Photography in the ClassroomEssay Preview: Photography in the ClassroomReport this essayAs an innovator in the classroom, I am continually attempting to educationally challenge my students while making learning fun and interesting at the same time. I think that the techniques discussed in this course will be incredibly useful in both goals.
First, I can see several important uses for Image Blender. In writing classes, I could have students capture a photo. Then, I could have another student write about that image. Perhaps they could describe it, tell what happens next, or even do a creative piece of writing on it. Beyond that, with Image Blender, the students could take that image a step further and alter the photo in order to write about it. In poetry courses, students might be assigned a piece of poetry that they would need to fit an image to. They could do this any way that they wanted to. Beyond this, in working with seniors on their graduation projects, there are many possibilities for integrating photos into the final presentation. As a whole the possibilities of Image Blender are tremendous.
Clay-mation movies offer so many possibilities in my classroom. First, in my writing classes, they are an easy way to help students learn how to write a script and tell a story. Students might be asked to write a creative story and then tell it using a clay-mation movie. Beyond that, I could see the possibility of teaching poetry terms through the movies. Each group could be assigned a different poetry term and they could have to explain, or demonstrate, the term using a clay-mation movie. In my Shakespeare class, students could be asked to perform a play, act, or scene from a Shakespeare play using only clay characters. All of these projects help to extend the learning of the units being taught.
Creating movies has the greatest potential in my classroom immediately. I have always had some sort of video production/play project incorporated into my 10th grade English classes. However, all of those presentations involved the students performing an extra act to a play and me videotaping. There was no post-production work done on the projects. With the addition of iMovies, students could write, direct, and produce their own video presentations. It would add a great deal of flexibility and creativity to the projects. They would really only be limited by their own imaginations. Students could do the entire videotaped segments outside of class, do the post-production work in the computer lab, and then show
a pre-recorded video of our actual presentation. The program I have for this class was a little more complex than the others. Students had to create their own presentations, assign a “video production team” members to it, and make those presentations in their own home computer. One of the most difficult aspects for a student to overcome was the fear of having to create their own DVD player. They had to convince the instructor at the time that they made their own video players and that they were going to film them.
My favorite part about the program and my experience was for both students and the staff as both students and the staff, they did a really good job of making the presentation. They also were really helpful and the student’s friends were great. It was cool to see that the student’s own favorite video was being shared with the staff as it was such a small group of students.
My best thanks to everyone I’ve met for the work that they did and for the great guidance they gave from the faculty. I have many friends in my life who were with him during the course of our discussions. They took great care to be able to put together a strong presentation of a real video. Although we have also had some serious setbacks, the first big setback came during the course of our discussion. We had some real challenges and missed out on much of our own passion, so we sat at the computer talking to each other at length about what was actually on offer. During the course of the discussion the instructor did very well with our presentation and gave us great pointers on what we needed to focus on. I think that even though we were very small, the students were really helpful in their ability to give us valuable advice and support on this topic. I would also like to especially commend the staff for their continued guidance during the course. As a student my focus has been on the development and mentorship of our students, with the particular goal of keeping these young folks safe. It was extremely helpful to work with everyone in such an effort. I also appreciate the students who took the time to try it out. The students were all very friendly and we had an incredible amount of fun.
What lessons do you think gave you the most experience in teaching 3D models and modeling?
The coolest thing about the program is that it made getting into the 3D real easy for my students. When you have a student who is in the middle of filming, you quickly learn to keep them in focus throughout the whole process of your lectures. Even if it is at the beginning of the video. Our students are very open-minded and knowledgeable as it is for a 3D model to go the other way. I think having their guidance gives the entire class an opportunity to get to know each one