Ebert, M. (2011). Photography for Kids!: A Fun Guide to Digital Photography. Santa
Barbara, CA: Rocky Nook.
This book touches on many topics of photography in a very clear and distinct way. It ranges from a 7th to a 9th grade reading level. It includes topics such as the history of photography, the workings of the camera, downloading images, creating interesting portraits, and it even features a quick reference glossary in the back of the text. This guide is very user friendly; offering larger print, colorful backgrounds for some of the pages, and great images for students to use as inspiration for their own photos. I use this guide for many different lessons throughout the year. Some include, Introduction to Photo Vocabulary, Functions of the Camera, Macro Photography, and Portraits. I tend to print pages from the guide and use them as introductions to my lessons. The way that the information is introduced in this text, makes some of the intimidating photography topics less threatening for my students.
Ewald, W (2002). The Best Part of Me: Children Talk about Their Bodies in Pictures and
Words. New York, NY: Little Brown Books for Young Readers.
The author of this book, Wendy Ewald, has created many books on the topic of literacy through photography. The idea is to use photography as a tool to stimulate creativity in writing, along with increasing students’ analytical and communication skills. The style of this text is similar to a picture book, using larger images on one side, with complimentary self expressive writing by children on the other side; placing the reading at an elementary level. I introduce this topic to my Photography I students as a segue lesson for Portrait Photography. The photography in this text helps to show the different ways an individual can be photographed, to create expressive self portraits. The writing piece adds another touch of individuality; and something that students can identify with. This style helps students to be comfortable in their abilities, both academically and creatively.
Gupta, A. (2009). Photojojo!: Insanely Great Photo Projects and DIY Ideas. New York,
NY: Potter Craft.
This book gives great ideas for projects that photography students can explore as homework and holiday assignments. The projects can also be used for interim project ideas in between photography units. This text helps me to stay current as a photography and art teacher; offering projects like using CD jewel cases to make rearrangeable, refillable photo frames for a wall installation or creating a human calendar, where every day is a picture of a friend holding a number. This text can be a little challenging for certain readers, placing it at a high school reading level; the vocabulary is not complicated but the step by step instructions may be difficult for some to comprehend and execute, without some assistance. Photojojo, helps to reinforce what students are learning, along with giving them the tools to expose their photography to an audience in a inventive way.
Maylon, John. Artcyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine, 2011.Web. 19 Oct. 2011.
The website works well for researching different photographers from the 1800's to present times. It is a great resource for teachers and students alike. There are three different search boxes at the top-center of the home page for artists, artwork, and even art museums. This website also offers more refined ways of researching art related topics, through "medium" and "nationality" searches. This site is useful when teaching a unit on Historical, Cultural, and Social context. It allows students the versatility and ease of having “everything art” at their fingertips. In addition, this site offers inspiration to young artists/photographers. I tend to use this site with my Photography II students, when we are analyzing photographs in order to stimulate ideas for themes such as “Something Old” or “Beloved”. Though useful, I place the reading level of this site at a high school level, merely because of the style of the site, it may be over stimulating or cluttered with a lot of information for challenged readers.
The Artist’s Toolkit: Visual Elements and Principles. ArtsConnectEd, 2008. Web. 25
Oct. 2011
This site helps reinforce visual elements and principles, the fundamentals to teaching art and photography. This is a great reference tool when I teach certain beginning elements of photography such as line, shape, color, and texture. It offers many experiential learning options for all learners ranging from an elementary to middle school reading level. Such as watch, find, and create, a visual and hands on way of exposing the young artist/photographer to the elements and principles of art, or the encyclopedia tab, that offers a short explanation of the fundamentals of art, along with comparing and showing how they are used in various famous works of art. This website helps students to get comfortable with new ideas and concepts; creating an eagerness for the student to want to learn more.
Barbara, CA: Rocky Nook.
This book touches on many topics of photography in a very clear and distinct way. It ranges from a 7th to a 9th grade reading level. It includes topics such as the history of photography, the workings of the camera, downloading images, creating interesting portraits, and it even features a quick reference glossary in the back of the text. This guide is very user friendly; offering larger print, colorful backgrounds for some of the pages, and great images for students to use as inspiration for their own photos. I use this guide for many different lessons throughout the year. Some include, Introduction to Photo Vocabulary, Functions of the Camera, Macro Photography, and Portraits. I tend to print pages from the guide and use them as introductions to my lessons. The way that the information is introduced in this text, makes some of the intimidating photography topics less threatening for my students.
Ewald, W (2002). The Best Part of Me: Children Talk about Their Bodies in Pictures and
Words. New York, NY: Little Brown Books for Young Readers.
The author of this book, Wendy Ewald, has created many books on the topic of literacy through photography. The idea is to use photography as a tool to stimulate creativity in writing, along with increasing students’ analytical and communication skills. The style of this text is similar to a picture book, using larger images on one side, with complimentary self expressive writing by children on the other side; placing the reading at an elementary level. I introduce this topic to my Photography I students as a segue lesson for Portrait Photography. The photography in this text helps to show the different ways an individual can be photographed, to create expressive self portraits. The writing piece adds another touch of individuality; and something that students can identify with. This style helps students to be comfortable in their abilities, both academically and creatively.
Gupta, A. (2009). Photojojo!: Insanely Great Photo Projects and DIY Ideas. New York,
NY: Potter Craft.
This book gives great ideas for projects that photography students can explore as homework and holiday assignments. The projects can also be used for interim project ideas in between photography units. This text helps me to stay current as a photography and art teacher; offering projects like using CD jewel cases to make rearrangeable, refillable photo frames for a wall installation or creating a human calendar, where every day is a picture of a friend holding a number. This text can be a little challenging for certain readers, placing it at a high school reading level; the vocabulary is not complicated but the step by step instructions may be difficult for some to comprehend and execute, without some assistance. Photojojo, helps to reinforce what students are learning, along with giving them the tools to expose their photography to an audience in a inventive way.
Maylon, John. Artcyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine, 2011.Web. 19 Oct. 2011.
The website works well for researching different photographers from the 1800's to present times. It is a great resource for teachers and students alike. There are three different search boxes at the top-center of the home page for artists, artwork, and even art museums. This website also offers more refined ways of researching art related topics, through "medium" and "nationality" searches. This site is useful when teaching a unit on Historical, Cultural, and Social context. It allows students the versatility and ease of having “everything art” at their fingertips. In addition, this site offers inspiration to young artists/photographers. I tend to use this site with my Photography II students, when we are analyzing photographs in order to stimulate ideas for themes such as “Something Old” or “Beloved”. Though useful, I place the reading level of this site at a high school level, merely because of the style of the site, it may be over stimulating or cluttered with a lot of information for challenged readers.
The Artist’s Toolkit: Visual Elements and Principles. ArtsConnectEd, 2008. Web. 25
Oct. 2011
This site helps reinforce visual elements and principles, the fundamentals to teaching art and photography. This is a great reference tool when I teach certain beginning elements of photography such as line, shape, color, and texture. It offers many experiential learning options for all learners ranging from an elementary to middle school reading level. Such as watch, find, and create, a visual and hands on way of exposing the young artist/photographer to the elements and principles of art, or the encyclopedia tab, that offers a short explanation of the fundamentals of art, along with comparing and showing how they are used in various famous works of art. This website helps students to get comfortable with new ideas and concepts; creating an eagerness for the student to want to learn more.
