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PROJECT
To use photography as a means to develop transversal and key competences linked to the creation of an ’imaginary garden’ for students with learning difficulties. To create a’ visual story’ articulated through a series of images. To use the mobile/other devices as a tool
to witness and study the reality of the garden
to transform it into a unique, personal imaginary garden
PUBLIC
This methodology was experimented and drafted in the garden of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, from 20 to 24 February, by European teachers during the peer-to-peer training mobility.
It has similarly been the object of implementation with different audiences, from 7 to 18, primary and high school students, and young adults from Trieste and Padua, Italy
KEY COMPETENCES
Communication in the mother tongue
Learning to learn
Social competences and citizenship
Humanist culture and expression of sensitivity
ICT competences
GARDENS EXPLORED
Quinta Jardim de Lago de Funchal, the Monte Palace de Monte, Funchal, Portugal
The gardens of Trieste
OBJECTIVES
To promote the creativity and the expression of the imaginary in a context of research, documentation and knowledge of the landscape heritage
To encourage the ability to observe the garden and interpret it as a natural and cultural heritage. To enrich your asset of photographic techniques to represent and document reality
To become more sensitive to the use of photography as an art, its languages and creative potentialities
To use this to facilitate the communication by giving everybody the possibility to express themselves through a personal pathway ’by images’ of the garden
MATERIALS
Smartphone, camera, printer, laptop, photo paper, scissors, coloured crayons, markers, glue
DEVELOPMENT
1 To explain the instructions :
to build the visual story of an imaginary landscape by shooting different views in the garden
2 Workshops of photograph shooting in the garden, to explore the site and take pictures of the views of your choice
3 In the classroom :
To observe and choose a small selection of photos illustrating the phases of a walk through an imaginary landscape
To give your personal opinion on the reasons of the choice and listen to others’
4 To implement the elements needed for building the ’visual story’
5 To print the photos
6 To rework the image : edit some photos at the computer (Photoshop) or add graphic and painting elements
EXTENSION
Oral presentation of the personal creation, arrangement of an exhibition and/or of an e-book with the works of students of all levels to implement digital, communicative and social skills
EVALUATION
It takes into account the ability to :
Master the oral and written mother tongue/ social and civic competences. To develop the learners’ communicative and expressive competences. To develop social competences when presenting and expressing opinions on the visual stories implemented
Develop awareness and cultural expression. To assert that the ’photographic narrative’ has enhanced
an in-depth observation of nature by a curious and critical eye
a sensible selection of the images to create a photographic narration
creative competences to extrapolate the reality of the garden to build up an imaginary landscape on the basis of a personal experience
an improved ability of the creative and artistic expression through the production of images
the use of a range of graphic techniques
Develop digital competences
Sensible use of the digital tools (camera, computer, printer) and learn how to master them
AUTHOR, PHOTOS
Annamaria Castellan
Associazione Culturale Acquamarina – Trieste - Italy
TRANSLATER
Mary Gino
Association Acquamarina, Trieste, Italie