSaints Boyz
Geometry
Mathematics
Hidden Shadow Shapes
Getting To Know Our ClassEllen Floyd
Anticipatory
Let’s Try OneEvents of the American Revolution
Discovery EducationImages
Questions