Using Images as Writing Promptsa picture gives birth to a thousand words

Anita Hutton

EDIM 507INB 200910Web 2.0: Impacting Learning Environments

Wilkes UniversityKathy Schrock, Instructor

February 20, 2009

Images can bring

inspiration.

Happy Obama Day by P.S. Zollo

Images can inspire

storytelling.

downtime by Nimboo

Images can help measure understanding.The Battle of Gettysburg in the Civil War. .IRC (2005). Retrieved February 13, 2009, from Discovery Education:

http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com

Richard Nixon announces his resignation, 1974..IRC (2005). Retrieved February 13, 2009, from Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com

Images can bring historic moments to life.

Images can encourage

critical analysis.

Cartoon satirizing Darwin's theory..IRC (2005). Retrieved February 12, 2009, from Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com

The English Naturalist Charles Darwin..IRC (2005). Retrieved February 12, 2009, from Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com

A young courtship in Cape Town, South Africa.. IRC (2005), Retrieved February 13, 2009, from Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/

Images can help teach tolerance

Images can spark the

imagination.

Planets of the Solar System. Corbis (2009. Retrieved February 12, 2009, from Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/

The Struggle Continues, strike poster, 1968..IRC (2005). Retrieved February 12, 2009, from Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com

Images can invite

controversy.

Tim Ellis

Images can replace the rod and make writing fun!

Be creative,inspire creativity.

No matter what you teach,design your own writing prompts.

Your students will love you.

CreditsPhotos from:

• http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons• http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com

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