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DA#35 – The Mysterious Friend

How can photography convey different messages?

This workshop provides an introduction to photography and to the concepts of point of view and framing. The children shall start by observing the photos in class and at home, then they will be given opportunities to learn how to take photos on their own. They will practice portrayal by taking pictures of their classmates, from an overall portrait to a single small detail, before visually preparing a psychomotricity exercise to be carried out in class.

An idea from

Laurence Vannerum, Gosselies Providence Fondamental School, Gosselies – Belgium and Laurence Marchal, École libre des 3 vallées, Viroinval – Belgium, in co-design with Média Animation ASBL

Time

3 hours at school split over 7 activities, 4 activities with the family

Age

5-6 years

Objective

  1. Understand that the content of a photograph is the result of a specific intention of the photographer.
  2. Discover the notions of image framing, point of view and focus.
  3. Foster creativity through the invention of psychomotor exercises.
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#physicalactivity #photography #portrait #sport #mediaeducation

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DA#29 – The Photo Hunt

How to find one’s way in space using photos?

How can photos help us recognise our environment and find our bearings?  During this workshop, children discover different levels of the representation of a geographic place (satellite view, maps, photos), they identify landmarks and learn how to find their bearings. By creating a treasure hunt, they trace an understandable itinerary on a map. Several photos placed one after the other become a sequence of movements, thus introducing the notions of coding and sequencing.

An idea from

Aurélie Modave, teacher at the Sainte Julienne Haut school in Fléron – Belgium, in co-design with Média Animation ASBL

Time

8 activities for a total of 5 hours, and 3 activities at home

Age

5-6 years

Objective

  1. Recognise one’s environment and finding one’s bearings by observing photos.
  2. Discover the notions of image framing and point of view.
  3. Introduce to the concepts of coding and sequencing.
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#numeracy #photography #geolocation #environment #map #code #mediaeducation

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DA#21 – A Stop Motion Film

How can animated images become a film?

Yes! 

Is it possible to make a film using pictures taken in class? The answer is yes! In this workshop, children will first learn how to distinguish still images from animated images and play with moving images by creating a folioscope and a thaumatrope. After learning how to take photos, the children will be invited to make a small stop motion animation film. The scenario of this small film can build on a story the class knows and appreciates, such as a children’s album. In class or at home with their family, the children will imagine a scenario and make the characters (modelling clay, toys, paper) and the set. With the educator’s help, the children will photograph the images that make up the story, put these photos in a sequence and animate their film.

An idea from

Florence Fery, Belgrade municipal school – Belgium, in co-design with Média Animation ASBL

Time

10 activities for a total of 10 hours in school, and  3 activities at home.

Age

5-6 years

Objective

  1. Distinguish between a still and an animated image.
  2. Illustrate the milestones of a story. 
  3. Discover and understand the stages involved in making a small object animation movie.
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#language #photography #movement #stopmotion #sound #animatedmovie #mediaeducation

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DA#14 – Nature in Projection

How are shadows generated and what lays behind (or in front of) them?

Children discover the nature of shadows and the properties of projection through a series of experimentation activities with different light sources and materials.  At school, in a dark room, they will first experiment what happens when the light from the projector passes through natural materials (leaves, flowers, branches, stones), through coloured transparent materials,  to afterwards  discover what the materials look like if they give a “closer look”, through the lenses of a digital microscope.  At home, children and parents will go for a “shadow hunt” and experiment with different light sources and materials, also thanks to a “transition” box, which the children take home from school and vice versa.

An idea from

Sara Battistel – Cristina Zecchin, ECEC educators at the Kindergarten “Tre Piere”, Oderzo – Italy.

In co-design with Zaffiria.

Time

8 activities (30 min each)

Age

4-5 years

Objective

  1. Knowledge of the projector, as a technological tool.
  2. Discovery and exploration of shadows.
  3. Peer collaboration.
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#nature #sciences #mediaeducation #projection #digitalmicroscope

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DA#12 – Nature through Seasons

How does nature change through the seasons?

YES!

In this atelier, children discover the differences between the four seasons. They walk outside and seek for clues to find out what season it is.

Creating digital images is an important skill for the new generation. Using a simple app, they will learn to remove a background from a photograph: a technique used in the media industry. This atelier will raise awareness towards media and how advertisements are created.

Watch the video trailer here: https://tube.tchncs.de/w/iCc2fwZc4onPrWTdm8AG8j

An idea from

La Fabulerie, Marseilles, France, Tested with: Ecole Maternelle Pommier, Marseilles, France

Time

5 activities (around 20 minutes each)

Age

5-6 years

Objective

  1. Discovering photo editing apps.
  2. Walk outside, exercise.
  3. Create your first digital art.
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#nature #portrait #advertising #photography #mediaeducation

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DA#11 – Nature in the City

How to convey a sound and visual environment?

YES!

During this workshop, pupils explore the themes of sound and image. They are encouraged to observe their immediate environment: their school or home neighbourhood. Is this environment rather urban or natural? What elements are associated with the city? And with nature? What do they see? What do they hear? What does a sound say? How can sound and images complete one another? Walking through different places together, the children capture these environments in sounds and images using a camera and a Dictaphone. 

At the end of the workshop, the children make a “sound bingo” to be played with the family and other classes.

An idea from

Christine Gerards, Roton nursery school, Charleroi – Belgium, in co-design with Média Animation ASBL

Time

Around 4 hours, 4 activities in school and 3 activities at home.

Age

4-5 years

Objective

  1. Observe one’s environment, recognise sounds and sound effects and associate them with a photo/a corresponding image.
  2. Take, sort and choose photos for a specific goal.
  3. Identify sounds and record them.
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#nature #photography #sound #environment #mediaeducation

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DA#9 – Gentle Pebbles

How can we make small children experience, in a direct and fun way, the impact of messages shared online?

While exploring the topic of minerals and their possible transformations, children reflect on how the messages we share online, both positive and negative, spread and have an impact on others. Children, educators and parents go on a pebble hunt, exploring natural environments such as rivers and small streams but also mountain paths, city parks, etc. The collected pebbles will be ‘transformed’ by the children’s creativity into tools for spreading positive messages in public spaces.

An idea from

Cabiria Manca, ECEC educator at the Kindergarten “Scuola dell’Infanzia Bosco Incantato”, Bellaria-Igea-Marina – Italy.

In co-design with Zaffiria.

Time

7 activities (30-40 min each)

Age

4-5 years

Objective

  1. Reflect on the dissemination and impact of the messages we share online and offline.
  2. Fostering a sense of belonging to a wider community.
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#emotions #nature #art #mediaeducation

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DA#5 – A Grown-up’s Game

How can we help children develop a critical sense of the images shared online?

In this digital atelier the children’s natural curiosity for photos and cameras is the starting point for an in-depth experience in the world of photography and communication through images. The child develops skills and abilities by making his or her first technological experiments; explores reality and learns to reflect on his or her experiences by describing them, representing and reorganising them using different criteria and methods.

An idea from

Cataldi Francesca – Geraci Caterina – Lisa Spazzoli, ECEC educators at the Kindergarten “Don Teofrasto Pasini”, Sala di Cesenatico – Italy.

In co-design with Zaffiria.

Time

8 activities (approx. 40 min. each)

Age

3-5 years

Objective

  1. Exploring photography and communication through images.
  2. Enhancing the child’s creative, imaginative and expressive abilities.
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#emotions #storytelling #photography #mediaeducation

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DA#4 – Faces & Places

Can a face become a landscape?

Yes!
With a tablet, a transparent sheet, a marker and a lot of creativity! At home with their parents and at school with their educators, children observe and photograph their territory, the surrounding nature and the faces of their grandparents. The photos taken become the starting point for the creation of two worlds that intersect and exchange: grandparents’ facial lines are transformed into landscapes that in the end are combined to create a large wall piece.

An idea from

Romina Copetti – Sillitto Maria Teresa – Veljacà Sara – Paolini Cristiana, ECEC educators at the Kindergarten “Non ti scordar di me-Grisulute-Avasinis”, Alesso di Trasaghis – Italy. 

In co-design with Elena Iodice and Zaffiria

Time

5 activities (1 hour each)

Age

4-5 years

Objective

  1. Recognising and reproducing facial expressions.
  2. Exploring social and natural environment.
  3. Interpreting and reworking images and photographs.
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#nature #emotions #movement #art #mediaeducation

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DA#1 – The Mascot’s Trip

How can we convey a message using a photograph?

Building on the journey of a class mascot between school and home, this workshop explores an educational approach to photography. Specifically, it consists in preparing and documenting through photos the adventures of the mascot travelling from family to family. Through this approach, the children handle the photo media both in terms of production (shooting) and of reception (analysis, impact of the point of view, etc.) to sharpen their perspective.

An idea from

Kareen Krief, Belgrade municipal school – Belgium, in co-design with Média Animation ASBL

Time

7 activities at school for a total of 5 hours and 4 activities at home

Age

3-5 years

Objective

  1. Use a transitional object (mascot) to encourage speech and language within the group and to develop an emotional link between the classroom and the home
  2. Understand that the content of a photograph is the result of a specific intention of the photographer 
  3. Taking self-portraits and develop creative autonomy through the use of a camera
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#emotions #language #photography #selfie #mediaeducation