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| LTP Teacher Training |
LTP teacher training sessions for the 2009-2010 school year are ongoing.
If you are interested in scheduling a training session please contact Kristin Skarbovig for details and please visit the Teacher Resource Page for the current schedule.
For more information on Professional Development Workshops, please visit the Teacher Resource Page.
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The Literacy Through Photography program has been
used in the Houston Independent School District since 1990 and has been utilized by more than 25,000
Houston-area students and teachers. The Literacy Through Photography curriculum can be used with traditional film-based photography equipment as well as digital technologies. In addition to the basic LTP curriculum there are special lessons for ESL students and two environmental curricula on Water and The Earth. |
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FotoFest 2010 is here!
Schedule your free school tour today! |
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The FotoFest 2010 Biennial is the largest biennial exhibition of photography in the United States. For a full month, over 100 spaces around the city of Houston will be exhibiting photography and photo-related art. This special event only happens every two years, so now is the perfect time to book your docent-led tour through one of the FotoFest exhibitions or participating spaces galleries.
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My United States FotoFest 2010 Biennial Curriculum is Available Now!
 Currently participating LTP teachers will receive a free copy of the curriculum by mail. If you are not a currently participating LTP teacher but are interested in purchasing the remaining 6 lessons, and the 2 cds with over 80 images, copies are available for $50.
This curriculum includes seven lesson plans that explore the role photographers have played and continue to play in shaping, entrenching and challenging assumptions about social life and culture in the United States. Students will reflect upon their personal experiences of living in the United States in the form of writing and photography while addressing tough issues such as the environment, the economy, race and war.
To see a sample of the introduction and first lesson of the My United States Biennial Curriculum, click here. |
FotoFence 2010
IMPORTANT DATES
Opening: Sunday, May 9th, 2010
Runs through: Wednesday, May
19th, 2010
Posters Due: Friday, April 23rd,
2010
Click here for more information about FotoFence 2010 |
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FOTOFUN 2010: A Valentine For The Earth
PICTURE GALLERY, Click Here! |
| Literacy Through
Photography (LTP) is the classroom-based educational component of FotoFest International.
LTP is a writing program designed to help classroom students achieve
better writing and communication skills through the use of photography and visual imagery. |
Teachers are provided with carefully designed
lesson plans that offer new writing techniques, basic photography
skills, and effective teaching strategies that transform the
classroom into a stimulating environment to give students
the confidence to express themselves through writing and
believe what they write.
All LTP lessons are aligned with Texas-state
mandated curriculum requirements for students in 3rd to
12th grades. Students increase visual and verbal literacy
while building cognitive thinking skills, self-esteem, and
awareness of each other. The LTP curriculum provides students
with meaningful subject matter to help them write about their
own photographs and their own lives with confidence. |
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