Tuesday, June 17, 2008
A Picture’s Worth

MEC Marketing Assistant, Julian Chant, writes:

A Picture's Worth is an excellent online gallery which collects photo essays between 300-1000 words. It's based on the old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. The pictures and essays are sent in by users, with a new photo essay posted every day.

 

The picture above is entitled 'My Home Town' and is accompanied by a short essay about living in Sydney. Nik Peachey outlines a number of ways in which the site can be used for ELT purposes in this article from his learning technology blog.

Some suggestions include: getting students to photograph/write their own photo essays and submit them to the site; printing out a few images and essays to see if students can successfully match them together; and using the site as a stimulus for an in-class show and tell.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:45:47 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Comments [2]  | 
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 4:17:58 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Hi MEC,

I'm really glad you liked my posting on 'A Picture's Worth'. It really is a well crafted site with some fantastic content and has inspired some ideas that I'm working on myself now.
Thanks ffor the link.

Best

Nik Peachey
Nik Peachey | nikpeachey@mac.com
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 5:46:50 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Really interesting site and definitely one that will be bookmarked. A great concept for the web and a great thing to get students to do in class, perhaps in groups dependent on their level.
Dan Jones | blog@adviceforyou.org.uk
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