Students learn many wonderful things through the communicative exploration of photography. As teachers, we often marvel at the honesty level that is revealed as our students communicate with photos. Perhaps it’s that they don’t fully realize that they are communicating at all. Hand a student a camera and ask them to take a photo of a specific object. Technically, you’ve just asked that student to communicate non-verbally,…

In 2006 the MacArthur Foundation launched a five-year initiative to determine how digital technologies are changing the way young people learn, play, socialize and participate in civic life. As part of this initiative, Henry Jenkins, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of…

As teachers of learning disabled students, we are constantly in search of that one modality we can best plug-in to. Some students are auditory learners…others, tactile, while some are visual learners. The challenge is to find the best approach in identifying that strength, then finding many ways to tap into it.…

When wrapping a gift, we are careful to cut only the amount of wrapping paper needed for the size of the gift. Anything additional is a waste. This is a good approach to consider when using photography. Think of the size of your photograph as the wrapping paper. Now consider your subject. Are you using all…

Camera = Latin for “room”

Obscura = Latin for “dark”…

Imagine a learning experience, supported and extended by the application of

technology, that empowers students to create and contribute, all within the

context of what they are expected to know and be able to do in the 21st Century.…

The Impact of Images: Considering the Place of Photojournalism Today…