Join Us in June!

Wow - what an amazing month so far! We still have a few days left, and at the time of this writing, there are currently 1125 photos using our hashtag, #eduphotoadaymay. It's been a lot of fun for Erin and I to see the number of classrooms participating in our photo challenge growing and growing, and with it, connecting with other classrooms accross the city, province, and the world. It has also been wonderful to see some of the writing that has come about in classrooms, as a result of using the photos from the challenge as writing prompts. Those were the goals when we started: using photography and social media responsibly to create and connect. Thanks to all of you who have participated, and made this project such a success so far!

For those of you who haven't joined us yet, have no fear... you can still take part in the fun! There are a few days left this month and there is another challenge coming in June! The challenge will be posted tomorrow morning! If you decide to play along, please make sure to use the hashtag for the month so that your photos will show up in the #eduphotoaday feed, and so that you don't miss out on the fun of connecting with other schools! Some schools are choosing to use their own hashtag (i.e. their school or classroom name) IN ADDITION to #eduphotoadaymay. That way photos can be searched in multiple ways, for different reasons.

If you choose to participate in the challenge, we greatly appreciate you sharing our #eduphotoaday photo challenge image (the list of words for the month) via Instagram or Twitter. When you share, please follow appropriate "netiquette" and do not alter the image in any way. We have worked really hard with our students to acquire funding for this project, create the blog, the list of ideas for the challenge, and the actual photo for the month. The purpose of the challenge is to connect schools, classrooms and teachers through photography and writing. Our photo challenge image has the address to this blog, and the hashtag for the month. We would like students, teachers, parents, administrators, and other educators to be able to find us, and more information about the challenge, here.

Thanks for playing along - we look forward to even more participants in the month to come!