I think the integration of photography (art) and literacy is a wonderful combination. I was inspired particularly by a photography and poetry project I found on the web that had been created by an English teacher. Students took digital cameras with them for a few days, and were told to photograph a particular subject. Students then wrote poetry in reaction to the imagery and or experience. Students set up Flickr accounts, posted photographs, and wrote their poems in the comment boxes below their photos. The class presented work to the class and discussed individual experience using Flickr.
This would be a great project idea for high risk, ESL students, and visual kinesthetic learners as well as visual spatial learners. It hits upon so many of the intelligences and would come naturally to my students whom most certainly are “digital natives”. I would love to do variation of this very idea by using student artwork, having students photograph it, and having them write supporting artist statements in the comment boxes. Students would all join the class group an be required to make constructive comments about peer work. I’m inspired to do this with one of my classes soon, so I will be posting the results of this plan in the near future.
Here is a great link to many Flickr ideas and lesson plans for educators
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