Cameras in the Curriculum. a Challenge to Teacher Creativity. Volume 1, 1982/83. an NEA/KODAK Program
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 238 409 IR 010 931 AUTHOR Ford, Faye, Ed. TITLE Cameras in the Curriculum. A Challengeto Teacher Creativity. Volume 1, 1982/83. An NEA/KODAK Program. INSTITUTION Eastman Kodak Co,, Rochester, N.Y.; National Education Association, Washington,D.C. SPONS AGENCY National Foundation for theImprovement of Education, Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 83 NOTE 146p. PUB TYPE Reports Descriptive (141) Guides Classroom Use Guides (For Teachers) (052) EDRS PRICE MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Availablefrom EDRS. DESCRIPTORS Awards; Case Studies; Elementary SecondaryEducation; Instructional Innovation; *Material Development; *Photography; Production Techniques;Program Descriptions; Program Development; *Program Tmplementation; *Teacher Developed Materials; *Teaching Methods; *Visual Aids ABSTRACT This book describes 119 award-winningprojects from a program which established a national teachers' competitionto select and disseminate superior teacher-planned anddeveloped programs which use photography as an integral part of the K-12 school curriculum. All subject areas, grade levels, andstates are represented in summaries of projects thatwere granted $200 implementation awards after being selected by a National EducationAssociation (NEA) review panel from entries submitted by eachstate NEA affiliate. Chosen from final reports of these programs submittedto the NEA, reports of six grand prize winners are first presented in theirentirety. These reports and summaries of the other projects includeproject title; teacher; locale; subject; grades;a purpose and description of project; activities; materials,resources, and expenses; and outcomes and adaptation. Grand prize winners includeprograms in fourth grade language arts, secondary science, kindergartenreading readiness, and intermediate art, social studies, and geology.(LMM) *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRSare the best that can be made * * from the original document. * *********************************************************************** U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) As This document has been reproduced as rereived from the person Or organization Originating it Minor changes have been made to improv, reproduction quality Points of view or opinions stated in this docu ment do not necessarily represent official NIE el. position or policy T E CU An NEA/KODAK Program A Challenge to Teacher Creativity Volume 1 1982/83 "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL IN MICROFICHE ONLY HAS BEEN GRANTED BY J.H. Kleinmann TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Administered by INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION Eastman Kodak Company Youth Serlices National Education Association Mary Hatwood Futrell, President Don Cameron, Executive Director National Foundation for the Improvement of Education Jack H. Kleinmann. Executive Director Sam McMillan, Associate Director Cameras in the Curriculum Sonja J. Nixon. Project Director Pamela M. Terrell. Adrrnistrative Assistant c Eastman Kodak Compaily. 1983 Any reproduction of a portion of this material should carry the lineReprinted from the NEA/KODAK 1982-83 Curriculum Volume by permission of Kodak 3 Table of Contents National Review Panel Members 2 2 State Coordinators . Foreword 3 Acknowledgements . 4 Introduction . 5.6 Grand Prize Winners 8-31 National Award Winners 32-144 Career Education 32-34 Fine Arts 35-44 Languages. Language Arts . 49-83 Physical Education . 84-85 Science and Mathematics 86-109 Social Studies . 110-123 Special Education . 124-139 Other. 140-144 4 The- National Review Panel 1982-1983 Teachers Cameras in the Curriculum Robert S Bannister ---Golden Ring Middle Schoo, State Coordinators Baltimore. Maryland Alabama Education Association Sallie Cook Joseph B Burnette---Washington Irving Intermediate NEA-Alaska--Robert Cooksey School. Springfield. Virginia Arizona Education AssociationTom Carey Karen Darner Taylor Elementary School. Arlington, A-kansas Education Association--Ermalee Boic Virginia California Teachers' AssociationBill Hayward Louise Fishbein-Claremont Elementary School. Colorado Education Association-- Deborah Fallen Arlington. Virginia Connecticut Education Association Maggie McAlpine Fred Goos---Loch Raven Senior High School. Towsor Delaware State Education Association Wally Young Maryland Florida Teaching Profession-NEATommye Hutto Kathy Lore --Hereford Junior Senior High School, Geoigia Association of Educators--Cody Lee, Jr Baltimore. Maryland Hawaii State Teachers' AssociationJohn Radcliffe Dorothy MarshallRosedale Elementary School. Idaho Education AssociationRobert Beckwith Baltimore County. Maryland Illinois Education AssociationJ J Smith Patricia MartinSparrow's Point High School. Indiana State Teachers' AssociationRobert Montfort Baltimore. Maryland Iowa State Education AssociationLana Oppenheim Janet MillsSeneca Valley High School. Baltimore Kansas-NEAMarilyn Flannigan Maryland Maine Teachers' AssociationRosemarie Studer Larry Pennington--Jackson School. Arlington. Virginia Maryland State Teachers' Association. Inc. Ralph Peters. Jr --Perry Hall High School. Baltimore. Jim Spencer Maryland Massachusetts Teachers AssociationRuss Burbank. Kathryn PorterTwinbrook Elementary School, Fred Andelman Rockville. Maryland Michigan Education AssociationKaty Keatts Minnesota Education AssociationPeter Paholts Organizational Representatives Mississippi Association of Educators Mary E Gates American Association of School Administrators, Missouri-NEACarol Schmoock Earl Ferguson. Jerry Killingsworth Montana Education AssociationNancy Walter Association for Supervision and Curriculum Nebraska State Education AssociationBonnie Moody Development. Nancy Olson Nevada State Education Association National Art Education Ar_;sociEttion. James Anderson. Barbara Ferguson John Lechner. Caroline Marshall NEA-New HampshireWilliam Shanahan National Association of Elementary School Principals, New Jersey Education Association Norm Goldman Marge Thompson NEA-New MexicoDean Lively National Council of Social Studies. Ronald Wheeler New York Educators' AssociationAl Mance National Council of Teachers of English. Ohio Education AssociationBill Martin David England. Patricia Hancock. Margot Racin. Oklahoma Education AssociationCharles McCauley John Racin Overseas Education AssociationBill Breskin National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Edward Pennsylvania State Education Association Anderson Fred Leushner. Harry Shreiner National Geographic Society. Carl Harmon NEA-Rhode Island--Karen Comisky National Science Teachers' Association. Richard Gates South Carolina Education Association Paul DeArmond South Dakota Education AssociationDianna Miller Tennessee Education AssociationJeff Swink Texas State Teachers' AssociationAnnette Cootes Vermont-NEALaurie Huse Virginia Education AssociationHelen Rolfe West Virginia Education AssociationWilliam Johnson Wisconsin Education AssociationEd Golnick Wyoming Education AssociationNorma Christensen 2 Forward In August 1982 the National Education Association and This program enabled teachers to tell their stories Eastman Kodak Company announced a joint through program designs of their own. and provided NEA Kodak program which sought to promote more them with opportunities to show the general public effective classroom instruction by the use of what they can do We are glad that publication of their photography as an integral aspect of classroom programs will give them the chance to share their curricula at all grade levels. K-12 This program successes with colleagues nationwide provides an excellent example of the kind of Support for this program will continue We hope to cooperation that should exist between public education make it possible to involve many more teachers in and the corporate world developing their own curriculum ideas--and to share A year has passed and the program has been them universally. We are proud of our partnership and carried out On the basis of the evidence thus far, we enthusiastically support the kind of cooperation have every reason to believe that it has been a between business and education that makes possible resounding success Let the teachers speak for new approaches to the improvement of education and themselves the enhancement of learning experiences for students Without a doubt. this has been the best approach Relationships such as that between Kodak and NEA hold considerable potent:al for strengthening I have ever used in my 24 years of experience teaching industrial arts. educational systems all across the nation The improvement in school/community relations was demonstr-d by the fact that neighbors and friends, not jus 's. made a point to visit the school in order to the weekly showcases The beauty of the program is its adaptability to the environment of the child.- "Thi:. program has been the most successful. exciting. and rewarding teaching experience we have had with trainable mentally-retarded students on performance skills tests, the scores of most students. including the nonverbal, increased Various sociometric instruments also showed substantial movement by the children away from an isolated cast-off position toward a more positive place in the class hierarchy." "Many students volunteered their free hoars. the silent spoke up, and the students prone to cutting class stayed on the scene. -Photography was the key that enabled us to unlock the interest of our students in integratior,