As we enter February, I realize how much closer we are getting to April. In April I will be starting a land mark project with my students. I am really starting to feel the pressure and losing my drive. I took the recent Flikr assignments to help get the creative juices flowing again.
As I began in Flikr… I was not impressed. It didn’t seem user friendly or something that would really help me. The first hour worth of looking at pictures to find they were all copyrighted. Then once I was in The Commons, it seemed so limiting. Everything was from the library of congress, which is great if you are looking for something old. But maybe it was me….… I was looking for thinks that interest me… purple… skydiving… trees… I found things… just nothing l liked. It wasn’t until I started thinking about what I would use pictures from Flixr for that got me going.
The first picture I selected was “Pool it” by David Falconer with the US National Archives. This photograph will be one of many photos use to get students thinking. This sign was posted just outside of Vancouver, Washington as a reminder the gas shortage wasn’t over in 1974. As prices of gas today remain high, the question I pose to my students … “Have we changed much over the last 30 years?”
(I am not stating what the project is… because my students have started reading my blog. J)
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