How might you incorporate photo sharing into a educational activity or unit? What might be some concerns you would have about allowing students to play with these services? What might be a great benefit of such services?
I think you could incorporate photo sharing in a journalism class. Having students take pictures of different events they have been to and then placing them on the Internet. Then the different students in the class could use those photos put add libs, edit photos etc. The photos would be more readily available not to mention convenient. My only concern would be inappropriate photos or photos of people who do not want their photo published. I think though that the benefit of having the photos available to all students is phenomenal. What an easy way to get pictures out to the students and allow them to work more as a group.
In reading Chapter 2, what similarities and what differences did you identify between the process the authors describe and the processes you have used to develop educational lesson plans? If you have not developed educational lesson plans, were there aspects of the process described in this chapter that you found particularly surprising, useful or unnecessary?
I think the aspects in this chapter were interesting. For example, the explanation of the characteristics of Instructional Design (ID) were exceptionally interesting. I really liked how it had a section for each of the six characteristics and it explained what was meant by each one. It started off by explaining what ID was, which was not surprising at all to me but it was nice how the book laid out all the various definitions. I guess I understood already what ID was but it was helpful to get the definition for each term used like interdependent, synergistic and dynamic to name a few. It helped me to understand a more detailed aspect of ID and the various different terms related to ID.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
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We must think alike! I was thinking about using a site like that for yearbook where students and parents could purchase pictures in a secure location. However, there is a lot to consider. There are certain students on a no publish picture list so we would have to be careful of that. Also, like you said what if students don't want their picture there? How do I ask 800 students if they do? Is it okay to post pictures taken in a school when it is a private type of environment? We are trying to work through some of these questions but haven't found a solution yet.
I love being given definitions when talking about technology. Technology changes so often that it is difficult to keep up with the vocab!
I agree that posted photos of kids who don’t want their photo up, or parents who don’t want the photos up, will always be a concern. The benefits of cooperative learning opportunities for those whose photos are available for follow students to use is awesome though. I sometimes wish I could be the student. My school wasn’t fun like that. I thought the explanations of the definitions and all the terms was very helpful. Even if I knew some of it before, it is nice to have all the terms in one place. If you ask three different people what “dog” means you would get three differently worded, yet same in meaning, definitions. This chapter, and book, will be a handy reference tool.
I think a photo sharing site would be perfect for a journalism class or for the school newspaper. Photos for articles would be accessible to everyone in the class and easily downloadable to anyones computer. Great idea! inappropriate pictures will also be a concern, but I think if there is a teacher monitoring the site the students would not take the risk.
I also, liked how there was a explanation of each of the six different characteristics. The book really broke it down and made the definition clear and easy to understand.
I'm curious to know more about how students could work in a group by having them share photos. I know we are to help student learn how to work in groups but I can't say that I'm a real fan of it. I'm always looking for good ideas.
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