1. Looking at Learning

2. Susan J. English Aquinas College School of Education Grand Rapids, Michigan

3. It’s all about wondering!

4. Aquinas College

5. School of Education - Lab Schools

6. Conductive Learning Center

7. Child Development Center

8. Downtown Campus

9. Child Discovery Center ( K -5)

10. New K-5 photo

11. Reggio Emilia Approach The Image of the Child Emergent Learning Process Collaboration and Interaction The Role of the Environment Documentation

12. Principle of Documentation Where the learning process between children and teachers is captured, made visible, and then shared in order to support wondering, researching and learning among teachers and children.

13. David Kelly, Pedagogista

14. 5:40

15. Documenting involves… Observing, Recording, Thinking about, and Showing Children's Learning

20. What do you see?

23. (full screen photo)

25. Why document? Benefits Students

29. Why document? Benefits Students Benefits Parents

33. Documentation “…makes the experiences of the classroom visible and understandable to the participants as well as those not present.” Lilian Katz (Forward from Windows on Learning)

35. Why document? Benefits Students Benefits Parents Benefits Teachers

38. “As teachers examine the children’s work and prepare the documentation of it, their own understanding of children’s development and insight into their learning is deepened in ways not likely to occur from inspecting test results.” Katz & Chard

40. Making it Happen 1. Get a camera

41. Camera Considerations Price Memory card Camera Size Battery type and life Video capability

42. Digital Photography Review www.dpReview.comwww.dpReview.com

43. Making it Happen 1. Get a camera 2. Learn the basics

44. Learn the Basics Display on/off Flash on/off Macro focus Rapid repeat Video capability Downloading

45. Kodak Learning Center www.kodak.com/eknec/www.kodak.com/eknec/

46. Canon Photoworks www.photoworkshop.com/canon/ www.photoworkshop.com/canon/

47. Adobe Digital Kids Club www.adobe.com/education/digkids/ www.adobe.com/education/digkids/

48. Making it Happen 1. Get a Camera 2. Learn the Basics 3. Wonder

49. What to document? Before you begin, you must have a reflective purpose or focus… otherwise your final product will be little more than “decoration”.

50. Brainstorm… Student understanding of complex concept (telling time, fractions, historical event, science topic) Teaching approach or methodology Classroom management issue Individual or group behavior

51. Making it Happen 1. Get a Camera 2. Learn the Basics 3. Wonder 4. Start Shooting

52. What to document? “In order for documentation to be significant, the students must be involved in learning activities that are meaningful, challenging, and worthy of documentation.”

53. Get in Close…

58. Avoid Posed Shots

61. Get in Close

62. Rule of Thirds

65. Camera Angle

66. Making it Happen 1. Get a Camera 2. Learn the Basics 3. Wonder 4. Start Shooting 5. Download & Edit Photos

67. Download Photos

68. Don’t Edit the Original

69. Red Eye Correction

70. Special Tools

71. Making it Happen 1. Get a Camera 2. Learn the Basics 3. Wonder 4. Start Shooting 5. Download & Edit 6. Reflect & Wonder New photo from DK

72. Reflective Meetings

73. Making it Happen 1. Get a Camera 2. Learn the Basics 3. Wonder 4. Start Shooting 5. Download & Edit 6. Reflect & Wonder 7. Share

74. Final Displays Quality Photos Color & Texture Artistic Layouts Narrative Text

82. Looking at Learning…

83. Looking at Learning It’s all about wondering!

84. References Bergen, D. (2000). Linking Technology and Teaching Practice. Childhood Education, 76(4), 252-253. Helm, J., Beneke, S., & Steinheimer, K. (1998). Windows on Learning: Documenting Young Children’s Work. New York: Teachers College Press. Goldhaber, J. & Smith, D. (1997). “You Look at Things Differently:” The Role of Documentation in the Professional Development of a Campus Care Center Staff. Early Childhood Education Journal, 25(1), 3-10. Katz, L., & Chart, S. (1996). The Contribution of Documentation to the Quality of Early Childhood Education (EDO PS-96-2). Trepanier-Street, M., Hong, S. & Bauer, J. (2001). Using Technology in Reggio-Inspired Long-Term Projects. Early Childhood Education Journal, 28(3), 181-188.