Join us as we welcome Dr. Jeff Share, a professor in the teacher education program at UCLA, to walk us through a series of sessions on how to help our students navigate a crazy, media-rich world. 

Session 2: Visual Literacy and Racism (photos)

For this workshop we will explore photography and techniques of visual literacy. Since these days almost everyone has a camera in their pocket, photography has become an optimal teaching tool that is free, easy to use, and accessible like never before. We will also look at examples of media representations that reproduce or challenge racist stereotypes and discuss ways teachers can engage students to think critically about these media messages. Participants will have the opportunity to take pictures for an activity that incorporates the ideas discussed.

Media Production: Photography Activity: Good Photo / Bad Photo

o   In a team, choose one person to be the model for the photos.

o   Work together with your group to brainstorm ideas about how you can make your model look very different in each photo.

o   Take a lot of pictures of your model or do this as selfies and try to use many of the techniques of photography that we discussed in class, experimenting with different techniques to best create “good” and “bad” representations of your model.

o   Then choose just the two best photographs to upload to the Google Slides presentation.

o   Include both pictures in one Google slide and also include the names of your team in the notes below the slide with a brief description of what you did to create the different pictures.

Don't miss this amazing opportunity!