{"data":{"ID":875,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1540989390,"CreatorID":4735,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Seeing The Big Picture Using the Little Device in Your Pocket","Handle":"seeing_the_big_picture_using_the_little_device_in_your_pocket","ShortDescription":"You and your students probably take thousands of photos every year. But, besides adding a filter and posting them to social media, what do you with them? Join us to explore ideas for enhancing your professional practice and student learning using photography. Bring your smartphone to fully participate in the learning.","Description":"This session will be mostly discussion mixed with hands-on exploration. We will start with a short presentation\/demonstration of suggestions for making better images using any camera, smartphones included.\r\n\r\nParticipants will then go for a short photowalk around SLA (and\/or out into the street, if weather permits) to practice these ideas by making some images around the theme of people and moods.\r\n\r\nFollowing the walk participants will have an opportunity to share their best shots using a smartphone gallery walk, demonstrating a good technique for use with students.\r\n\r\nNext, we\u2019ll generate and share ideas for using photography for instruction, projects, and other aspects of professional practice. Throughout the session, we\u2019ll also discuss and collect some practical suggestions for editing, organizing, managing, and sharing a collection of images.\r\n\r\nThe notes from the session, along with any photographs participants wish to share, will be made available to everyone through a shared Google Doc.","Link":["https:\/\/www.assortedstuff.com"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"Opening (5 minutes) - Introductions. Why are you interested in this topic? What is your experience with photography? Are you a \u201cphotographer\u201d? (trick question)\r\n\r\nPresentation\/Discussion (20 minutes) - what makes a \u201cgood\u201d photograph? how can you take better images? How can you use images in your work? How can you have students do the same? It\u2019s all about telling stories, so how can photographs help you do that?\r\n\r\nPhotowalk (30 minutes) - go out into the halls of SLA, duck into sessions, maybe wander outside the building, and take some images using the ideas we discussed. The theme for this walk is people and moods. Try taking some impromptu shots but also try staging some to get the story you want.\r\n\r\nGallery Walk (10 minutes) - bring up what you consider your best shot on your phone. Walk around the room showing it and looking at those of others. Don\u2019t judge which is \u201cbest\u201d; only look at whether the image affects you in some way.\r\n\r\nDiscussion (20 minutes) - return to the topic of using photographs for instruction and learning. What are some tools for sharing and displaying images? How can you make photos available for all to use?\r\n\r\nClosing (5 minutes) - thoughts and ideas for continued learning on this topic. How will you share what you\u2019ve learned\/discovered with students and colleagues?\r\n\r\nAt the end of the session, the facilitator will post links the shared Google Doc and to a webpage containing all the material discussed, plus suggestions for further study.\r\n\r\nAll original material used in this session (including my photographs) will be released under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license.","Presenter":["Tim Stahmer"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Freelance Educator"],"PresenterEmail":["tstahmer@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":112,"ScheduleLocationID":2,"SubmitterID":4735,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":8}}