Pics4learning+and+Photos8

The ability to create a story from images spans across all ages, cultures and understandings. The skill to interpret our own ideas from pictures has assisted me to better understand the use of images and pictures in Education. The use of photos as slide shows combined with music creates a complete story and atmosphere as I have experienced during my prac teaching. Within the art room, spanning throughout the autism unit I have witnessed students creating ‘stories’ through the use of images and sound. Teachers can create their own slide shows for younger ages such as kindergarten to year 5 and then as students gain a greater understanding of using computer-based technology can create their own. Thus using images and sound in slide shows can span across a vast level of ages depending on the individuals skill level. Specifically, the websites photos 8 and pics4learning are exceptional resources for both teachers and students to gain copyright appropriate images from. These websites provide a vast quantity of images that span thousands of topics and allow for students to literally create their own stories.
 * Pics4learning and Photos 8 **
 * What is it?**

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 * How is this relevant to Students with Individual needs?**
 * -Students with **individual needs** are included in the process of choosing images-whether this be as part of the class or in creating their own story.
 * -Students who have low or **developing literacy skills** can access images to assist in their understanding of ideas and words that are associated with the images.
 * -Within the **autism** unit the websites were a form of **reward**. Students were able to add 2 pictures to their weekly story once an appropriate learning activity was completed. For example, after doing 8 maths questions, Tyler (9 years old) was able to choose two pictures to add to his collection about going on a safari to Africa. His collection consisted of pictures of a plane, native African animals, a safari uniform and suitcases by the end of the week. Tyler was excited to then tell his story as he had made it himself and was clearly improving his social skills.
 * -Within the hearing impaired environment a story can easily be identified using imagery.

The use of finding images via the internet and creating a story or by using them via a smart board or other technologies evokes ideas in everyone’s minds- none are right or wrong and thus helps create an inclusive classroom. Students with learning disabilities can include their ideas and not feel ‘unintelligent’ comparatively to the rest of the class. All students learn about the internet, how pictures evoke ideas and emotions and how your ideas can vary from others and still be just as correct.

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 * Emily Chilvers**
 * U3053396**