visual correspondence project

Academy of Communication Arts and Technology

Developing students’ communication skills through art and technology

Freestyle

Freestyle Academy

Personalized Learning

Interdisciplinary Studies

21st Century Skills

Self Portrait1st Quarter

Narrative2nd Quarter

Documentary3rd Quarter

Experimental4th Quarter

English Personal Essay Short StoryLiterary Analysis

Research PaperPersuasive Essay

Poetry

Design Self Portrait Photo NarrativeChildren’s book

Photo Documentary

Experimental Art Piece

Film Personal Film Narrative Film Documentary Film Experimental Film

Web/Audio Personal Website Animation

Audio Documentary Informational

Website

Spoken Word Podcast

Interdisciplinary Studies

Documentary“Truth is always strange. Stranger than fiction.” Lord Byron

! Project Due Dates !

Interviews

1st: March 14

2nd: March 21

Organizational

Outline

March 27, 28

Web /Audio

Audio Documentary: April 4, 5

Website: 4/27

Film

Rushes for

cutaways 4/4, 5

Rough cut 4/23

Final cut 4/30

English/Design

See due dates on

back for book

project

Essential Question What is the relationship of facts to truth ?

ObjectiveTo discover and tell the un-

told stories of your family

and/or community.

What To DoBrainstorm

Interesting stories are every-

where. The challenge with this

unit is finding them. The best

place to start looking are your

family, friends, and community

organizations. Find the person

or the topic that interests you the

most. Remember, you will be

spending 8 weeks on this topic

so it needs to be sufficiently

complex and interesting to keep

you engaged.

Research

More than any other unit, this

one depends on doing good re-

search. Only by talking to peo-

ple and reading literature on

your topic will you be able to

discover the story and tell it as

truthfully as possible.

Produce

With a partner, you will create

a book on your subject and

either a film or audio docu-

mentary. You and your part-

ner may work on the same

subject, or find individual

subjects that can be grouped

under a common theme.

Present

You will present your work at

a school exhibition scheduled

for May 3rd, 2007.

Requirements• Research Paper

• Documentary Photo Project

• 8 minute film or

• Audio documentary and Web-

site

ACADEMY OF COMMUNICATION ARTS & TECHNOLOGY

! February 26th, 2007

Left to right: Puja, Kochi, Avijit, Tapasi, Gour, Manik, Shanti

Visual Correspondence Project




70% of U.S. citizens haven’t travelled abroad in the past three years

2006 National Geographic - Roper Public Affair Report


62% of U.S. citizens can’t speak a second language fluently



89% of U.S. citizens do not correspond regularly with anyone outside the U.S.


81% have minimal to no knowledge of Argentina

2010 Survey of 58 middle class California students, 16-years-old

Student Survey: United States

What three words come to mind when you think of Argentina?

Soccer

Sun

Tropical

Spanish

Culture

Beef

What three images come to mind when you think of Argentina?

Rain forests

Beach

Sun

Dancing

Villages

Cities

33% have minimal knowledge of the United States

2010 Survey of 72 middle class Argentine students, 16-years-old

57% have some knowledge of the United States

Student Survey: Argentina

What three words come to mind when you think of the United States?

Hollywood

Disneyland

Technology

Movies

Potencia

Money

What three images come to mind when you think of the United States?

The Statue of Liberty

Las Vegas / New York

Beach

The Twin Towers

Hollywood

Disneyland



Language Language


LanguagePerception Perception Language


LanguagePerception

Ethnocentrism

Perception Language

Ethnocentrism


LanguagePerception

Ethnocentrism

Perception Language

Ethnocentrism

?


LanguagePerception

Ethnocentrism

Perception Language

Ethnocentrism

Language problem

Does not promote reflective thinking

Better for announcingthan dialogue

Positives Negatives

Easy to use

It’s everywhere

Familiar and fast

“What I'm seeing is a generation that says consistently, "I would rather text than make a telephone call. Why? It's less risky. I can just get the information out there. I don't have to get all involved.”

Connectivity Culture

MIT Research Sherry TurkleAuthor of Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet


LanguagePerception

Ethnocentrism

Perception Language

Ethnocentrism

?

How can educators use new media technologies to inspire more reflective thinking and cross cultural communication?

Central Question


LanguagePerception

Ethnocentrism

Perception Language

Ethnocentrism

?

"Photography is the only "language" understood in all parts of the world, and bridging all nations and cultures, it links the family of man."

Helmut GernsheimPhotographer, Collector, and Historian

“Many teens already use photography to construct and share their identity with others.”

Jose van DijckProfessor of Media and Culture, University of Amsterdam

“Language-as-writing will increasingly be displaced by image in many domains of public communication”

Gunther KressLiteracy in the New Media Age

Visual Correspondence

LanguagePerception

Ethnocentrism

Perception Language

Ethnocentrism


SpeakThink, Create,

Revise

LanguagePerception

Ethnocentrism

Perception Language

Ethnocentrism


SpeakThink, Create,

Revise

LanguagePerception

Ethnocentrism

Perception Language

EthnocentrismListenObserve, Interpret,

Reflect


SpeakThink, Create,

Revise

LanguagePerception

Ethnocentrism

Perception Language


Reflect

SpeakThink, Create,

Revise


ListenObserve, Interpret,

Reflect

SpeakThink, Create,

Revise

LanguagePerception

Ethnocentrism

Perception Language


Reflect

SpeakThink, Create,

Revise


ListenObserve, Interpret,

Reflect

Intercultural Understanding

SpeakThink, Create,

Revise

LanguagePerception

Ethnocentrism

Perception Language


Reflect

SpeakThink, Create,

Revise

Correspondencias Visualesby

Marcelo Brodsky

Marcelo Brodsky Y Martin Parr

Freestyle Academy

Escuela Normal Superior No 1

Instituto Maria de Nazareth

La Ciudad Oculta

CEM 20 Bariloche

Ally

Christian

Ally

Preliminary Results

United States Participation

4%10%

49%

36%

0 photos 1 photo 2 photos 3 photos 4+photos

Argentina Participation

4%7%

18%

68%

3%

0 photos 1 photo 2 photos 3 photos 4+photos

0

17.5

35.0

52.5

70.0

0 photos 1 photo 2 photos 3 photos 4+ photos

USA Argentina

Self Portrait - My things

Self Portrait - Landscape

Anya Elizabeth

Nick

Santiago

Jake

Agustina

John

Yanina

Johan

Lucas

Walter

Julie

Alejandro y Pilar

Katie y Antonella

Danielle y Anna

Anna

Las fotos transmiten mi forma de ver la vida, lo que representa la música para mi, la importancia que le doy a la felicidad, esas pequeñas cosas que no todos pueden ver y a mi me encanta descubrir a diario. Todas las fotos son simbólicas, la guitarra representa la música; el cielo es la luz que me alumbra cada día y me ayuda a ser mejor persona; el mar, es la ambigüedad que me representa, la calma y la tormenta por momentos.

Anna

Anna

The photos convey my way of life, what music represents for me, the importance I give to happiness, those little things that not everyone can see and I love discovering every day. All pictures are symbolic, the guitar represents music, the sky is the light that shines on me every day and helps me be a better person, the sea is the ambiguity that represents me, the calm and the storm at times.

Anna

The photos convey my way of life, what music represents for me, the importance I give to happiness, those little things that not everyone can see and I love discovering every day. All pictures are symbolic, the guitar represents music, the sky is the light that shines on me every day and helps me be a better person, the sea is the ambiguity that represents me, the calm and the storm at times.

The first image Anna sent me showed me how much she loves music, and definitely showed me how she was a carefree, girly, and independent she is. The...photo...of the sun shining through the clouds...represents the good times through the bad and having fun. The next picture of the girl in the water is my favorite because it’s so happy and easygoing. Her next photo really interested me because I feel it represents...a homey, relaxing place that also makes us feel so small and insignificant. Her last picture also reminded me in symbolism of my last picture, of loneliness and fear of it and change.

Danielle on Anna

Danielle

The balloons represent stressful problems... the only two ways of dealing with them are letting them go or letting them explode. In my case, letting them go is the better, less stressful choice. Following this photo, is another self portrait [that] shows my carefree side, which comes up again later. The next photo, of the moon is one that represents how I am ever-changing, and have many different sides. The photograph of the balloon flying away is a lot like my first image, with the balloon representing letting go [and being] carefree. My next photo is of a water bowl sitting out on the steps in the rain. I think this one is symbolic in the way that it represents the sense being left, or alone which is one of my greatest fears. The next photo is of a sunset where we go camping every year as a family tradition. The ocean...makes me feel so small, yet it can also be very refreshing, relaxing, and make me feel whole-two very different feelings. My last photo is of my favorite suitcase left out on our porch. Whenever I see it, I think of isolation, once again, something I fear. I think that although many people from my country may not attest this, I feel that many of us are surrounded by people but we feel very alone, and do not admit to it because of the fear that it is true.

Danielle

The balloons represent stressful problems... the only two ways of dealing with them are letting them go or letting them explode. In my case, letting them go is the better, less stressful choice. Following this photo, is another self portrait [that] shows my carefree side, which comes up again later. The next photo, of the moon is one that represents how I am ever-changing, and have many different sides. The photograph of the balloon flying away is a lot like my first image, with the balloon representing letting go [and being] carefree. My next photo is of a water bowl sitting out on the steps in the rain. I think this one is symbolic in the way that it represents the sense being left, or alone which is one of my greatest fears. The next photo is of a sunset where we go camping every year as a family tradition. The ocean...makes me feel so small, yet it can also be very refreshing, relaxing, and make me feel whole-two very different feelings. My last photo is of my favorite suitcase left out on our porch. Whenever I see it, I think of isolation, once again, something I fear. I think that although many people from my country may not attest this, I feel that many of us are surrounded by people but we feel very alone, and do not admit to it because of the fear that it is true.

Danielle

Yo creo que las fotos de Danielle me demuestran como es ella, su personalidad, la importancia de la música de en su vida, eso lo note en la fotografía de un espejo con notas musicales. Las fotos de Danielle también me parecen simbolicas, la foto de la luna es una manera de expresar su vision de la vida, que a pesar de la oscuridad siempre va a haber una luz que la guie.Me impactó la belleza de la foto del paisaje con rocas, es un lindo lugar y el mensaje de esa foto es muy optimista, ese atardecer o quizás un amanecer me dice que luego de un dia, vendrá otro, que no deje para mañana lo que puedo hacer hoy.

Anna on Danielle

I think Danielle’s pictures show me her personality, the importance of music in his life, which I note on the picture of a mirror with musical notes. Danielle’s pictures also seem symbolic, the photo of the moon is a way to express her vision of life, that despite the darkness there will always be a light to guide her. I was impressed by the beauty of the landscape with rocks, [this] is a nice place and the message of that picture is very optimistic; this sunrise or sunset tells me that after one day comes another, that do not leave for tomorrow what I can do today.

Anna on Danielle

“Digital Natives” need for immediacey

U.S. and Argentina’s different academic calendars

Project alignment with teachers’ curriculum

Argentine students access to photography instruction

Ning website not intuitive

Project Challenges to Overcome

visual correspondence project

Education

project final cut

outline audio documentary

students communication

knowledge of argentina

student survey

united states81

united states57

minimal knowledge