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Artistic pedagogical technologies (APTs) use drama, music, or visual art to promote learning.  PhotoVoice is an APT that uses visual images and is often linked with a reflective question. Students make a photograph that embodies their personal feelings towards that particular reflective question and share their photographs with other learners (Edwards, et al., 2012). As a collective, the learners and educators reap the benefits from this activity.

Poulos (2023) speaks of PhotoVoice as a process to introduce abstract concepts.  Unlike our botany example where a photograph is a discrete learning tool, the use of photography in the social sciences, for example, can bring about creativity and emotion.  "It should invite personal application and personal analysis, and really invite a wide range of perspectives and viewpoints" (Poulos, 2023).

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The smartphone can be a source of frustration in a classroom setting as educators try to speak over vibrating and ringing phones and vie for attention.  What if we can harness that power for good instead of evil?

Digital photography is everywhere.  How many times have I taken a photo of small print instructions just to zoom in so I can read it?  Our camera is a part of our everyday and an invaluable tool.

Let's look at a simple example like a Botany class. Equipped with a dichotomous key, invite students to go out in nature to collect a series of photographs of the different types of leaves. Upload those photographs to a common platform like a Google Jamboard or Padlet and let the class discuss them and identify the plant down to species. It's fun, it's interactive, and it promotes nature and learning.

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1.  Encourages creativity, emotion, and connection.
2.  Allows students and educators to think abstractly.
3.  Technology is readily available:  smartphones and cameras.
4.  Easily shared through different platforms including Padlet.
5.  Promotes collaboration and peer assessment.
6. Supports visual and multimodal learners.

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Edwards, M., Perry, B., Janzen, K., and Menzies, C.  (2012).  Using the artistic pedagogical technology of photovoice to promote interaction in the online post-secondary classroom:  The students’ perspective.  Electronic Journal of E-Learning, 10 (1), p. 32-43.

Poulos, M.  (2023, April 5).  PhotoVoice:  Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment.  Faculty Focus.  https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-with-technology-articles/photovoice-using-technology-to-impact-student-learning-and-assessment/

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"PhotoVoice is a visual method used to understand the world through the eyes of those experiencing it. PhotoVoice is a way to see the lived experience of someone else—not our own lived experiences" (Poulos, 2023).

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PhotoVoice and similarly the use of photography in learning falls mainly into the communication and collaboration technology where students and instructors share their photographs to discuss ideas and class lessons from their own perspectives. Additionally, as in the botany example, it is also a good technology for assessing learning as students have to take a photograph that represents a literal example of a class lesson.