Picture Project Lesson
Joanne Oshiro
This lesson was created by Joanne Oshiro (joanneo@kalama.doe.hawaii.edu),
as a part of a pilot project for the Hawaii Department of Education. It
may be copied for classroom use provided that it is reproduced in its
entirety and that this paragraph appears on all copies. This lesson may
not be reposted or resold.
PICTURE PROJECT LESSON:
- Concept:
- Exploration involves seeking something new.
- Exporation may lead to discovery which may lead to new knowledge.
- FPO:
- Develop global awareness, knowledge and understanding.
- Develop leadership and cooperative skills.
- Objectives:
- Students will communicate with other students in mainland
classrooms via telecommunication technologies.
- Students will gather information about other communities
using information technlogies.
- Students will learn about various technologies.
Overview: The Picture Project is a lesson that will involve the students
in exploring their own communities, identifying its uniqueness, taking
pictures,summarizing information and putting the information together
using Claris Works. The exchange occurs when the two classes ÒexchangeÓ
their picture documents through Electronic Mail or US Postal Mail.
Target Group: Fifth Grade
Procedure:
1) Discuss:
- What makes ourselves uniquely different from our partner classroom?
- What areas of our lives we can capture on film?
- How best to share this information in a way that is unique to
ourselves?
2) Arrange students into groups of two to three.
3) Assign students with the task of brainstorming specific ideas that
they want to share.
4) Take pictures with a digitizing camera or have students bring in
photographs to be color scanned.
5) Digitize/scan images for use with Claris Works.
6) Have students write and type out a brief and clear, summarized text
that goes with the picture.
7) Combine pictures and typed text onto a Claris Draw Document.
8) Exchange the documents using either Electronic Mail or the US Postal
system.
Evaluation:
1) Product Evaluation: Students will publish a Claris Works picture
document/text document and share with their collaborative class.
2) Students will identify aspects of their community and life that make
them unique.
3) Students will compare and contrast information they gathered with the
information mailed to them from Michigan.
4) Written Evaluation
Extension:
1) Send video thank you note to collaborative classroom.
2) Create a "Call for Participation" to be sent out over a listserv, and
do a picture exchange with different regions/countries.
View Project Sample