Mouse

Mouse
Originally uploaded by TravellingOz

Out of all my travelling photos this is my favourite one that actually has me in it. It was great being able to enhance the image with Picnick - it was an easy to use program (easier than Photoshop I thought).

In relevance to pedagogy framework, on my first day of placement a teacher had created a slideshow of the photos taken at the learners recent camping trip (viewed on the new interactive whiteboard!) and the learners loved it. They are able to buy copies of this slideshow burned onto dvds to share with friends and family and share the experiences they had on the camp. It was a great example of relate, create and donate. The pictures showed the learners working together to accomplish tasks and the slideshow gave them the ability to donate their experience to community outside of the classroom.

Learners being able to upload and enhance their own images or their choice of images from sites such as Flickr would grant learners control of the process from beginning to completion and means to share it with wider community. This process would enable learners to add artistic elements to the images and personalise their creations - perhaps making the subject being studied more meaningful to the learners working with it.