Photo Essays

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Collaborative Learning | Infusion Level

Subject: Social Studies

Video Transcription

[Teacher voiceover]

Today the children will be utilizing the application Photo Booth. What they will be doing is accessing Internet resources to gather images on countries that they researched. In order to do this, they will have to access copyright-friendly resources from the Internet to download images onto their desktop. They will be looking for images of historical landmarks, tourist sites, and big cities that will create a true reflection of the country that they learned about in their research.

After they have downloaded these images, they will open up the application Photo Booth and they will drag these images in there to create a backdrop for a picture that they will be taking. The photo essay will show them in different locations of the country that they have researched, and they will be able to get a true representative feeling of what they would do as if they had visited these countries.

Technology and multimedia applications like Photo Booth can be used as tools to enhance the student experience by creating a variety of methods to meet individual student needs, teach students how to manage information, and allow for opportunities to develop higher-level thinking skills.

Video Transcription

[Teacher voiceover]

Today the children will be utilizing the application Photo Booth. What they will be doing is accessing Internet resources to gather images on countries that they researched. In order to do this, they will have to access copyright-friendly resources from the Internet to download images onto their desktop. They will be looking for images of historical landmarks, tourist sites, and big cities that will create a true reflection of the country that they learned about in their research.

After they have downloaded these images, they will open up the application Photo Booth and they will drag these images in there to create a backdrop for a picture that they will be taking. The photo essay will show them in different locations of the country that they have researched, and they will be able to get a true representative feeling of what they would do as if they had visited these countries.

Technology and multimedia applications like Photo Booth can be used as tools to enhance the student experience by creating a variety of methods to meet individual student needs, teach students how to manage information, and allow for opportunities to develop higher-level thinking skills.

Objectives

Students will use pictures to tell a story and present information on a country.

Procedure

Students will find images online of their country.
Students will use Photo Booth to take pictures of themselves in these locations.
Students will use these photos to create their photo essay.

Technology Present

Photo Booth application
Computers with Internet access

Grade Level: 3-5

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