Jacki-P6

Photo Assignment Name: Kodak Assignment - Classroom Scavenger Hunt

Student Name: Jacki Blair

Group Name: The Snapshots



Title: Can You Find Me?

Tags: Keyboard, teacher, desk, apple, markers, scales, goggles, calculators

Self Evaluation:

I do not have Photo Shop, so I chose to do the classroom scavenger hunt that was a project on the Kodak website. It was fun to go around the science classroom that I teach in and in my office to locate things that would make a fun picture. The editing ended up being rather easy; I tried to crop the pictures as much as possible so that students would actually have to hunt for the item.

I plan to use this in my class as a group building activity. Our recent professional development has focused on the Kagan model of classroom strategies and management. One of the strategies offered is to provide a few minutes once a week to have groups complete activities that allow for students to earn the trust of other students, build a community with the teams, and have fun while they are doing it. I believe this scavenger hunt would be a good idea for that purpose. (45-50 pts.) || 80 – 89% (40 - 44 pts.) || <80% (<40 pts.) || Critique Comments:
 * Category || Strong || Adequate || Weak ||
 * Concept || Does an outstanding job of communicating the concept. || Does an adequate job communicating the concept. || Does a poor job communicating the concept. ||
 * Composition || Photograph uses composition principles very effectively. || Photograph does a good job using composition principles. || Photograph does a poor job using composition principles. ||
 * Focus || Focus is a perfect match with the concept of the shot. || Focus is an adequate match with the concept of the shot. || Focus is a poor match with the concept of the shot. ||
 * Technical Aspects || Shutter speed and aperture were perfectly chosen to match concept. || Shutter speed and aperture were adequately chosen to match concept. || Shutter speed and aperture were poorly chosen and do not match the concept. ||
 * Depth of Field || Excellent use of depth-of-field. || Adequate use of depth-of-field. || Poor use of depth-of-field. ||
 * Title/tags || Title and tags were perfectly chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are excellent with no mistakes. || Title and tags were adequately chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are good with only minor errors. || Title and tags were poorly chosen and written to express the content and concept. Contains multiple spelling errors or wrong word choices. ||
 * ** Instructor evaluates this section ** ||
 * Self Critique || Excellent self-assessment. Written comments meet or exceed requirements. || Adequate self-assessment. Written comments meet requirements. || Poor self-assessment. Written comments do not meet requirements. ||
 * Peer Critique || Excellent peer assessment. Written comments meet or exceed requirements. || Adequate peer assessment. Written comments meet requirements. || Poor peer assessment. Written comments do not meet requirements. ||
 * Peer Comments || Peer comments exceed expectations. || Peer comments meet expectations. One or two comments might be missing. || Three or more peer comments were missing, incomplete or poorly written. ||
 * Total Points || >89%
 * Total Points || >89%

Peer Critique Name: Mike (45-50 pts.) || 80 – 89% (40 - 44 pts.) || <80% (<40 pts.) || Critique Comments: Mike - Jacki, **you are the whole picture.** You are the teacher, the apple, the keyboard, and the classroom. This is what you are. I like the fact that the foreground object of the keyboard was slightly out-of-focus and the teacher basket and the apple was in focus. The first thing that catches my eye is the "basket" with the ABC. This is great use of composition principles and your eyes are drawn to it and the keyboard. The picture of the balances is the largest picture. Did you want it to be the first object observed? It really does remind me of a scavenger hunt! The balances, crayons, goggles, and scales are all a part of you, too. Did you download Photoshop Essentials? Something that might improve your scavenger hunt page is to create a page in Essentials and place the images on it and compress it so the page will load faster. It took me a while to see the whole page at home, and I did not see it at school yesterday or this morning. I am a science teacher at heart, so I love the science images. Good job!
 * Category || Strong || Adequate || Weak ||
 * Concept || Does an outstanding job of communicating the concept. || Does an adequate job communicating the concept. || Does a poor job communicating the concept. ||
 * Composition || Photograph uses composition principles very effectively. || Photograph does a good job using composition principles. || Photograph does a poor job using composition principles. ||
 * Focus || Focus is a perfect match with the concept of the shot. || Focus is an adequate match with the concept of the shot. || Focus is a poor match with the concept of the shot. ||
 * Technical Aspects || Shutter speed and aperture were perfectly chosen to match concept. || Shutter speed and aperture were adequately chosen to match concept. || Shutter speed and aperture were poorly chosen and do not match the concept. ||
 * Depth of Field || Excellent use of depth-of-field. || Adequate use of depth-of-field. || Poor use of depth-of-field. ||
 * Title/tags || Title and tags were perfectly chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are excellent with no mistakes. || Title and tags were adequately chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are good with only minor errors. || Title and tags were poorly chosen and written to express the content and concept. Contains multiple spelling errors or wrong word choices. ||
 * ** Instructor evaluates this section ** ||
 * Self Critique || Excellent self-assessment. Written comments meet or exceed requirements. || Adequate self-assessment. Written comments meet requirements. || Poor self-assessment. Written comments do not meet requirements. ||
 * Peer Critique || Excellent peer assessment. Written comments meet or exceed requirements. || Adequate peer assessment. Written comments meet requirements. || Poor peer assessment. Written comments do not meet requirements. ||
 * Peer Comments || Peer comments exceed expectations. || Peer comments meet expectations. One or two comments might be missing. || Three or more peer comments were missing, incomplete or poorly written. ||
 * Total Points || >89%
 * Total Points || >89%

Emily-Jacki, I think this type of assignment would be a great way for you to allow students to build trust with each other. I like how you grouped the items together to create your photos. The depth of field was great on the first shot with the computer and the basket at the far end. One suggestion I have is to try using the macro option (if you have it) to take really close up pictures of the equipment. This would force the students to really be on their game for this scavenger hunt. Nice job!


 * __Kevin-__** Jacki, All of these are great shots. The way the keyboard leads to the basket creates motion and interest. The close-up shots of the scales is interesting with the various lines which is a bit ambiguous without being unidentifiable. The picture of the crayon markers is great with various textures and colors. All well done.

Donna- Jacki, your photos made me think of what I might use for the same assignment in an English classroom. The assignment sounds fun, and I like the idea of team-building for groups. I liked the colors in your photographs and the depth of field in the photo with the basket. I wonder if you arranged the photos in any special order for your scavenger hunt, and I wonder why the photos are different sizes.