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

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 Your teacher will also show you other kinds of images -infographics, timelines and a series of images for you to understand how each communicates

Multiple image essays

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

Student activities

1. Single image essays of an event or a place
2. Multi-image essays of an event or a place
3. In small groups create a collaborative story through pictures, including open ended stories
4. Water cycle pictures (Venkata Reddy sir to give following photos)
5. Food chain

Portfolio

1. Images to be digitized and organized into folders