Photography allows for creative expression and documentation of memories and the world. It allows people to both produce and consume photographs. Technology enhances our ability to capture, store, and share photographs, strengthening connections between schools and communities. This lesson provides an opportunity for students to document a moment, share it with others, and revisit it later through photographs. Online photographs posted can start online communities.

1. sessums « eme4406 • integrating technology into the secondary curriculum • fall 2010 chapter 9: technology to support learning Photography offers many benefits to individuals and society. It serves as both a creative outlet and a form of record keeping, a way to catalog our world and our memories. Photography as an act allows participate in our world both as a producer and consumer. Technology gives us a way to capture, store, and share photographs enhancing our ability to learn and increase the connections between our schools and communities. This lesson provides an opportunity to document a moment, share it with others, and go back and reflect on it later. Photographs are triggering towns, each a poem unto itself, waiting to be received. Online each photograph posted is a community waiting to happen.

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21. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sweetpeabrooklyn/3216219059/sizes/m/in/photostream/ Activity: • Open Photobooth • Snap a series of photos • Post one to Twitter using Twitpic (sign up) • Tag your photo #eme4406