Madi uploading photos to the Daily Photo Journal. What parent wouldn't want to know what their child did in school each and every day when their child comes home from school excited and motivated to learn? When your students are Learning Like PIRATE's, they're bound to be excited about something happening in school!
Even when children are passionate and enthusiastic about what they're learning in class, they're still bound to suffer from "After-School Amnesia." They never seem to remember what they did in school, because they're hungry, tired, and needing some time to unwind. That's where our Daily Photo Journal comes into play.
Throughout each school day, my students and I grab the classroom camera and take pictures of all of our learning experiences. At the end of the day, one student is in charge of uploading the photos to our classroom website and giving each slideshow a title. Now, even when a child "forgets" what (s)he did in school that day, parents can check the website and ask specific questions about what they see!
Throughout the school year, students often use our Daily Photo Journal to grab photos to put into their blog entries or print out for projects. This saves us some time because it means that students don't always have to individually take photos during activities and upload them in class. Instead, we can all use the same photos in our blog entries, with just one student taking the time to upload and post the photos online.
As an added bonus, these photos are a valuable resource that we can use at the end of the year. I've used the Daily Photo Journal as a reflection tool for students to use to think about what they learned over the school year and to create blog entries about our experiences. Parents and students have both commented that the Daily Photo Journal is a lot like a yearbook just for our class! I've had parents grab the photos of their child from the whole school year and print them off or put them into electronic photo albums!
I have chosen to use Weebly to host my photo slideshows, but there are dozens of ways that you can do this differently! I can imagine that some teachers may prefer to post their photos on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, while some may prefer to post photos on a site like Snapfish or Shutterfly. Whatever you choose, parents and students alike are sure to appreciate the year-long cache of photos showing all of the exciting activities that you completed throughout the year.
Even when children are passionate and enthusiastic about what they're learning in class, they're still bound to suffer from "After-School Amnesia." They never seem to remember what they did in school, because they're hungry, tired, and needing some time to unwind. That's where our Daily Photo Journal comes into play.
Throughout each school day, my students and I grab the classroom camera and take pictures of all of our learning experiences. At the end of the day, one student is in charge of uploading the photos to our classroom website and giving each slideshow a title. Now, even when a child "forgets" what (s)he did in school that day, parents can check the website and ask specific questions about what they see!
Throughout the school year, students often use our Daily Photo Journal to grab photos to put into their blog entries or print out for projects. This saves us some time because it means that students don't always have to individually take photos during activities and upload them in class. Instead, we can all use the same photos in our blog entries, with just one student taking the time to upload and post the photos online.
As an added bonus, these photos are a valuable resource that we can use at the end of the year. I've used the Daily Photo Journal as a reflection tool for students to use to think about what they learned over the school year and to create blog entries about our experiences. Parents and students have both commented that the Daily Photo Journal is a lot like a yearbook just for our class! I've had parents grab the photos of their child from the whole school year and print them off or put them into electronic photo albums!
I have chosen to use Weebly to host my photo slideshows, but there are dozens of ways that you can do this differently! I can imagine that some teachers may prefer to post their photos on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, while some may prefer to post photos on a site like Snapfish or Shutterfly. Whatever you choose, parents and students alike are sure to appreciate the year-long cache of photos showing all of the exciting activities that you completed throughout the year.
| LearnLAP Note: Empower your students to take pictures during each and every lesson! You will often forget, but they will generally remember! My students love to take pictures when I'm lecturing or demonstrating something, because they think of taking pictures when they're passively sitting and listening. But when students participate in an activity that is more active and collaborative, they often forget to take pictures! They're so engaged in their learning that they forget to handle the minutia of taking pictures. Fortunately, that's when I generally remember! I hope you'll try doing this in your classroom - Good luck! :) Links to our Daily Photo Journals over the years: 2014-2015: http://paulsolarz.weebly.com/daily-photo-journal 2013-2014: http://psolarz.weebly.com/2013-2014-daily-photo-journal 2012-2013: http://psolarz.weebly.com/so-what-did-you-do-in-school-today | Sample Daily Photo Journal Post: "Using Hands-On Equations to Learn Algebra" |
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