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Lewis, Malcolm; Draycott, Catherine – Information Services and Use, 1993
Describes a project by Media Projects International to create a visual database of 56,000 items from The Wellcome Institute Library for the History of Medicine (United Kingdom). Topics discussed include identifying the users; defining the display system; project management; production processes; designing the photographic capture process; and…
Descriptors: Administration, Databases, Display Systems, Electronic Publishing
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Springhorn, Deborah – English Journal, 1995
Describes an interdisciplinary high school course that covers the development of human history, literature, and culture from the earliest civilizations to the present, with particular emphasis on Western civilization. Provides course outlines and objectives. Highlights the content coverage, and reviews student responses to the course. (TB)
Descriptors: Art, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Interdisciplinary Approach
Dempsey, John V.; Tucker, Susan A. – Educational Technology, 1994
Examines techniques for using photographic evidence and photo-interviewing in evaluation and research. Reasons for using photo-interviewing are discussed, including prompting recall and acting as stimuli and verifiers of perception; and two examples are given, one involving evaluation with faculty and graduate students and one involving research…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Interviews
Osborne, Jacqueline A.; And Others – Day Care & Early Education, 1995
Discusses how use of photography in early childhood classrooms enhances visual literacy. Describes how to use photographs in the daily routine to involve parents, build children's identity, and enrich all areas of the curriculum. Also describes use of video cameras in the classroom. (HTH)
Descriptors: Curriculum Enrichment, Early Childhood Education, Parent Participation, Perceptual Development
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Dubin, Steven C. – Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 1995
Discusses the reaction of feminist students at Vanderbilt University (Tennessee) to a photograph, "Heaven and Hell" (A. Serrano), on the cover of the book "Arresting Images: Impolitic Art and Uncivil Actions" (S. Dubin). Their position that the photograph promotes violence toward women is one interpretation; another is that it…
Descriptors: Activism, Aesthetic Values, Art Criticism, College Students
Urrows, Henry; Urrows, Elizabeth – Computers in Libraries, 1991
Describes new technology being developed by Eastman Kodak for storing 35mm color photos on compact disk (CD) and discusses its applications for desktop publishing. Benefits of photo CD and costs are examined, a proposed universal color standard that is an improved way to represent color digitally is explained, and software is discussed. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Costs, Desktop Publishing, Display Systems
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Vitali, Julius – School Arts, 1990
Explains an experimental photographic technique starting with a realistic photograph. Using various media (oil painting, video/computer photography, and multiprint imagery) the artist changes the photograph's compositional elements. Outlines the phases of this evolutionary process. Illustrates four images created by the technique. (DB)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression
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Winters, Loren M. – Physics Teacher, 1991
Describes the use of a microcomputer as an intervalometer for the control and timing of several flash units to photograph high-speed events. Applies this technology to study the oscillations of a stretched rubber band, the deceleration of high-speed projectiles in water, the splashes of milk drops, and the bursts of popcorn kernels. (MDH)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, High Schools, Light
Hubbard, Guy – Arts & Activities, 1999
Explains that the best way for students to learn to recognize high-quality portrait photography is to study as many good examples as possible. Provides examples of portrait photography by David Hockney, Dorothea Lange, Edward Steichen, and Thomas M. Easterly in order to demonstrate different portrait styles and techniques and to promote…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Expression
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Pack, Sam – Reading Improvement, 2000
Describes a study in which fourth-grade children documented their after-school activities with disposable cameras. Analyzes these photographs and develops six profiles of library users and non users among these students. Finds, rather than a direct causal relationship between library use and academic achievement, that the more salient indicator of…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Childhood Attitudes, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
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Woods, Carol S. – Young Children, 2000
Presents tips for early childhood teachers on the use of photographs in the classroom. Includes suggestions for using the camera effectively, using photos of the children, and creating classroom activities with photos. Asserts that the photographs often enhance the meaning of a classroom activity for children. (KB)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices, Instructional Materials, Photographs
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Fey, Cass; Bashore, Liz – Art Education, 2000
Presents an instructional resource where upper elementary, middle, and high school students can explore the photographs of Tseng Kwong Chi to understand the idea of truthfulness and the artistic nature of photographs. Offers background information on Chi and his vision. Includes strategies for examining and discussing the photographs. (CMK)
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Art Education, Art Expression, Artists
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Hittner, James B.; Daniels, Jennifer R. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2002
This study examined the association of gender-role orientation to creative accomplishments and cognitive styles in 127 college students. Results indicated that the gender role orientation of instrumentality was positively associated with creative accomplishments in the business venture domain and that androgynous, versus non-androgynous,…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Business, Cognitive Style, College Students
Woods, Linda – Arts & Activities, 2000
Discusses photographing children's art for four uses: (1) a scrapbook of student work; (2) the students' portfolios; (3) a sample greeting card to encourage parents to use their child's artwork for cards; and (4) personal note cards for the teacher. (CMK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Childrens Art, Educational Practices, Elementary Education
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Schiller, John; Tillett, Beryl – Early Child Development and Care, 2004
In what ways can information and communications technologies (ICT) be integrated into classroom practice to create a 'community of learners'? This paper describes an action research project, over a six-month period, in which a class of seven-year-old and eight-year-old children in a metropolitan South Australian school created digital images to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Computer Uses in Education, Student Projects
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