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Instructional Applications of Digital Photography
EDUC 744 928 3 semester hours graduate credit
Instructor: Alicia Mundt
Explore how digital photography can develop 21st century skills (i.e. inquiry, innovation, critical thinking and media literacy) within your existing curriculum! This course will address instructional strategies using ISTE’s Framework for Digital Images. Course participants will explore connections between emerging literacy skills and today's learners, as well as the fundamentals of digital photography production, editing, sharing and storage and digital storytelling.
This course is designed for K 12 educators (all disciplines), special educators, ELS teachers, school library/media specialists, technology coordinators, technical schools, virtual high schools, community colleges, university online programs, as well as trainers in continuing education, business, government, health care, professional associations, and nonprofit organizations.
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Topics include:
- Emerging frameworks of literacies when integrating media
- Best practices to support creativity
- Relevant learning theories for lessons with a digital photography component
- Legal and ethical practices, citation of sources and fair use policies
- Online repositories of digital photograph resources
- Interactive user-authored content for uploading, downloading and sharing photographic resources
- Digital photography basics for the classroom teacher
Class discussions will include ways digital images meet the needs of diverse learners, ethics in manipulating photos and permission policies for using copyrighted images. The final project will be to design and publish a digital storytelling project to enhance understanding in a variety of subject areas included but not limited to science, math, social studies, language arts, the arts, family and consumer science education, marketing and business education and technology education.
Activities will be differentiated, and you may explore ideas that appeal to your interests and professional development needs.
Because this class is asynchronous and open to you 24/7, you may participate from your home or work computer during hours that are best for your work and family schedule. Instruction will be differentiated to accommodate learners with varying levels of technical knowledge.
The class is highly interactive with a significant discussion component. All projects/assignments will be submitted via e-mail or presented via the WWW. Instructor/peer comments will be available through discussion groups or sent by e-mail.
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The demand for online education is growing as teachers discover that Web-based courses offer a convenient alternative when pursuing educational and career advancement goals.
Note:The School of Education reserves the right to cancel classes that do not meet minimum enrollment requirements.
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Email: Joan Vandervelde
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University of Wisconsin - Stout
Telephone: (715) 642-0209
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