ICT student textbook/Photo and image essays

Creating photo and image essays

Objectives

1. Capturing an image so as to tell a story, communicate
2. Understanding that a collection of images can be created as an essay
3. Getting familiar with different methods of image capture
4. Ability to tell a story

What prior skills are assumed

1. Ability to handle ICT equipment safely, including mobiles, camera, etc (If this is not the case, a short introductory session can be done by the teacher)
2. Familiarity with the ICT environment and managing files and folders
3. Text typing in local languages - through concept mapping or text editing

Resources needed

1. Computer lab with projection equipment
2. Camera, mobile, connectors
3. Images, photos
4. Handout for Ubuntu
5. Handout for LibreOffice Writer
6. Handout for Freeplane
7. Handout for Tux Paint

Digital skills

1. Accessing and creating images - drawing and taking a photo, using the camera to capture and image, using screenshot to capture an image
2. Organizing them in folders
3. Viewing images
4. Combining different formats together - text and image

Description of activity with detailed steps

Teacher led activity

Your teacher will demonstrate how to create image using multiple devices:

1. A photograph with a camera (or a mobile)
2. Digitizing a hand-drawn illustration
3. A screenshot or a snapshot from a video playing
4. These images can be copied to your computer for story telling.

Single image essays

A cow and her calf

Your teacher will show you an image for you to tell a story about. This will involve looking at all the data elements in the image and making connections. She will demonstrate how there can be different stories. Discuss with your teacher what are the elements of story telling that are involved - listing the important events, put them in order, determine the medium and format of communication. For the image shown, discuss as a class how you will tell the story and the teacher will document this story either as a mind map or a text document You have already seen different kinds of images like timelines or infographics that can also be used to tell stories. Discuss with your teacher how to capture a timeline of an activity

Multiple image essays

Food of Telangana - 1	Food of Telangana - 2	Food of Telangana - 3	Food of Telangana - 4

1. Your teacher will discuss with you how to use this set of images to talk about how food habits of the state of Telangana. Some ideas that you can discuss with your teacher are:
   1. How does the weather and local vegetation shape our food and recipes?
   2. How does caste impact food habits?
   3. How does the economic condition impact food habits?
2. Using these pictures you can also trace how food habits change in a community or culture
3. Your teacher will demonstrate how to make an image slideshow for using multiple pictures

Student activities

1. Make an image essay of any local festival or fair. You can get a collection of 3-5 images (you can either draw them or photograph them) and show them as a slideshow. These images are your story! You use your imagination to tell the story you want.
2. You have studied about natural fibres in your science class. In your community, identify local craftsmen/ occupations/ industry/ shop that makes or sells products using various natural fibres. Examples can include thatching, basket weaving, fabric weaving, dyeing. Find out how these activities are done and develop a picture story.
3. Create a picture time line of the following in groups and discuss your creations:
   1. Day in the school
   2. Preparing for Dussehra
   3. A timeline of the Samakka Saralamma Jatra

Portfolio

1. Your collection of images
2. Image albums
3. You would have imagined the story line and developed some ideas for telling a story. Capture these in text document or concept map. You can also write it by hand and digitize it.