Resizing Photos

This activity was fun. I found a pile of photos old and new and played around with them for a while before becoming completely happy with the final product. I used photos of our beloved dog Kiki from puppy to her big age of nearly 2. My girls also helped me in this one allowed me to do uni and combine some school holiday fun together.

The advantage of this activity is it allows the learner to take charge of their learning environment. It can help them re connect with their family or friends and hopefully reignite some family recollections and reflections. I must admit while completing this task I remembered when we got Kiki from the RSPCA and initially we were just carers for 3 months to ensure we liked her and she liked us. Of course the girls fell in love and there was no turning back after the fact.
Now after nearly 2 years of her antics, normal puppy chewing on water bottles, shoes and toys left lying around to swallowing fishing sinkers and having an operation, laying on the girls trampoline as if it was made for her, to taking herself on walks even after I have just ran her 5k she has now become like another person in our family.

Further reading identified that research indicates that photography and the applications that can be used to manipulate photographs allows the learner to experience first hand things they may not have had anything to do with before.Take for instance the photographs I have used in this blog not all children experience the comfort of pets. The use of these photos shows how happy my children are with their beloved KIKI. Furthermore the photo can be used as a communication tool allows the learner to look at the picture and design a story written or oral or allow their creative minds to make their own adventure with our dog KIKI. The constructivist point of view believes that children learn by being given the opportunity to take turn and participate (Byrnes & Wasik 2009). This exercise encourages the children to take the photo then shape and change the dimensions to fit with the story or topic they are discussing, increase higher order thinking and allows them to learn how to organise things to tell a story.


I gained the permission of my 2 daughters to use these photographs please respect my privacy and do not use or copyright in any shape or form. I would be extremely distressed if I was to find these pasted into the world wide web. Thanks for your understanding.

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