Flickr is the poster site for visual learning. A picture is worth a thousand words is how the saying goes; yet we seem to be able to find more words depending on our mood and personal experiences.
Like the rest of America and the world, I'm like obsessed with reading the Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer. Two years ago I had heard about it from a student because she was reading it for Sustained Silent Reading (SSR). It was time to move on and she begged for more time and I just didn't get it until I decided to check it out for myself. The rest is part of a collective history. Like many I just devoured book one, book two, and book three and then went into withdrawal until book 4 arrived from Amazon. In my head are those characters and the scenes. I really didn't appreciate the movie much because my minds eye was stuck on what had registered there from reading. Now, what does that have to do with Flickr? What if Flickr could be used to find visual pictures that represented stories and books they have read and create slideshows with narrations or music?
I decided to investigate this brain burp and seek photos of Forks, Washington on Flickr. In my search I found and entire slide show that resonated more with me than the movies have, even though New Moon definitely up the visuals a notch. Fans have posted photos of the area including movie-based pictures.
Using Flickr to find picture artifacts of a novel would be a cool idea. It would even be great for building prior knowledge before a story is read. Teachers could grab photos that relate for students to view.
Seeing the photos from Flickr of Forest scenes and meadows have made the words of Twilight whisper in my heart’s ear. I have no time to really reread like I desire to, so the photos will have to suffice for now.
I enjoyed reading your concept of pictures based on a reading of a novel. This is a first for me, as until now I have not connected photography to reading novels.
ReplyDeletePhotography and novel reading can be expanded to include to technology and slide shows that reinforced media literacy kill development.