Help me give my students these items to enhance my student learning by encouraging creativity, engagement, and the development of technical skills.
$678 goal
This project expired on March 20, 2025.
This project expired on March 20, 2025.
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Project
I've been a special education teacher for 11 years and it is my 2nd year teaching 8th-grade SDC. Developing their full potential is my goal for my students with special needs. This year I have 15 wonderful students who are eager to learn new things. All of my students will be in high school next school year and most of them are creative and really an artist. They will soon select their electives in high school and they might look for an elective that is connected to this project. The camera and other items like printer ink, memory card, photo printer, and photo paper are the essential materials for my project. The photos and projects students create throughout the process can be compiled into portfolios that showcase their work. These portfolios could be useful for future academic applications, internships, or even professional jobs in photography or related fields. The goal of "Shutter Stories: Framing the World Around Us" is to enable students to develop essential skills in photography, storytelling, and visual communication, while fostering their creativity and critical thinking. This project not only enhances technical abilities in photography and photo editing but also encourages students to use their images to express ideas, evoke emotions, and communicate complex concepts to an audience. They take photos that illustrate the theme and capture different perspectives. Students then edit the photos and create a photojournalistic story with captions explaining the images. The final project could be presented in a digital slideshow or printed as a photo book. This will showcase their talent and knowledge in photography and writing.
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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