Digital Images + Web 2.0 = Critical Thinking

Workshop Dates: June 20 - June 22

Workshop Time: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Location: Heath School, Brookline, MA

100 Eliot Street
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-1435
(617) 879-4570

Audience: Classroom teachers and specialists in Grades K - 12

Platform applicable to: The workshop will be held in a Mac lab but participants are welcome to bring their own laptop, Mac or PC

Course credit option: One graduate credit is available from Framingham State for a fee of $75.

Description: Digital images are increasingly becoming an easy and useful classroom tool. By combining the power of digital images with interactive web-based tools (Web 2.0) teachers can strengthen their students’ skills in critical thinking, writing, reflection, and interactive learning. This workshop will provide participants with guided opportunities to gather better digital images from the web and improve their own digital photographs. Teachers will explore, create, and utilize digital images in a blog and in "Flickr". They will learn how to successfully use digital images to promote learning and reflection in their classrooms.

About the instructor: Matthew Durant is first and foremost a teacher. For the past 18 years, Matt has taught students in kindergarten, first, third, fourth, fifth and sixth grades. He has also taught computers to students in kindergarten through eighth grade. As a presenter, Matt has had many opportunities over the past ten years to teach others how to integrate technology. He has worked with such notable organizations as the MA Department of Education, WGBH, TERC, Mass Networks, and MassCue. This course is a product of Matt’s knowledge of and passion for technology integration, constructivist learning, and authentic assessment.

Skills/equipment needed: Teachers will need a basic familiarity with digital cameras and computers.