Creativity+and+Craftsmanship+of+Images

Webinar with Bernajean Porter and Mardi Hagar ~ Also Explore Side Bar Navigation Links

 * Quote: ** // Our minds process forty bits of info per second but our nonverbal [visual] brains process eleven million bits during that same second - Martha Beck Finding Your Way in A Wild New world //





**Micro Project Idea**

 * **[|CSI Thinking Routine] ~ Using Images for Reflection**
 * **[|Smith Magazine] - Home of the Six Word Memoirs**
 * **[|PBS’ 1000 Word Image Lesson Plan]**
 * **[|Transforming Landscapes with Cut Outs]**
 * ** [|Photo Phive] - Five Images Sequenced for StoryTelling **
 * ** [|Visual Poetry] APP - [Explore more iPad APPS from Navigation Side Bar] **

1. Taking Your Own [DYI][[image:Visual StoryTelling + STILL Images.071.jpg width="400" height="300" align="right"]]

 * **Stills**
 * **Filming**
 * **Understand [|Camera Shots] [PLUS Meaning]**
 * **Understand [|Camera Angles] [PLUS Meaning]**
 * **Explore a myriad of special effects APPS as real time photo "filters"**
 * [e.g. Paper Camera APP or ToonCam APP] **

= Ideas for Learning Tasks  =
 * 1) **  Create a one page story [graphic novel] expecting a mixture of shots and angles to visually unfold the story. Use //CHOGGER// ~ FREE Online Comic MakingTool [[|Click Here]] **
 * 2) ** Ask students create their own "3X5 Flip Book" of their own camera work demonstrating EACH shot. Place "Flip Book" on a notebook ring and have it handy while "in the field." **
 * 3) ** Ask students to develop a visual story with "Five Photo Frames" using at least 2-3 camera shots. [[|Directions]] **
 * 4) ** Ask students to develop a visual story in "Five Video Shots" using at least 2 camera shots and no less than two camera angles. **
 * 5) **PUBLISHING** @ [|Submit a SIX Word Story] One image of own creation AND six words to tell a story!
 * 6) **PUBLISHING** @ [|Six Words for Schools] ~ Six Words Challenge with Topic or Theme of the Month
 * 7) **LESSON PLAN** - Introducing Six Word Writing Task

= 2. Expect SAFE Searching of Online IMAGE [Collections] =

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 * === Free Image Sites - No Attribution ** [[|Click Here]] **===
 * **Creative Commons - [[|Click Here]]**
 * **Pixabay [[|Click Here]]**
 * **WikiMedia Commons [[|Click Here]]**
 * **Google SAFE Image Searches [See Below]**



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 * **Pixlr Editor ~ FREE Image-Editing Online and APP**
 * **PicMonkey - FREE Image-Editing Tool**
 * **Comparing [|PicMonkey vs Pixlr]**
 * **[|Clipping Magic] ~ FREE Masking Online Tool and Removing Backgrounds**
 * **[|Resizing Images] ~ FREE Online Tool**
 * **[|Visual Poetry] APP**
 * **[|Showing NOT Telling] - Basics in Writing**



**EXPECT Design ~ ** ** NOT Technology **