In this weeks posting, September 30, 2009, Darren Kuruopatwa refers to a flickr assignment he was working on last year and its relation to Brain Rule #10 which states: "Vision Trumps all other senses." From that point he talks about his experiment which he undertook in the past and is starting up again on October 1st. The experiment is to take a photo everyday for 31 days. Technically, the idea is to take a photo everyday for a year but he declares that he doesn't have the "stamina" for that. At any rate, I viewed his slideshow of pictures from October of last year. He posted that everytime he has this experience, it changes the way he sees the world around him.
In regards to teaching it's important to remember the reinforcing value of visual effects. I think that seeing things from different angles--like the picture he took of a dresser taken from the bottom looking up--can certainly be used as a tool to enhance learning and to encourage students to learn to see the world using different lenses and ways of thinking about things.
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Your comment reminds me of the times that I have brought my digital camera to the daycare I work at and allowed the children to freely take pictures. After loading them on the computer, we all sit and look through them. I'm fascinated by the different perspective the children have on the classroom they inhabit everyday, and their image choices are unique to each individual. Some children like to modify the angle, zoom in or out, take pictures of their peers, artwork, and one child even took a photo of the toilet. The idea of looking at the world through different lenses, especially applies to children, because they are our next generation of leaders and policy makers, and open mindedness is an important skill to obtain.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a wonderful idea for a classroom or a family activity! I was reading the most recent National Geographic today and they have the most amazing six page long fold out with one picture of a Redwood tree from trunk to tree top. They had to mount a special camera on a pully system to capture the image, but it was amazing the perspective that it brought. Visual sharing of information can be so fascinating I agree!
ReplyDeleteIn online classes I always intend to write down important information on the whiteboards. I don't like to send students to breakout rooms with only oral instructions. Granted, words don't have the same visual impact as pictures, but written instructions are essential. They are important in regular classrooms, too.
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