I approached a local teacher who's teaching style and classroom atmosphere would be conducive to my project. I was imagining a project in increasing the students awareness concerning media literacy.
While meeting with Mrs. G she was in favor of my ideas and then mentioned that the students are undertaking a major project this year with National Geographic Society's Geo Challenge.
The Geo Challenge is a project based
multi-leveled competition for teams in grades k-8
(National Geographic Education 2019).
The students are supposed to research the problem and create real world solutions to solve them- this year the focus is PLASTICS and the issue it creates in our environment. The students are supposed to focus on their circle of influence, their own environment.
What Mrs. G mentioned her students really need is to learn how to use imagery, such as photography, to give a VOICE to their projects.
"My students this year are very wordy," Mrs. G explained. They think to get a message across you have to use words and words and words. She wants to show them the power of an image.
This lead to my new 'working title' for my project:
My Lens Is My Voice.
My goals: to help students express their ideas and passions, and learn to share a message with the world using the medium of photography.
I will use the GEOCHALLENGE as a catalyst for the project and then branch out to more personal messages from the children.
You can see more about the GeoChallenge here: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/education/student-experiences/geochallenge/
Figure 1. Bren SLADE. Real Life Ms. Frizzle. 2018. Available at www.OnceUponAPix.com.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EDUCATION. 2019. GeoChallenge 2019-2020 [you-tube advert]. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGABwDC8gXM [accessed October 2019]
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