On Saturday, March 11, the Gwangju-Jeonnam KOTESOL Chapter will host a workshop linking reflection on teaching with photography, followed by a SwapShop in which teachers will share a favorite image to use with language students. All are welcome to attend.
Schedule
2:00-2:15 p.m. Check-in and Mingling
2:15-3:45 p.m. Workshop: Principles of Design: Reflective Practice Through a Lens
Presenters: Lisa Casaus (Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education) & Jocelyn Wright (Mokpo National University)
4:00-4:45 p.m. Super SwapShop: Favorite Images to Use With Language Learners
4:45-5:00 p.m. Announcements and Closing
Workshop: Principles of Design: Reflective Practice Through a Lens
Do you want to take more time to reflect on your teaching this year? Have you ever tried using photography to do this? Reflective practice in education aims to examine how we teach and students learn. Reflection, of course, can be done in many different ways. In this interactive workshop, we will focus on photography as an artful modality and suggest that it can reveal some interesting insights. We will start by presenting a discovery activity to learn about the seven key principles of design (pattern, contrast, emphasis, balance, proportion, harmony, and rhythm). Then, we will look at and analyze example photos that illustrate these principles to check comprehension. Following this, we will give participants a creative task that will send them off to apply what they have learned as a way of reflecting on learning and teaching practice. At the end of the workshop, there will be time to share photos. It is hoped that participants will leave this workshop inspired to think like designers, use this modality to reflect on their practice, and maybe even take better photos as a result!
Presenters:
Lisa Casaus is an artist from Albuquerque, New Mexico with a special love for illustrative and narrative art forms. She is especially interested in how storytelling, visual and otherwise, motivates learning. Lisa is currently combining her love of learning and art by teaching English and volunteering as an instructor of community art classes.
Jocelyn Wright, Associate Professor at Mokpo National University, started facilitating and coordinating RP meetings for the Gwangju-Jeonnam Reflective Practice group in 2013. Inspired by the talented people she meets and in search of novel ways to reflect on practice, she is delighted to team up with Lisa to experiment with principles of design.
Super SwapShop: Favorite Images to Use With Language Learners
Attendees are encouraged to come ready to share and briefly discuss a favorite image to use in the classroom. This could include photos, illustrations, abstract images, or more, perhaps a favorite discussion-prompting image, or a particular image central to a favorite activity.
How to bring images to the meeting: physical images, files on USB stick, or email images ahead of time to gwangju@koreatesol.org
