Introduction of the strategy, tool, or resource
The strategy that I will be using for the majority of this workshop is project-based learning. Teachers will also use collaborative learning to complete several parts of this workshop. The teachers will be using the tool/application, Kizoa, to create their own photo stories about the Sautee Nacoochee Community Center. Another tool that the teachers will use for this workshop is their camera on their cell phone or a camera that they bring to the workshop, as long as photos can be immediately downloaded to their computers. All of the learners will be required to bring their work-issued laptops to the workshop. Another huge resource that we will use as a part of this workshop is the Sautee Nacoochee Community Center, which will not only house the workshop, but will also provide a guided tour of the entire facility.
definitions
1. Digital Photo Story – a type of digital media that combines photos, music, text, and animation to tell a story from beginning to end. The photo story is a video file such as an .mp4 file.
2. Elements of Photography – There are seven elements of photography, which are line, color, space, shape/form, size/scale, texture, and value.
3. Principles of Photography – There are nine principles of photography, which are focal point/emphasis, rhythm, balance, movement, contrast, repetition, alignment, proximity, and unity.
4. Kizoa – a computer application, which allows the user to create digital photo stories.
5. Student Engagement – refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion that students show when they are being taught, which extends their level of motivation and progress in education (Student engagement, 2016)
6. Project-Based Learning – refers to any instructional approach that utilizes multifaceted projects as a central organizing strategy for educating students (Project-based learning, 2013)
2. Elements of Photography – There are seven elements of photography, which are line, color, space, shape/form, size/scale, texture, and value.
3. Principles of Photography – There are nine principles of photography, which are focal point/emphasis, rhythm, balance, movement, contrast, repetition, alignment, proximity, and unity.
4. Kizoa – a computer application, which allows the user to create digital photo stories.
5. Student Engagement – refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion that students show when they are being taught, which extends their level of motivation and progress in education (Student engagement, 2016)
6. Project-Based Learning – refers to any instructional approach that utilizes multifaceted projects as a central organizing strategy for educating students (Project-based learning, 2013)
Values and Benefits
By attending this workshop, teachers will gain confidence in using a photo story application, Kizoa, to create their own photo stories. Teachers will be able to use the knowledge gained from the workshop to incorporate digital photo stories into their own classrooms. Teacher will be prepared with ideas to cover content specific standards utilizing photo stories in the classroom. Teachers and students will benefit from the increased student engagement while utilizing digital photo stories in the classroom. Teachers will also gain value in learning the elements and principles of photography and may be able to incorporate this knowledge into their own personal photography or photography they may use for their classrooms.
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Appropriate Applications
There are multiple appropriate applications for my workshop that I gained from my literature review that can support my ideas for my planned workshop. Kobré (2013) provides two full chapters that are highly applicable to my workshop. The first chapter, “Photo Story” provides extensive information on how to create a photo story including how to add the narrative storytelling that accompanies the photos (Kobré, 2013). The next chapter, “Multimedia,” is especially applicable because it describes how to add sound and audio to photo stories, how to pace the images within the photo story, and when and how text should be included (Kobré, 2013). Yee and Hargis’s (2012) description of Kizoa is an especially appropriate application because I am teaching my workshop attendees how to create a photo story using this exact program. Sancar-Tokmak, Surmeli, and Ozgelen’s (2014) article, which studies a group of pre-service science teachers using digital stories applies to my professional development because my workshop will be teaching the sixth through twelfth grade science teachers in our district. The teachers can use this article to gain ideas on how to create their own science related photo stories in their own classrooms after the workshop is complete (Sancar-Tokmak, Surmeli, & Ozgelen, 2014). The last article that I reviewed that is highly applicable to my workshop is Sadik’s (2008) article about how digital storytelling increases engaged student learning. This article examines how digital storytelling relates to curriculum and how teachers can integrate digital storytelling into their classrooms as project-based assignments (Sadik, 2008).