Photo Story And Discovery Education 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

Photographs Tell stories Convey emotions Represent ideas and document history Speak through visual images Portray 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  Let’s Vote

These pictures have been cropped. Have students write a caption to describe what is happening.

Write a caption

 Katrina Aftermath

Write a caption

Steam Boat Race on the Mississippi 

Digital Storytelling Provides educators with an instructional method that brings together both Visual Literacy and 21 st century Literacy Allows you to combine writing process strategies with multimedia technologies to expand your student’s total literacy development.

What is Digital Story Telling Narrative expression crafted into a media presentation for sharing information and enhancing stories Using computers pictures video music narration writing

LPB Learning Port

Photo Story 3 Allows you to create digital stories that incorporate Still Images Audio Music Transitions Saves the completed project as movie Free software s.aspx?FamilyID= a008-49b3-b3f4- 6f33852af9c1 s.aspx?FamilyID= a008-49b3-b3f4- 6f33852af9c1

Project Samples Science – Broadmoor Elementary Social Studies Math ELA Teacher training

Science Rocks and Minerals

Social Studies High School Projects The Holocaust The Counterculture Pearl Harbor The Civil Rights

Shapes All Around Saints Boyz

Geometry Mathematics Hidden Shadow Shapes

Getting To Know Our Class Ellen Floyd

Anticipatory

Let’s Try One Events of the American Revolution

Discovery Education Images

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