Week 19

Dear Students and Families,

A new year, new month, new unit.  Our return to BIS brought with it Unit 6, Visual Literacy.  Our unit this month is driven by the quote "a picture is worth a thousand words".  We will begin with two lessons on analyzing images in order to tell the picture's story.  This includes making observations about the photograph (people, objects, actions, and clues about location, time period, and purpose), using captions and context to gain a deeper understanding of the image, and creating meaning and understanding from the image.  Next, students will look at how photographers have represented history during our lesson on Photojournalism, and how advertisers use techniques to influence our consumer purchases during our lesson on Ad Literacy.  Then it will be time for students to use a web cam to take a "selfie" and use a handful of digital manipulation tools to alter their picture--thus changing our perception of reality.  We wrap-up our lessons by learning how to use programs designed to tell a story using pictures--Google Presentation, Prezi, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Photo Story.  February 3-7 is set aside for students to take the Unit 6 Assessment.

Please log onto Moodle to preview, review, and make-up missed ILT assignments.  Our class info can also be found on X2.  Also, be sure to check out our webpage at http://www.barnstable.k12.ma.us/domain/578 for quick access to resources we use in 223 ILT--and look through our class pictures!

Sincerely,
Ms. Thackston-Dodge